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All You Final Fantasy IX Fans: Where Were You When It Mattered?
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I was busy playing the game and I thought it was a return to form after feeling average on FFVII and being greatly disappointed in FFVIII.
I never really checked out the internet's opinion of the game until years after I beat it. I was more heavily involved in the Pokemon communities than any of the Final Fantasy ones at the time.
I never really checked out the internet's opinion of the game until years after I beat it. I was more heavily involved in the Pokemon communities than any of the Final Fantasy ones at the time.
For one playthrough? Just about. Square really wanted you to do multiple playthroughs.
I was in college, playing it. Then disliking it eventually, never to return.
Yet, here I am almost 20 years after FFVIII released, realizing that I think it's a better game than VII, but still thinking IX is terribly boring and slow.
Yet, here I am almost 20 years after FFVIII released, realizing that I think it's a better game than VII, but still thinking IX is terribly boring and slow.
i bought it at launch, it was great and all but (to my recollection) general consensus was neither great nor bad, just kinda "oh, that was cool"
and i was more or less on that page. to me the game was a victory lap of the franchise's PS1 success with a serving of classic FF as nod to the pre-FF7 fans. i guess a good analogue would be Resident Evil 3, at the gen's twilight and it's perfectly a solid game but it was just kind of in passing. years later you wonder why it wasn't a bigger deal but at the time it was more of a side step to the franchise's "next gen" treatment
and i was more or less on that page. to me the game was a victory lap of the franchise's PS1 success with a serving of classic FF as nod to the pre-FF7 fans. i guess a good analogue would be Resident Evil 3, at the gen's twilight and it's perfectly a solid game but it was just kind of in passing. years later you wonder why it wasn't a bigger deal but at the time it was more of a side step to the franchise's "next gen" treatment
Final Fantasy IX is easily my favorite Final Fantasy and I did get it when it came out. However, I was a young kid so I didn't exactly frequent message boards or the like.
I feel like the core fanbase was fine with the game, praised it and bought it. Any naysaying was very minor and probably had little impact on sales.
It was just a late PS1 release in the shadow of the PS2 and it's not like that look was going to have massive crossover appeal beyond previous entries.
It was just a late PS1 release in the shadow of the PS2 and it's not like that look was going to have massive crossover appeal beyond previous entries.
Oh, I was there.
I was thirteen and really starting to get into JRPGs. Rented it from Hollywood Video but couldn't get past Disc 1/Dali Village because the rental copy I had was in such horrible condition. So I replayed the first few hours of the game over and over and over again until it was time to return the game. Few weeks later I got my own copy.
IX was my first Final Fantasy and remains my favorite to this day.
I was thirteen and really starting to get into JRPGs. Rented it from Hollywood Video but couldn't get past Disc 1/Dali Village because the rental copy I had was in such horrible condition. So I replayed the first few hours of the game over and over and over again until it was time to return the game. Few weeks later I got my own copy.
IX was my first Final Fantasy and remains my favorite to this day.
I mean, I was 12 so I wasn't sitting on message boards, but I was playing the game. So pretty much doing the only thing that ever does matter? Buy the game, enjoy the game.
Are we actually trying to blame players at random for... some game director hypothetically not being put in charge of the next Final Fantasy after releasing a critically acclaimed, commercially successful entry two decades ago ? (And another one a few years later, I mean if you want to blame someone for FFIX not getting a sequel or Ito seemingly not directing another another entry, blame Square, not the people who bought and praised his games en masse)
I bought it the day it came out, I dunno what you want from me! Also, World of Final Fantasy was pretty disappointing, though I have not tried the new and improved one. I like some of what it did but the designs were too Nomura and the difficulty was too wonky. Also, i really dislike mascot parades, they're the first sign that a team doesn't know how to make a good classical FF game. What makes classical FF great is the structure and understanding of how to create personal mythology, which was on full display in Heavensward.
im crying lmaooo what did the OP expect a bunch of kids to do
I was there from day one. Always loved the game and it's been one of my favourite RPGs ever since it launched.
I picked up both the Japanese import and North American versions on Day 1. I've got it via PSN and Steam. And yes, I too even purchased that shitty PlayOnline "guide book".
So yah, super fan here. I'll most likely pick it up on the Switch, provided it's a decent enough port.
So yah, super fan here. I'll most likely pick it up on the Switch, provided it's a decent enough port.
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I was 13. I was far away from all online forums so i didn't let the public opinion poison my mind on what's supposed to be "cool" to like or not.
It was the first Final Fantasy i ever played and i loved every second of it.
In fact, i loved it so much that after that one, i played FFVII and FFVIII and didn't really like them as much.
Then i played FFX and i loved it too.
But FFIX is simply special. First of all, i love the setting. The world of Gaia is simply amazing. I like the fact that it's not a futuristic world.
Also, it has the best OST from ANY Final Fantasy ever.
Fight me all you want.
I'm playing it right now on the PS4 and loving every second of it.
In fact...i bought FFIX and FFXV...played 2 hours of XV and decided to start FFIX again and i still couldn't let go of it.
I actually stopped playing everything else to revisit it. That was NOT supposed to happen.
It was the first Final Fantasy i ever played and i loved every second of it.
In fact, i loved it so much that after that one, i played FFVII and FFVIII and didn't really like them as much.
Then i played FFX and i loved it too.
But FFIX is simply special. First of all, i love the setting. The world of Gaia is simply amazing. I like the fact that it's not a futuristic world.
Also, it has the best OST from ANY Final Fantasy ever.
Fight me all you want.
I'm playing it right now on the PS4 and loving every second of it.
In fact...i bought FFIX and FFXV...played 2 hours of XV and decided to start FFIX again and i still couldn't let go of it.
I actually stopped playing everything else to revisit it. That was NOT supposed to happen.
FF IX was the last game of "Epic Gaming Winter Break 2000."
Over the month of winter break during University that year (2000-2001 school year). I played, in order: Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, Resident Evil 3, Grandma 2, and finally Final Fantasy 9. I finished up a couple days after spring term started.
So...I bought it, played it, and loved it.
Over the month of winter break during University that year (2000-2001 school year). I played, in order: Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, Resident Evil 3, Grandma 2, and finally Final Fantasy 9. I finished up a couple days after spring term started.
So...I bought it, played it, and loved it.
Haha this is the most ridiculous, bullshit retroactive finger pointing I've seen in a while. I say this as someone that feels Persona 2 was the last good game in that series.
I bought FFIX when it came out. The market, industry, and the way gamers communicated were all very different at that time.
I bought FFIX when it came out. The market, industry, and the way gamers communicated were all very different at that time.
I was 9 and didn't have a ps2 or 1. I remember the gaming environment being vastly different at the time too
I got it for Christmas the year it came out here, so I absolutely was playing the crap out of the game (but ran into loading issues, due to my PS1 having some read problems on some sections of the game. Bahamut ravaging the city on Disc 3, when you go to make decisions for the troops, the game often would soft lock for me there).
I was... 11, I wanna say.
I was... 11, I wanna say.
Looking back it seems weird how 8,9,10 were all released about a year apart from each other.
I never played 9, because I was trying to get ready for ps2.
I never played 9, because I was trying to get ready for ps2.
Personal mythology is a good phrase. Now I have a name for the thing I think was missing from Octopath and that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 had in spades. It's also something that can be taken too far like in FFXIII.
Thinking about it now, FFIX and XBC2 have a lot of themes in common. Which makes sense considering they were both newer games trying to capture the feeling of the SNES RPGs.
