Final Fantasy IX started with Dagger's birthday and it ended on (SPOILER)Dagger's birthday, so that must mean the game has taken exactly 1, 2, 3, etc years. I'd like to think the game took a year, but it could have been 2-3 years too since (SPOILER)Dagger's hair has grown quite long again at the end of FFIX. Final Fantasy Tactics took several years. Ramza was 16 when I started the game, and he was 21 when I beat it.