Final Fantasy 9 is really more about life and death than FF 7 Squarey Enix.

Yeah it's more about Cloud's personal struggle and dealing with the pain of loosing others, wanting to become a stronger person, depression, love, crushing on somebody, feeling like your worthless, feeling like everybody is better than you, having a role model, having and loosing a best friend and more.

It's about Cloud and his experience and his struggles.