*claps*

Bravo feioncastor, very well said. In VII and VIII, there was really no distinction between a warrior and a mage, but in IX those distinctions were brought back. Vivi looked like an actual black mage from the olden days, and Steiner like an actual knight, etc. Not only does IX bring brack alot of the old stuff from the series (such as class distinctions and actually feeling like a fantasy game), but its kind of an homage to the old games. There's a whole lot of name-dropping in this game and other references to the old games. And really, most of the people i ever see who hate or undermine IX are the VII fanatics, the ones who started off on that game and are convinced that its God.