Quote Originally Posted by Elpizo View Post
I remember making a likewise topic when I first beat IX and my entire rant was called "Better than the president's speech." and I got several rewards from otehr members. Lol.

Anyway, I agree IX is underappreciated and by far the best, but I disagree with X SUCKED! I haven't played it, but no game sucks, that's a fact. It's just you who doesn't like it. That's all, really.

I don't need to rant again. It's simply this: Pure quality gets overlooked and overrun by hype, and that's what happened to IX, alas. But for those who played teh game and understood it for what it was, it's the journey of lifetime, so to speak. I hate every reviewing site that gives IX around a 8,5 while VII and VIII get 9.5 or even 10. *Sigh* IX deserves what it's numbered: a nine, at the very least. Oh well, as long as I enjoy the game, and I know others do, too, I'm happy.
X-2 sucked <.<

I really dont understand why sites review it lower than other FFs though (actually on IGN it did do better than VIII, but barely). The game is a quality piece of work. The game system, such as abilities and whatnot, is certainly easier than VIII (and in my copy of VII materia had a tendancy to not work even when it should have).

It returned to fantasy instead of being so sci-fi. Nothing wrong with sci-fi, but in a game called Final Fantasy, it needs to be fantasy and let the sci-fi be left to xenogears.

The character development is outstanding. Of course zidane goes through alot of changes, and even the two times he turns emo, it's actually justified and somehow he manages to pull himself together. Garnet has the little coming of age thing, although its a bit more brutal than most people would experience. Steiner goes from being an arrogant stubborn fool to a loyal, more understanding companion (many thanks owed to "master vivi"). And vivi is the strongest little kid i've ever seen. I mean the kid finds out he was manufactured and he still goes on living.

And the chocograph sidequest is a much more enjoyable experience than making two chocobos screw each other and hope they produce the right type of inbred.