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Beautiful on the outside and inside.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I say that because I felt what many others felt about FFVIII: That it was too concerned with the look of the game and new ideas than with the "feel" that RPG's usually give. FFIX gave me an "experience the adventure" feel rather than "just observing a drama" feel that FFVIII had. The characters look less realistic than they ever had in a FF game but yet I felt for the characters and was touched by the efforts Square did to draw emotions from the characters rather than just impulse reactions like the two previous Final Fantasys had done. I liked also the art that was put into the design of the game's world. It definitely gave it a truly imaginative experience that I got from reading great works of Fantasy literature. And the lessons from the game itself were very sincere and touching. But that's the way it is with every Final Fantasy, but with FFIX it gives more of an outlook on life as a whole that really comforts and gives a reason to survive. The game is worthy of 5-stars for the themes and messages alone. The graphics, great characters, and storyline are definitely worth it as well. Highly recommended!

So coooooooooooool!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well, I wasn't into RPG until I played this little treasure, I can get enough of it, I've already played this one like 10 times and each time gets I find new things!!! After this I bought FFVIII and VII, but IX rocks!!!!

Mastering Is Not Easy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: April 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Final Fantasy 9 is one of the best RPG's ever made thats a given, but can it compete with todays RPG's? The graphics in the game are crisp. There is not an abundant of cut-scenes to bore the gamer out of there mind. The sidequest are fun for dedicated Final Fantasy games. The chocobo sidequest takes a while and can get difficult. Tracking the Chocobo's Paradise can be difficult at times. One thing is sure the optionals boss fights are hard. OZMA comes a level 99 and unless your characters are at a high level do not even bother trying. I would recommend level 80-100,
a party of Zidane, Amarant,Quina, and Dagger. Have Quina use Frog Drop every turn. Have Dagger use Summons. Use Amarants throw, chakra,revive abilities. Use Zidanes Thivery and if he goes into trance do not use his Grand Lethal Dyne ability, conserve you MP you wil need it. Wear Shadow absorbing armor. The card game can be hard at times. Use your strongest four cards. Have a weak card that has arrows on all sides and use this to your advantage. To level up fast move west past the mist continent till you come to some islands. There are Dragons there that can be beaten with Quina's Level 5 Death skill.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off I will say that this was the fist Final Fantansy game that I have played but I really enjoyed it and that I am not very good at reviews so here goes nothing...

I thought the graphics were wonderful and I loved the scenes. I must say that I enjoyed the story and I even cried during some parts, even people who do not like this type of game said that the graphics were great.

The music was ok... At some points I really enjoyed listening to it but at other times I listed to my radio... I have to admit, that I think that the music fits the game wonderfully...

On a negative note there were a few battle scenes that had absolutely horrible angles. Also I spent about 50 hours on the first 3 discs and only about 2-3 hours on the last disc. I might also add that I am one of those people who start something and tend to loose interest fast, but I did finish this game and I would play it again (and for me that is saying something).

Perhaps this game could've been better but I have just started playing FFVIII and that game has not caught my attention, yet... Maybe it will once I get into it a bit more... My point is that FFIX caught my attention right away.

A Must Have RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Square Soft has done it again. I thought they had reached their top with FFVIII (which is an ecxellent game), but once more they have proved me wrong. The great thing about FFIX are the brand new cartoon like characters you play with. The main character is not the typical FF leader always so quite and lonely. Tis guy is totally new. Plus, you wont find a game with more sideq quests than this one (probably over 15), and there are some links with previous FF game (Excalibur sword for example). In bottomline, you MUST buy this game. Your gaming life could not be complete without the excellent RPG.

ff7,ff8 no way you need FF9

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

ff9 is the best sure ff7and ff8 were OK.And we've got to give these two creditYet 9 is the best.Come on think of the easy battle scenes and of course the awsome charachters Zidane is so cool,once Garnet learns some more white magic than cure and shes got some summons watch out for the stongest princess ever,Vivi is the best black mage i've ever seen,Steiners sword magic is the best,and of course we have to give Blank the bravest charachter award(not really I just like Blank).This has such a good plot.It's a challenge(espesialy the Black Waltz 1,2,and 3.)FF9 is the greatest!Get it!!!!!!!!!

The Game Is The Best FF

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Game Is Still Hot It bring's Back Madd Memories, The Game Play's On The Ps3 Wonderful. It's Just The Best Final Fantasy 9. Don't Belived Me Go And Buy It On Amazon.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Old school rpg feeling. I own FF3, FF8, FF9, FFX, FFX2, and FF12. All great games, and I recommend all of them. However, with FF8 and FF9. make sure you don't lose a disc. That's what happened to me and I had to buy the games over again.

The best Final Fantasy game ever!! With typical Final Fantasy flaws.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I LOVE Final Fantasy IX. It is easily one of my favorite games of all time. The story is riveting, the main characters are compelling, the secondary characters are amusing, the music is wonderful, the graphics are beautiful, I could gush about this game for hours. I have played it through from beginning to end at least ten times, and just writing this review makes me want to play it again.

But as much as I love FF9, I can't just ignore all its serious flaws. This game is typical Final Fantasy, which is to say: tedious and slow. Random monster battles, learning magic and abilities the slow way, ultra-long loading times thanks to the lush graphics and effects, and so forth. The game play is old school...too old school. FF9 is essentially an old NES or SNES Final Fantasy game with 3d polygon graphics.

The story line is also very typical of the FF series: the world is being threatened by evil and you control the band of heroes who journey to save it. Unlike most of the FF series, however, this game takes that old cliché plot and turns it on its head. The main hero is not some dark, angst-ridden swordsman atoning for past service to the villain; nor is he some callow youth who gets caught up in the greatest adventure of his life. He is, instead, a thief, braggart, and womanizer who almost accidentally falls in love. And he doesn't get involved because war destroys his home and family, or the villain pushes him too far, or whatever. Instead, he is part of a plot to kidnap a royal princess and things just fly out of control. This is probably the only time since the old FF1 game that Square ever really thought outside of the box.

Unlike the previous four or so FF games that preceded it, FF9 abandons the one-size-fits-all jobs and abilities system. Instead, it gives all the playable characters a specific class and skill-set. On the one hand, this new system isn't handled very well; why does equipping a new hat allow the black mage to learn the Fire spell? On the other hand, combat and party formation are much more strategic, because the player has to really think about who to put in the party. The proper balance really does make a difference. In the old one-size-fits-all system, you could put anyone you wanted in your party and you would do just fine, which made the games too easy for me. That said, in FF9 you don't get to choose your own party until disc 3 of 4; until then you have to go with the party assigned to you by the plot.

Speaking of which, the plot never takes itself too seriously. It explores a lot of very heavy themes: love, duty, sacrifice, freedom, life, death, and the nature of the soul. But it always remains, at its base, a lighthearted romp and essentially upbeat in its outlook. This cheerful optimism that permeates even the darkest moments of FF9 always makes me feel better about life. For all that, though, the plot is very linear and you don't get much freedom to explore until very late in the game. As I mentioned above, you don't even get to start choosing your own party until disc 3 of 4. It can feel rather constraining when you want to do some treasure hunting on the side but aren't allowed to simply because your only choice is to continue following the plot.

And of course, while following the plot you stuck are playing an old-fashioned console RPG which forces you to slog through a great deal of random monster battles, FMVs, and loading times. It can get tedious very quickly. The monster fights literally take about ten seconds just to load up, and then another ten seconds to return to the world map after the fight is over. The main reason for this is the lush graphics. Drawing all those polygons takes time. And then just to take a bit more time, the camera spends a few seconds spinning around and showing off all those nice-looking graphics before finally settling down on the actual fight. This is particularly annoying during those times when there is a clock ticking and you don't have much time to waste. And while the FMVs are very pretty and well-rendered, they also have long loading times and often happen rather abruptly. They tend to break the momentum of the game and story, which gets annoying at times.

If the story and characters weren't so compelling, FF9 would be too tedious to be worth playing. That is why I give it a relatively low grade. It fixed a lot of things that were wrong with its predecessors, as far as story, characters, and dialogue go. But it also kept a lot of things that should have been changed, such as the tedious random monster fighting and the graphics-induced loading times. I love this game and always will, but I would hesitate to recommend it to anyone except diehard FF or RPG fans.

To sum up:

Pros:

+ Wonderful story
+ Engaging characters
+ Great music
+ Beautiful graphics
+ Nice refinements to some game play elements

Cons:

- Tedious monster fighting
- Tedious load times
- Ultra-old-school game play
- Rigid, ultra-linear plot

game is on a younger level

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: October 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

the storyline is too kidie for me and i couldn't finish the game(out of boredom), you might like it. but if you like the story line of ff7 this one will bore you.

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