I didn't have the internet in 2000 but I sure as hell did my part by buying the game and the shitty bradygames guide that was a blatant advertisement for playonline.
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All You Final Fantasy IX Fans: Where Were You When It Mattered?
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I was a kid and only had dial-up in 2000、not eager to pay per minute to be a forum warrior back then.
Plus I was obviously still playing and replaying FFIX.
Plus I was obviously still playing and replaying FFIX.
I had 4 lol. My launch unit, one that I bought with a mod chip, and then two others when I lived with 4 other guys cuz I hated sharing.
I was 11, and I didn't have a Playstation. I was a Nintendo kid.
I never even saw a FF game until I was 12, and I didn't have a PSX/PS2 until I was 13.
I also didn't have any real buying power until I was 15 and relied on gifts.
I didn't even become a big FF fan until I was 16, after playing Kingdom Hearts II.
I played the shit out of The Wind Waker at release when I was 13 though, so don't blame me for discouraging cartoony art styles.
I never even saw a FF game until I was 12, and I didn't have a PSX/PS2 until I was 13.
I also didn't have any real buying power until I was 15 and relied on gifts.
I didn't even become a big FF fan until I was 16, after playing Kingdom Hearts II.
I played the shit out of The Wind Waker at release when I was 13 though, so don't blame me for discouraging cartoony art styles.
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I was thankfully not reading Internet forums to have any sense of the mocking that was going on.
Uh oh... I don't remember this at all. You sure this is actually a thing? I feel like I'd remember this mechanic if I used it. Shit.
I was loving it, and slowly working my way back through the series in whatever order the shitty game shop's stock situation would allow. I was 12. It'd be like four more years before I ever touched VI or VII. I was also lacking any real access to the internet outside of school, and thus blissfully unaware that IX ever got shat upon.
VII and VIII were simply better games. IX never pulled me in like the other two. It's still a good game (and certainly better than everything that came after) but yeah at the time i liked VII and VIII way more and the gap is even bigger today.
I believe I was 12 or 13 when I first played it in 2002, it looked weird coming from FFVII and VIII, but it's story instantly made it one of my favorites.
I'm 30 years old, but back then I only cared about Nintendo games, I did play FF6 but going to Sony meant I didn't care, I played it on PS3 eventually.
Oh, sorry OP, I was playing it on my brand new PS2 with smooth textures (or whatever it was called) enabled. It was glorious. Next I played Chrono Cross. In fact, I completed both of those before playing my first PS2 game, which was Armored Core 2.
This. I was a young kid, but really enjoyed playing FFIX with my uncle at his house.
I replayed it a few times since then, and I consider it the best FF in the franchise.
Back then I had no clue what the outside world throught of things and I simply didn't care. My love for games was a bit more genuine and simple. Today I cannot get through one hour of a game before I know exactly what people think of it and have a pretty good idea of how it's gonna play out.
Playing the game with my friends. I was just 11 at the time.
This title is needlessly passive aggressive.
This title is needlessly passive aggressive.
I was 14 and playing the sh*t out of it... and of course recommending it to all my gamer friends.
Still recommending it around to anyone who is looking for a great RPG experience.
Still recommending it around to anyone who is looking for a great RPG experience.
100% a thing. Apparently it was even in the game manual, which I never ever read. I had finished the game and was over at a friend's house, he was playing the game and did a magic attack on all the enemies. I was like wtf, I asked what cheat codes he was using. Legitimately thought he was using a game shark or something like that. But nope, just a simple game mechanic that I was totally unaware of, despite putting dozens and dozens and dozens of hours into the game.
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I bought FFIX day fucking one OP, and still have my copy to this day. Where the fuck were you? 😁. WoFF I didn't get until the Switch version. I also do not remember any of the bashing FFIX apparently received, I think a lot people were just gearing up for the PS2 at the time.
I did my part, bought the game day one and shared my experience with friends (who also bought it).
Later on I also bought it again on Steam day one, even tho that port has a fucking awful UI.
Later on I also bought it again on Steam day one, even tho that port has a fucking awful UI.
My parents bought IX on PS1 for me for Christmas and I bought the steam version last year. Don't put the blame on me, bruh.
Every single Final Fantasy, regardless of sales, seems to have the same cycle. Square previews the next game, everyone is hyped as fuck. People can barely contain their glee. The game releases, everyone bitches about it. It doesn't have X or Y system Y. I hate character Z, etc etc... A year or two passes, maybe the next number in the series releases, and people go, you know , that last outing was actually pretty good. At the same time people from two games in the series ago emerge praising the game and how great it is. While games older than that start to become deified, going as far back as FFIV.
Repeat over and over again.
Repeat over and over again.
Why are you holding a grudge based off a release 18 years ago?
Seriously.
I mean who are you actually addressing here? I loved all of the PS1 FF games including 9 but I was 16 at the time and didn't really use console forums as I was a CS player and used the IRC systems etc and the PC gamer forum.
Sorry for not defending your favourite game directors honour I guess?
I played it at launch, didn't like it then, still don't care about it now. I just can't enjoy those character designs and it takes me out of the game.
