I scanned some of the posts. Anyone who says the characters are underdeveloped needs to rethink. ONE) this is final FANTASY. Not The Matrix. TWO) The reason the character designer made more non-human races, etc... is for the sole purpose of developing the characters... No, FFIX is not a LOVE theme. It's about LIFE, existence, and it sends a wide message out to all of us who are open-minded. Final Fantasy always has a love element and a nature element. People who dislike 9 is because it doesn't have pretty human brittney spears characters who fall in love with Mark Wahlberg's with sweet looking swords. If you don't like it, don't flame it. Go play FFX, which by far the best love-themed final fantasy yet.