Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “Final-Fantasy-9”
Final Fantasy IX Completed
I finally finished Final Fantasy IX. Took me a little over 30 hours. I didn’t do all the side quests, but that’s more of Dan’s thing. The characters I played with the most ended up at about level 52 - if that tells you anything. Except for a little bit when I was trying to learn some skills, I didn’t do any grinding. That’s the big difference from when I played Final Fantasy VI as a kid. I don’t have quite as much time. Whenever I got to a complicated dungeon, I consulted an FAQ. So what are my final thoughts? Here’s a rambling, stream-of-conciousness review of the game after finishing it up.
Final Fantasy 9: First Impressions
After playing Final Fantasy 9 for a few days, here are my first impressions.
- the graphics are a little distracting - it’s kinda like an uncanny valley thing. It’s not quite as nice as the new stuff, but better than the SNES graphics. But there are a lot of closeups because it was state of the art when it first came out.
- There appears to be a lot of slapstick with Steiner. But then again, there’s always some slapstick in Final Fantasy games.
- Like pretty much any Final Fantasy game, after the first disc, I’m still not sure what the plot is. Just like anime/manga, the plot is usually not evident in the first few hours. After playing for just about eight hours I still didn’t know what was going on.
- At first I thought I had acquired an airship VERY early for a Final Fantasy game, but then quickly lost it.
Final Fantasy 9: The Legacy Continues
I have a lot of love for Squaresoft (well, now they’re SquareEnix), despite the fact that I’ve played relatively few of their games. I think Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 6 (originally released as Final Fantasy 3 in the US) are the pinnacle of their jRPG work. I’ve also played Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, and Chrono Cross. I didn’t really enjoy Final Fantasy 7 nearly as much as everyone else. I think it’s partly out of spite. All these new jRPG fans think that Final Fantasy 7 is the greatest Final Fantasy game ever. But they’re never played the SNES Final Fantasies. Nothing is better than Final Fantasy 6 story-wise. And Chrono Trigger is unmatched for the amount of differences your actions could make to the game. When I finally got a Playstation in college, I was lucky enough that all the Final Fantasies released up to that time had become “greatest hits” and were available for $20. I bought them all. I finally got to play Final Fantasy 7. I had tried before on our computer, but it just wasn’t up to snuff. Even owning it on Playstation, it took me two attempts to get through it thanks to real life getting in the way. When I finally finished it, I just didn’t see why everyone thought it was so awesome. It might partially have to do with the fact that I had a 2 month gap in the middle of my playing the game, but I just didn’t get what made it so amazing.