It was simply the perfect game for me. It had everything I loved about adventuring: Noble knights, thiefs, villains, heroes, weirdness and of course a princess. Everything was balanced out nicely. Ever since I first put my hands on it, I've never been tired of playing through it. This is a very rare situation for, I usually tend to play a game and then forget about it. But not with Final Fantasy IX. It is simply the best! There is no game like Final Fantasy IX, IMO.