FF9 was one of my favorite FF's (i can't decide whether i like ff6, ff7, or ff9 more), and just about everything made it good. the characters were wonderfully developed, and believe me, i care about character development. you learned a lot about each character and you came to love them all... this was actually one of the only games where i did not hate one of the main characters. at first, i didn't like eiko, but then i grew to like her... the graphics were excellent, even the non-FMV graphics were detailed and beautiful, as far as PS1 graphics go. they may not have had a realistic style, but it was more of an anime-ish warped style, but hey, it's original! and the romance in the game was so cute! zidane and garnet are probably my favorite video game couple... in the end FMV (SPOILER)when garnet finally found zidane (during the play) and she ran up and threw herself in his arms, i just about cried. the music was also very good, and the ending song, "melodies of life", was one of the best FF songs i've heard... anyway, i liked the game so much that i even cosplayed as garnet (in her regular orange bodysuit) at anime boston 2004. anyway, i think i've made my point.