I remember being thoroughly disappointed with 9 after having only played VIII and being major psyched for the follow up to my favourite game. It was a huge disappointment, though Vivi was kool and the chocobo system was quite good. In the end I got to the end, tried the last boss once, and didn't play again, having had as much as I could stomach. However, having said that in retrospect the game really wasn't that bad. There were some great cutscenes, some neat side quests (though some really bad ones i.e. Stellazio), and just overall, it was ok.But I felt the main thing that sucked was there was no feeling of achievement or satisfaction. Ok, I have all the cards. Soo...what? ok, I have all the stellazio. So what? Excalibur/II. So what? etc etc. After a gunblade, a lame pair of daggers or a spinny staff thingy just isn't the same.