Best Ever

[Rippers]

here here! 9 is by far my favourite FF game
i loved how they re-introduced loads of old themes: crystals, fiends, set character classes etc etc

its underappreciated because it came out on PS1 after PS2 was released (at least thts what iv heard)

so many new ff fans were drawn in by 7 that they probably didnt like the ye olde style of ff9

and yeah i agree with No. 78, stuff doesnt suck or what but i can express how for ME it is the best

and anyway ff10 wasnt that bad! i enjoyed it alot and absolutely ADORE the sphere grid (dunno why :P) and it had an interesting plot... by far seymour is the most underappreciated main villain in the whole series... but im gettin off topic...

ff 10-2 wasnt that bad if you look at it in context... i didnt like the lack of plot depth and the sudden change in Yuna's attitude, but for just a light hearted bit of fun (opposed to a serious FF game) X-2 is okay

and kuja is by far the BEST villain ever... oh apart from kefka maybe... i mean, megafare in the FACE and he only gets a little scratch? cmon thats awesome :P and so what if hes secretly a transgendered man with a fetish for skimpy underwear... SEXUAL STEREOTYPING AND PREDJUDISM (can never remember how to spell that) make a villain any less of a villain! hes so poetic and exaggerated and over confident... and as far as im concerned the campness adds to his flair and general image of "ha ha im better than you and your just mindless puppets. Im going to use you but you can THINK its your own decision"


conclusion (IMO):
10 doesnt suck
10-2 doesnt suck (for what it is)
9 is underappreciated
seymour is underappreciated
kuja pwns

[arcanedude34]

here here! 9 is by far my favourite FF game
i loved how they re-introduced loads of old themes: crystals, fiends, set character classes etc etc

its underappreciated because it came out on PS1 after PS2 was released (at least thts what iv heard)

so many new ff fans were drawn in by 7 that they probably didnt like the ye olde style of ff9

and yeah i agree with No. 78, stuff doesnt suck or what but i can express how for ME it is the best

and anyway ff10 wasnt that bad! i enjoyed it alot and absolutely ADORE the sphere grid (dunno why :P) and it had an interesting plot... by far seymour is the most underappreciated main villain in the whole series... but im gettin off topic...

ff 10-2 wasnt that bad if you look at it in context... i didnt like the lack of plot depth and the sudden change in Yuna's attitude, but for just a light hearted bit of fun (opposed to a serious FF game) X-2 is okay

and kuja is by far the BEST villain ever... oh apart from kefka maybe... i mean, megafare in the FACE and he only gets a little scratch? cmon thats awesome :P and so what if hes secretly a transgendered man with a fetish for skimpy underwear... SEXUAL STEREOTYPING AND PREDJUDISM (can never remember how to spell that) make a villain any less of a villain! hes so poetic and exaggerated and over confident... and as far as im concerned the campness adds to his flair and general image of "ha ha im better than you and your just mindless puppets. Im going to use you but you can THINK its your own decision"


conclusion (IMO):
10 doesnt suck
10-2 doesnt suck (for what it is)
9 is underappreciated
seymour is underappreciated
kuja pwns

Know what? I hated Seymour. He's wierd. Sephiroths the best villain. Then Kefka probably. Kuja's third. And i agree with you on the prejudice towards men who want to dress that way. No men care when women do it, but when you get someone like Kuja, its a whoole different story.

I like X-2 better than X. No idea y. I just dont like X. X-2 at least tries to be funny.

[Paul]

this thread mostly just compares this game to X. X is awful.

[Lynx]

FFIX was probably my favorite video game ever. its hard to decide cause everytime i play a game im like this is the best this is this is. i change my mind a lot. my biggest battle is FFIX and FFVI they both blew me away so theyre tied on my list as my 2 favorite video games ever. FFIX brought the games back to the originals which i liked. showed summons in FMV form, had a great love story and some jelousy in it too to stur things up. and in paying close attention you can notice the ending is the typical happy ending. yet the ending had me jumping out of my seat.

the characters personalitys were great too everyone had a very different personality. everyone even had there own special skills which FFVII and FFVIII kinda got rid of.

this thread has restored my faith in people other people do see how great this game is theyre tears of joy dont worry.

[forgotten_fantasy]

Face pictures are admittedly not as good as VII or VIII but a hell of a lot better than IV or VI.

I seemed to have thought the face pictures of IX pwned the pointed chins of FFVII

I seemed to have thought and known that too.

[vergil154]

I have to say that Zidane and Dagger are my favorite two leading characters in the later generation FFs. They may have not been perfect for each other but they were very right for each other. Oh am I the only one who thinks its sad that every other FF is getting some sort of re-releasing or sequel/spinoff (I'm trying to use inclusive terms here) but IX and 8 get treated like bastard sons of the franchise?

[PhoenixAsh]

Okay its fair enough if you love the game and want to say why, but will people please stop assuming the only reason other people don't rate IX so highly is for superficial reasons? I don't care about the fantasy setting, in fact the only people who I ever really see mention settings are old-school fans and FFIX fans.

FFIX was a good game, and had a decent story and characters, but the reason I rate it lower than VII and VIII (on the fence about VI and X) is for GAMEPLAY REASONS. For a start the development system was far too simple for me. Equip item A, fight with item A, learn ability, equip item B, fight with item B... It just didn't feel free, or like I had any real input in what my characters became. Same goes for the story. I know VII and VIII were probably equally linear, but they never really felt it. IX just felt like I was constantly following a path to the next cutscene, without any real exploration (X was admittedly far far worse in this respect).

The mini-games were fun yes. I love the chocobo quests. But still they didn't really do much against VII and VIII. Okay fine, VII's chocobo system might be less fun, but VII had a whole theme park full of other mini-games. VIII only really had Triple Triad, but it was so much more involving than Tetra Master, which was to be fair (even if it could be fun), confusing and completely pointless.

[Chocobo100]

All the FF games have a important place in my game loving heart. But if I had to choose it would be FF IX! I think that game has the best music soundtrack ever.

[ReloadPsi]

I seem to remember 9 being very well received in the UK because everyone thought Vivi was cute as they'd never seen a Black Mage before.