Why is this hated?

[aeris2001x2]

i loved everything....it was building and building up hype and i loved it until
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.The final boss..very anticlimatic if u ask me..

The ending was fine its fatal flaw turned out to be its final boss...

how can fighting death incarnate be an anti-climax?
true, he appeared out of no where, but he explains why hes there and completes the dark edge the story line has.

not to mention he is actually the hardest ff last boss i have ever fought. not that he is hard, but relative to kefka, seraph sephiroth, ultimecia etc he owns in terms of hardness.

[Az Lionheart]

there was no point in the final boss what so ever!

[Laguna]

i think i about summed this up in the FF12 bit. Go take a look.

[Az Lionheart]

looked and answered!

[Lamia]

Haha. I don't know. But yeah, I love Final Fantasy 9. I think the sequence of events were extremely organized for Final Fantasy...
nothing felt mushy.

Also the game has the best dialogue in Final Fantasy history.

Anyway, what people don't like about FInal Fantasy 9?

Well I asked a guy (who is a big FFX fanatic, btw) why he hated it and he said... "I didn't like the story".. WHAT THE HELL? FFIX's story
is so much like X's it isn't even funny. Ugh.

[Inuyasha23]

I love FF9 too, but I guess the reason so mnay people dislike it is cause it wasn't some were expecting. Thtas the way I was I tryed it when it first came out I was like "This is crap!" "Thats Stupid! whydoes he have a tail." And also Zidane wasn't your typical hero type. Thats what I think. People where think it was going to be something else then what it was. I don't really think that many people hate FF9 it just they think it's just alright and nothing great.

first of all where the were you educated? I've seen dogs with better grammer and most likely a superior intellect. Secondly i don't think that the tail was a surprize since it's kind of on the front of the case. Third and last comes the point i've been trying to make for some time now. IX is not the game you should hate, X is. What a piece of crap that was. and then they make a sequal of it. I think we found the worst part of the best series ever made, and his name is tidus...the fag in yellow.

[Del Murder]

Watch the flaming and swearing, Inuyasha23. We don't allow bad language or insulting of other members at this message board, so please clean it up.

[Zephyroth]

I been playing final fantasys now for about 3 years and i started like most with FF7. I loved 7 so much i didnt think any other would intrest me then i played 4 then 6 then 5 then 10 and finally i bought 9 and although ive only started it (still on first disc) i love it. The charecters are just as intriguing as 7s were, just in a different way. The cutesiness and all that is fine if your mature enough to handle it, and all in all its the funniest FF and one of the best feeling FF. 7 really makes you think a lot and feel really awful, 9 is a more freeing game and makes you happy (so far for me that is dont spoil it).

[Rusty]

I got turned off FF9 coz off zidanes tail...i could eal with everything esle and was actually starting to enjoy it..but everytime i saw that tail i say "what were they thinking!!??!!"

[Trumpet Thief]

Exactly what I think, RustyAngel.

[Starcrest]

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[Rusty]

Thanks!

[UltimateSpamGrover]

FFIX is my second favorite, first is FFXI. I like how FFIX goes back to the gameplay of FFI-V And takes the graphics for FFVII-FFVIII

[Trumpet Thief]

(Many Spoilers Ahead)

Some reasons why I hate FFIX (And some positive things). Remember, all of these are in my opinion, and even though I have not marked it as "IMO" or "IMHO" I just want you to know ahead of time, before you want to flame that this is just my opinion. It doesn't matter too much, so don't get too worked up about it.

Characters:

Zidane - Just a bit after saving Garnet in the Evil Forest, after the Ice Cavern, when the group arrives to the village of Dali, when everyone is getting on the airship after defeating Black Walts # 2, Zidane.. uhh.. "feels" Garnet's butt. Although many people said it was accidentally, the line "Oooh... Soft..." disgusted me. Next, Zidane was actually weak, compared to all the other main characters in the Final Fantasy series. I know that FFIX was designed to have the enemies have lesser HP, with the characters not doing that much damage, but I wish Grand Lethal did more than just the maximum damage. Although that would have been weird with the amount of HP the Final Boss, Ozma, and the other high HP bosses have, if they had raised their HP, then Zidane would have been stronger. Compare Zidane's Ultimate attack to Cloud's Omnislash, Squall's Lionheart, and Tidus' Blitz Ace. Next thing to say is that Zidane acted very annoying at times. ALthough he actually seemed like quite a great leader, his sudden change in Pandemonia was really akward. It was like Square-Enix was trying to make a crappy character suddenly seem cool. Although, the music in the backround (You're Not Alone) absolutely rocked. Also, it bugged me that Zidane had a tail. Although I knew that all Genomes are supposed to have tails, I would preferred that Zidane had hidden it, or chopped it off or something, kind of like Kuja.

Garnet- She was actually a great character. She was one of the only ones that actually looked normal, and was able to defend herself. Basically, there is nothing wrong with her.

Vivi- He was a deep character, developed at the perfect times, with a great reason to join the group. His story, to me, was actually quite heroic. How he wanted to free the Black Mages, and tell them not to believe Kuja. The scene on the Airship was magnificent as well. One of my favorite Final Fantasy characters.

Freya - From what I think, one of the crappiest chracters ever. She looked like a freaking rat, her story with Sir Fratley was retarded, and barely even told, and her story about leaving Burmecia was not intelligent either. Although, her attitude was alright, I would get annoyed whenever she would say "Oh Sir Fratley, where are you?"

Eiko - An alright character. I liked her backround about being a summoner, and living in Madien Saira. She would act older than her age. A good character.

Quina - I hate this character with a passion. I don't know if she is a boy or a girl, but she is stupid. Her obsession of food was stupid, she would refer to that all the time. Her weapon wasn't original, it was just retarded:

Quina: Me eat you with fork, and learn Blue Magic

Grand Dragon: Oh no, it is Quina with her all powerful Fork!

Amarant: He looks like a rooster. 'Nuff said.

Storyline:

I will admit, the conspiracy with Queen Brahne and the Tantalus group was exciting at first. I enjoyed parts of it, as it was my first Final Fantasy. Everything was going fine, until Oeilvert. It was kind of stupid how Zidane had to comply with Kuja, and go there. Also, the whole Terra thing came out of nowhere. We had not even heard of it before. It could have been slightly explained by Dr.Tot or something. Nextly, adding the Crystal to the plot was stupid as well. If no one had known about it, how could've Kuja known? And what the heck was Memoria anyway? The ending was too happy too. Although FFVIII's was the same, it wasn't as predictable. Because of what happened in FFVIII,like Squall's depression and all, I didn't think he was going to make it. Also, the scene when Squall was hallucinating, and he saw Rinoa as Ultimecia brought up the Rinoa = Ultimecia theory, not exactly making your kind of happy ending. Although, in FFIX, you could tell that Zidane would turn up. I was actually kind of hoping that when Zidane yelled "bring my precious Dagger to me" that someone would chuck a dagger at him, since only the FFIX posse knew her fake name.

Battle System

As said by people in the before thread entitled "FFIX is the worst FF ever!!", the battle system was too simple. You fight an enemy, gain gil, buy new weapon, equip the ability, and repeat. Also, leveling up was simple. Also, people misunderstand FFVIII and VII's Junction and Materia system. In FFVIII, you would first have to learn the junction Attack, Defense, HP etc. abilities before being able to strengthen those. Even after, you would have to find rare draws to strengthen those to the max. In FFIX, you just train for an hour, and you go fight a boss.

I will probably add more things, but for now, these are my reasons. Remember, it is just my opinion, don't mind it too much!

[The Captain]

I believe a "problem" for lack of a more definite term, is that FFIX seemed to be a little more happy-go-lucky for most of the game. Most of the other FF's felt darker and seemed to have heavier moments than FFIX. I believe, that Square did this, firstly to attempt to appeal to a new generation of gamers as it was a tribute to the earlier games and thus had to sort of encompass a lot; and, also to appeal to younger gamers who might not enjoy darker, more mature themes.

I actually greatly enjoyed the game because it felt so light-hearted to me. It's probably the only FF I can play and never get board of walking around towns because the colors are SO vibrant and everyone generally seems cheerful.

It had a very different feel than the FF games many had come to expect. Not childish per se, but a lot less weighty for the most part.

Take care all.