Why is this game hated ?

[Allen Walker]

This is my second fav FF and I dont understand why its hated so much. I thought the story was fantastic. Is it cause it was "kiddie" I ask ya, when have FF games been based off of that? I thought it was the deep story/plot, characters, Nobuo's music, and fun gameplay that made an FF game. And this one is no exception. I just don't understand.

[Xion]

you might wanna clear up exaclty wich game your talking about man (althought ff fans know u mean ff9)

i love FF9 too, its my second fav

of the ones ive played through

1)8
2)9
3)10
4)7
5)10-2

[Desi]

Screw Nobuo's music. IX is just a magical adventure of great awesome super love. It is a great fantasy world that is totally underrated. To me, it picked up right before the second disc(in the raining city) before that it was horrible.

[Flint]

FF9 is a great game, although for me it's real strength is in the quality of the writing. It had the best translation/localisation of any FF game before (and probably since) and was full of brilliantly written dialogue. The writers really knew how to write expressive, fun lines that made it easy to connect with the characters and made the game world an exciting place to be in.

Zidane is one of the best-written characters in the whole series, in my opinion.

[Pulse]

I have to say that FFXII in my oppinion is written and characterised superbly. I think its one of the better FF's. Balthier and Basch have such brilliant english voice actors, they pull it off excellently.

Josh

[Desi]

The love story in IX moves me. The areas are just brilliant places oozing creativity.

[Sephirothjr]

i think that IX brought back the fantasy in final fantasy after VIII. I think that it should in the top 5 FF games

[Fenristh]

The charaters. Thats why I hated it. I just didnt care about them... Theyre were boring and not really that special.

And Steiner had eye-liner WTF

[Allen Walker]

Steiner has an eye-liner? Only thing I thought of when I saw him was...Buzz Lightyear?

Anyway, I just had to bump this thread cuz it absolutely pisses me off on why people hate this game.

[Desi]

Anyway, I just had to bump this thread cuz it absolutely pisses me off on why people hate this game.
I hate people that like Kain, Cecil, and Rosa. We have something in common.

[Allen Walker]

I actually thought they were good characters^ I dont see whats so bad in them.

[Enedok]

This is a great game. The chibi characters where cool and detailed, the story and the world combined was fantastic. Chocobo island in the corners of the world was awesome. Flying the chocobo was fantastic. And Vivi marrying Quina is the most hilarious game moment in history ^^

[Allen Walker]

Fa Real son^

Everything about this game is so underlooked. The story IMO is spectacular. It had a lot of plot twists especially after you found out that Kuja was the main bad guy. That was when the game just skyrocketed.

[_Versus_]

FF 9 is really good game... Characters is awsome :D

[Kadaj]

I actually thought they were good characters^ I dont see whats so bad in them.

http://gallery.xenmobile.com/images/anime/finalfantasyac001.jpg

http://www.ffcompendium.com/art/9-zidane-c.jpg

Look at him, he looks like an idiot.

[Allen Walker]

It doesnt matter what they look like, as long has they have a will and develop thats all that matters. Honestly I think Zidane does look like a fag, but he developed character-wise really well. I still think Cloud is WAY better but thats my opinion.

If your talking about "idiot" characters, your talking about this guy.
http://www.galbadiax.com/ff12/images/vaan.jpg

THAT^ Is a true fag because his character developed SUCKED DICK !!!

[Kadaj]

I thought FFXII was crap too, because mainly as you just pointed out the lack of character development. I loved Balthier, he was so cool but there was no devlopment or involvement in the storyline. A character like Fran or Penelo could have just walked out never to be seen again and it wouldnt have changed the storyline at all.

To me the way they look means alot... You're looking at them for usually about 50+ hours, even double that if its good, so if they look stupid and lame it puts me off.

[Allen Walker]

Next time, why dont ya judge characters by their development and their personality NOT by their looks :cloud:

Same thing for villians. Just cause they got some big-ass sword doesnt mean "ZOMG HE TEH BEST VILLIAN EVER!!!" I thought Sephy was the best villian in FF, but that was because of his evilness, not because of his looks :/

[Kadaj]

Next time, why dont ya judge characters by their development and their personality NOT by their looks :cloud:

FF9 characters also had shit personalities and development.

"I cut my head cos my mum died" :lol:

[Desi]

If your talking about "idiot" characters, your talking about this guy.
http://www.galbadiax.com/ff12/images/vaan.jpg

THAT^ Is a true fag because his character developed SUCKED DICK !!!
He did develop, he just wasn't the hero so he didn't dig in his bag of tricks to singlehandedly save the world(continent actually). He also had a girlfriend so I don't see how gay he is, bisexual maybe but gay no.

[balthierxashe]

I actually liked the storyline but I didn't like the characters very well. I liked Vivi cause he was so cute, and I liked Zidane's personality (and have you seen the official sketches of him?! He could've been so HOT!! But they ruined it!!). I can't remember what I thought of Garnet though...
I really wish they would've done the CG wwayyy better, but the story was pretty good

[S-r-ex]

FFIX was really great! after getting past gizamaluke and make myself known with the world map, the game really began entertaining me. and the cleyra-dance must be the coolest dance in any game EVER!!! (just had to put on the piano version right now)
and taking that this game is on PS1, it really boosted some graphics, just like FFVIII. weeeell, some of the reason of that is that all backgrounds in towns and caves are per-rendered, leaving more rendering capabilities to characters.

taking the music, it is some of Nobuo's best. though I can't name many of them, much of the ambient music is great! if you just find the FFIX OST, listen to the music and you'll see how well it is done.

you to say it simple: THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[S-r-ex]

FFIX was really great! after getting past gizamaluke and make myself known with the world map, the game really began entertaining me. and the cleyra-dance must be the coolest dance in any game EVER!!! (just had to put on the piano version right now)
and taking that this game is on PS1, it really boosted some graphics, just like FFVIII. weeeell, some of the reason of that is that all backgrounds in towns and caves are per-rendered, leaving more rendering capabilities to characters.

taking the music, it is some of Nobuo's best. though I can't name many of them, much of the ambient music is great! if you just find the FFIX OST, listen to the music and you'll see how well it is done.

you to say it simple: THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw, look at Ragnaroks picture of Vaan, if you phase out everything but his face, he could as well look like a wee little girl...

[Flint]

I did like FFIX but it just didn't grab me in the same way that FFVII and FFVIII did - I didn't care about the characters as much as I did in the other games and the story took a long time to really get going. I also thought the ending to the game was rather poor, especially the thrown-in-without-any-thought battle against the Necron, who I still believe to be the worst end of game enemy in the whole series.

[Desi]

Fight Zeromus, I mean he just shows up in the last two hours. I mean at least Necron is supposed to want the opposite of everyone.

[Flint]

Fight Zeromus, I mean he just shows up in the last two hours. I mean at least Necron is supposed to want the opposite of everyone.

No, Zeromus was the master manipulator that instigated all the events of FFIV - even though you didn't know it, his presence was felt right from the start of the game (through mind-controlling Golbez and the other villains etc). Necron just turns up at the end of FFIX with no build-up, no appearance anywhere else in the story and no real impact on the overall plot of the game - you could remove that battle and the story would not suffer any negative consequences. I don't want to go on about this too much as I've talked about it before in another thread, but the Necron was just thrown in at the end to make the final battle a bit longer - he had no relevance to plot whatsoever.

[Desi]

No, Zeromus was the master manipulator that instigated all the events of FFIV - even though you didn't know it, his presence was felt right from the start of the game (through mind-controlling Golbez and the other villains etc).
And that is why he was so horrible. I was just like "really? So all these people I beat up were like mindcontrolled. Really?" I had no will to fight him.

Now I may not be in the Necron fanclub but Zeromus is in the same bucket, along with Ultimecia, Altima, and just about anyone not named Keflka.

[Flint]

And that is why he was so horrible. I was just like "really? So all these people I beat up were like mindcontrolled. Really?" I had no will to fight him.

Likewise, I had no will to fight an enemy (the Necron) whose only purpose was to delay me from seeing the end sequence for another ten minutes. You may not like Zeromus, Ultimecia etc but at least they had a role in their respective stories.

[Desi]

Necron goes in the bucket too. Except he had Grand Cross and that makes me smile still in the Bucket.

[Allen Walker]

Zeromus and Necron were the two biggest "WTF" bosses in FF. Necron was just thrown in there because Kuja was too much of a push-over for a final boss. Zeromus...eh... really cant say. I still thinks its effed up that after all that time of playing all the bad guys were controlled by him. Kinda cliche if you ask me. FF9 and 4 are still fantastic games.

[Desi]

I like NeoXdeath because of his line. "I am Neo-Exdeath! I shall erase all memory, all existence, all dimensions. Then I too, shall erase myself....forever! " hohoho major pwnage and while in battle the game says "the universe is in danger".

So Necron using Grandcross makes me giddy.

[Allen Walker]

Also, Necron says the same stuff that Zeromus did before they died. Coincidence no?

click spoilers for what he said.

As long is there is life and death I am enternal. Bwahahahahaha (something like that) :/

[Desi]

Well FFIX is FFIV just better and without the character suicide or flip flop. At least that was the way I looked at it.

[masamune]

Didn't followed the entire discussion, but i don't think FFIX is hated, i see people complaining much more about FFVIII. I enjoyed FFIX for a long time and it deserves the name FF.

[3FinalGamer3]

Okay I'm a little late, but who cares. I never played the game [no ps2] but I still think the game is awsome, the soundtracks are great and so are the cutscenes. I think it's a great game.

[Desi]

Okay I'm a little late, but who cares. I never played the game [no ps2] but I still think the game is awsome, the soundtracks are great and so are the cutscenes. I think it's a great game.Even if you are praising it, this kind of voids your discussion.

[Phoenixmaid]

Ok I'm late to. but I just had to say I loved FFIX, I thought the fact that it was kiddyish was a nice touch to be honest, and It reminded me of a lot of RPG games I played when I was younger.
the characters were each loveable in their own way. But it has to be said Vivi rocked (in that awww don't you wanna cuddle him kinda way).
but saying that there hasn't been a FF game I havn't liked.

[Exodus]

Okay I'm a little late, but who cares. I never played the game [no ps2] but I still think the game is awsome, the soundtracks are great and so are the cutscenes. I think it's a great game.

How can you call it "awesome" if you've never played it? If all you've done is watch a few scenes and heard some songs, you can't really place much judgement on the game. :cookie:

Don't get me wrong, Final Fantasy IX is my favourite Final Fantasy, but I don't see how you can call something awesome, never having experienced it.

Guess I should give my two cents on the game. As said, it's my favourite. The story kept me interested all the way through. The music was pretty great, one of my favourite sound tracks. The battle system, I did find to be easier what with four people, you can easily have three attacking while one heals. The characters were meh. Some of them I liked, others I didn't, same goes with every game. Although that useless sack of shit Quina was unneeded and escaped death too many times. :nag:

I found the game to have a comical sense (Zidane, Cid) and yet have a serious tome to it as well (Burmecia, warring nations). And Brahne was enough to scare you, yet make you laugh all together. Look on her face before Bahamut blasted her to oblivion was priceless.

[S-r-ex]

I too think people complained more about VIII than IX, finding the junktion system 'too complex compared to VII's materia system'. IX's system was really simple, and the story was amusing with as stated above a mix of comical and serious tones. I haven't layed enough FF's to sort out the best from the worst, but I'm onto VII now to see if it is as good as everyone wants it to.

[chuk bur]

i thought it was quite an adventure. sure it was kiddish but it also had plenty of action and adventure. you guys are right its a good game of most sorts

[BlueOni]

I wouldn't say the game is "kiddish" but rather more fairytale-like than the previous sci-fi or fantasy/mythology-based FFs. And to those who have played it: don't forget that plot twist with Terra later in the game... that part of the game is by far my favorite, though I won't say more lest I spoil it for those who haven't played it yet. Suffice it to say, it takes the game in a whole new direction, and was a very pleasant surprise for me.

[Sidderz]

I have way too many opinions on things in seperate to post so I'll just say that it's basically my favourite FF. :)

I'm replaying it at the mometn and am falling love with it - again mind - which is fabulous.

[Alice]

Final Fantasy IX is a good game. The characters were well thought out and put together. The storyline is a true "fantasy" story and the gameplay is the classic turn-based style that I love.

I, of course, was a dumbass for letting a "friend" at work borrow it because he ended up quitting and he took it with him. T_T But I did order another one just yesterday for a nice price so all is well. :)

[ZidaneFC]

I think people hated it, probably been posted in here already but whatever, because it went away form the futuristic setting that VII and VIII had. Even though IX returned to the true fantasy roots of FF most people didn't like it. I loved it though, mostly for the deep characters and love story, and it is in the running for my favorite RPG. I can never decide between FF IX, Shadow Hearts and Suikoden III.

[Dark Remnant]

I quite enjoyed playing FFIX back in the day, it was the first FF game that I ever played but I haven't played it in a while. It just had such an engrossing story line and the characters were so well written that sometimes it was hard to put the controller down. It's a great game for me.

[Butterfly Sword]

FFIX was my first FF too. I loved the game and still do, and it has turned me into the FF fan that i'am now. It has a great story line, and great charcters, who actually developed unlike FFXII. Plus I thought the 4 people party was really cool. However, it was very difficult to adjust when it went back down to 3 in FFX. FFIX is my second favorite.

[Whiplash]

How can I hate this game, I never got a chance to play it. :cunning:

One day maybe I will, then I'll be able to hate it.

[Kit]

Most people in general dont like it because it might have been ok during the actual gameplay but then after its all said and done with and you compare it to 7 and 8 it seems as if it was just kinda thrown together. I played and beat it once and didnt really understand the storyline. It went from kidnapping a princess to fighting evil mages....wtf. it just didnt really tickle my pickel so to speak.

[Dark Vincent]

I liked the game, I disliked the graphics going back to ugly SD, and I disliked the cast of characters too. Too unique for my tastes

[Clone of Shadows]

their nothing wrong with the game i liked it.

[Hypnotiq]

Every Final Fantasy is different and therefore , complaints are going to come. Whether it be people not liking the junction system, hating the sphere grid, not liking the characters in final fantasy 9 etc etc.

They will always try something new and thats why every single person has there own favorite for their own reason. People can pick out what they hated and then another person could love that same aspect.To the whole mmorpg fighting system in Final Fantasy XII or just the whole medieval setting.

As for my opinion on the game, i played it and finished, thats all. It didn't leave me wanting more or feeling like i just ended a journey with a set of characters. Final fantasy has and always will be an 'ok game' to me. There are plenty of other rpgs that smash Final Fantasy to bits.

[Kit]

^ Name one? lol Good to see ya bro.

Its not so much that every game has its faults to me, yes i agree with that but 9 didnt really give me the satisfaction that 7 and 8 did. To me 9 and 12 are on the same level. 12 didnt really get my attention because it was about politics. I felt 9 was just slapped together. The Junction system was pretty useful. Overall gameplay didnt go astray too far i just found it hard to take the story seriously.

[Hypnotiq]

^ Name one? lol Good to see ya bro.Good to see you too, sorry for late reply here.

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 1+2.
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne.
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3.
Shadow Hearts 1+2.
Breath Of Fire.
Suikoden II(One of the best games ever made) +III + V.
Eternal Sonata.
Dragon Quest VIII.
Vagrant Story.

I could go on but those above are what i feel to be ahead of Final Fantasy games. I am not saying for a fact that they are better. This is just my opinion.

[Desi]

Eternal Sonata fucked up your whole list. Well that and the lack of Baldur's Gate (or any WRPG's for that matter). Could have let some others slide if Sonata didn't jump up in my grill.

[Hypnotiq]

Like i said i could of gone but stopped since i had enough there.

You have your opinion on games and i have mine.

[Desi]

Like i said i could of gone but stopped since i had enough there.

You have your opinion on games and i have mine.
See you haven't been posting here long enough to know opinions are false. Only those that agree with Desi are right. Vagrant Story, Suikoden II, Nocturne were a good start with three steps forward. Suikoden III and Eternal Sonata take you two steps back. The word opinion made you trip and lose ten steps.

[N O C T E]

See you haven't been posting here long enough to know opinions are false. Only those that agree with Desi are right.

'Tis true. If ya wanna die, keep your useless opinion.:cookie:

[ZidaneFC]

Then I guess I want to die because I easily put Suikoden III above any Final Fantasy I've played. I just ordered Suikoden II so I'll get to see how good that is compared to III, because everyone says it destroys it.

[Whiplash]

See you haven't been posting here long enough to know opinions are false. Only those that agree with Desi are right. Vagrant Story, Suikoden II, Nocturne were a good start with three steps forward. Suikoden III and Eternal Sonata take you two steps back. The word opinion made you trip and lose ten steps.

Translation: Go directly to jaill. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200

[Kit]

I have a feeling this could get ugly...

Reason i asked is because i hate waiting for a new FF. I've played suikoden IV i think, but didnt really like it.

I havent played any of the others except persona 3. P3 is excellent i do agree, but not above FF, its kinda repetetive from day to day im on i think the 8th full moon and all i have to do is leave school and go to sleep. mainly because i always wait two days before going to the tower.

[Desi]

Reason i asked is because i hate waiting for a new FF. I've played suikoden IV i think, but didnt really like it.

Understandable, Suikoden IV is the worst in the series. Truly a horrible experience.

[Nao KoKi]

I don't see this game as being hated. If you look HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_fantasy_ix#Reception_and_criticism), you'll see that the game generally has positive reviews. The popularity wasn't uber fantastic due to the release being late. By the time it was released, PS2 was already out and so FFIX was highly overlooked due to people ogling at better graphics of PS2 games. I personally thought this was my favorite FF game of the series. The character and story development was by far superb compared to VII and VIII (in VII's case, however, it expanded over the movie and various other games).

Nao-ko chan: VIII was the abysmal game in my humble opinion, just because of the development in its characters and story, and the gameplay itself wasn't very good. I didn't even like the main character Squall, other than the fact that he wasn't blond and that he had a gunblade. The development in his relationship with Rinoa was pretty crappy, and I just didn't understand any of the characters' relationships. The worst part is the fact that they were all (excluding Rinoa) raised in the same orphanage, which gives off a redundant atmosphere since almost every one of them can pretty much relate to each other and basically tell the same story. In IX, at least each character brought in something new to the plot and also provided different backgrounds behind their pasts.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c380/Windress17/Onion/6f049d0d.gif

Nao-ki kun: As for story development, VIII kind of moved at a random pace. When I was playing it the whole time, all I thought was "What's the next boss?" I didn't really think about what's actually going on or what the mission was for half the time. I thought about these things more in IX than in VIII. VIII just makes me think "WTF" most of the time, though it DID had potential. The developers just didn't use it effectively.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c380/Windress17/Onion/4ba86065.gif

[Exire]

Having played through the game a few times besides the one time I played it so long ago, I like IX better than I did before. The story is quite good, though I'm only on the second disc currently. However I do disagree with that comment on FFVIII. I thought the story was very well done, definitely one of the most well done. I think people look at the story more negatively is that unlike every other Final Fantasy game, they don't spell out exactly what is going on and hold the player's hand through everything. There were subtleties in the game that weren't in other FF's. I believe people don't like it, mostly because they aren't paying special attention, instead they just go through the motions.

Anyway, this isn't about FFVIII. Besides the character designs being slightly odd in IX, the characters were well developed and you actually felt the emotion through the characters. There was plenty of emotion in FFVII, but most of the time it didn't quite connect. Maybe that was because I was too paranoid with staring at their gigantic heads. I still think Necron was sort of placed there, but one or two people have told me their side to it with Necron being connected with the Iifa Tree and something like that...I don't exactly remember what they told me since it was years since I had beaten the game.

And yes, Suikoden IV was pretty bad. Not good for me since that was my first and only look at the Suikoden series.

[Ginryuu]

FF9 characters also had shit personalities and development.

"I cut my head cos my mum died" :lol:
First of all she cut her hair. And the symbolism of that was starting afresh and leaving the tragic past behind. FFIX had excellent character development.


FFIX is actually my favourite FF. Mainly it was the superb music and setting. The art was fantastic and it brought the world to life, with the music enhancing it to an amazingly atmospheric experience imo.

Next up, the characters rocked. They weren't your typical cliche type characters, nor in looks or in personality. Even Kuja was superb, one of the best realised villains in a VG yet. I could dig deep as to why the characters were so good, but I'll refrain for now.

Then there's the dialogue. It was superb. All that text and I never got bored reading it; the characters were superbly fleshed out and it really goes to show (imo) that a lack of voice acting can be better than having voice acting, if the dialogue is done right.


Reasons it is hated:

1. It's easy. I didn't care, I didn't love this game for the gameplay, I loved it for experience.

2. People say it's kiddy, yet it touches on a very serious and thought provoking theme...existence.

3. People didn't like the characters. I doubt they even understood them. There is significance in even the smallest of words, the smallest of actions; the characters were some of the best.

4. It was medieval? This could be one of the reasons, but I'm not sure hence the question mark. Because after FFVII and FFVIII, people may have gotten used to the whole urban fantasy instead of medieval fantasy. I was glad it went back to its original and proper fantasy roots though.

5. Really, it's all opinion. But opinion is formed from the balance of understanding. Some people will see many things in a game like FFIX that many others won't. FFIX is a very deep game, and it's very easy for someone to just play it and not get why it's so great. It also depends on imagination, but let's stop there...



Anyway, something that helped me realise how much I loved FFIX subconsciously, was the soundtrack. I mean sure, I had some very fond and nostalgic memories of the game; but when I listened to the soundtrack again I was in heaven. The music is so fantastic and touchingly deep; listening to it really livened up my imagination and inspired me in alot of ways. It was one of the reasons I started pursuing an art career; I had already known I had a good imagination, but listening to the soundtrack made me really want to put my ideas on paper. Even Uematsu himself said that the FFIX soundtrack was his personal favourite, and Melodies of Life was his favourite song period.


It comes down to opinion and preference; but I prefer that the people arguing against FFIX to put up insightful and valid reasons, because I usually get generic ignorant statements that mean very little.

[Ice Prince]

I'd say it's not as well received because it does look less mature on the outset to what we're used to with FF. However, once you actually play, it's story is just as serious as any other Final Fantasy story.

I loved alot of the side characters in this game as well. Beatrix, Zorn & Thorn, Kuja, etc.

I also liked how the battle system had everyone in a specific class. I've just always appreciated that aspect, since that way you know from the start what everyone's focus is going to be in battles most of the time.

[dxgirly]

I think a lot of people saw it as a step back rather than a step forward in the series. I disagree to be honest, and it's the game that originally got me into Final Fantasy, so it will always have a fond place in my heart

[Zezlar]

9 was good I thought, It just took awhile for the story to get interesting. But I don't see why it is hated because it was acctually quite good.

[Clone of Shadows]

its the same as any good ff game imo, so its really shouldn't be hated.

[Zezlar]

FFVIII is still the best in the series imo. It was the game that got me into Final Fantasy. I own every FF game now, they all are good but VIII was definitely not bad.

[Naunen]

FFVIII is still the best in the series imo. It was the game that got me into Final Fantasy. I own every FF game now, they all are good but VIII was definitely not bad.

----Uhh.... This is a Final Fantasy IX thread.

[VeraAlexander]

FFIX is my fourth favorite, overall a great game and a good experience, worthy of the Final Fantasy title

[topgunffx]

This is my second fav FF and I dont understand why its hated so much. I thought the story was fantastic. Is it cause it was "kiddie" I ask ya, when have FF games been based off of that? I thought it was the deep story/plot, characters, Nobuo's music, and fun gameplay that made an FF game. And this one is no exception. I just don't understand.


agreed, this is my 2nd fav also..... i dont know why people disliked it

[Lucy]

FF9 is a great game..i just didnt like how characters looked like...

[skirtgirl]

maybe because of the character designs. no one looked 'cool' enough. they're all just 'cute.'

[Jive Turkey]

Not even, I thought they were ugly honestly

[Flowing Ice]

I'm here to say that FFIX, is my favorite Final Fantasy of all time.

An excellently written and moving storyline, great character development..It had alot more then some other uber popular FF's I could name..But i won't go there.

As for how the characters look..it's all about the style implemented..It's not that they were ruined, besides this is the PSX we're talking about..that's not a system you think about, when you wanna see top realism..Or overall looks of characters. You have to look at FFIX as a pure fantasy, meaning the characters aren't suppsoed to look uber cool necessarily. ..At any rate, coolness goes by the perosn's viewpoints.

I also loved the music score..All the peices wove toegtrhwer perfectly, for each moment and character.

...Wrap this all up, with my fave FF villain ever, ...possibly fave villain of al ltime, Kuja..Gods I lvoe him.

[ZenTzen]

I think people are just pissed because it wasn't lifelike characters with normal sizes. But my personal opinion is that this is one of the best FF

[dxgirly]

I think people are just pissed because it wasn't lifelike characters with normal sizes. But my personal opinion is that this is one of the best FF


I agree. Lots of chibi-hating going on

[Carley Jay]

I liked the game to a certain extent..after half way it got quite boring, there was so much hype about ff9 aswell being the last ps1 FF, but tbh it didn't deliver, FF7 & 8 were deffinitley much stronger games.

[ArxTheHero]

IX is good. I haven't gotten in to it that much yet, but I enjoy it. I don't think an FF should be hated. I like every FF.

[GarnetxNoctis]

UMMM ZIDANE HAS A BETTER PERSONALITY THEN COLD HEARTED CLOUD
i like cloud and all but he is a total ass sometimes. FF9 is my favorite game and the story was stunning
my opinion about why the game is so ignored are

1.DIFFERENT PRODUCER
2.ANIMATION (SMALL)
3.COMMERCIALS MADE IT SEEM UNENJOYABLE

i am a HUGE fan of ff9 thus ff9 Garnet

[Luriana]

I liked IX a lot, mainly because it strayed from the usual sci-fi setting of VII & VIII.

The characters were also great, such as Zidane and Vivi.

[GarnetxNoctis]

she cut her hair and it symbolized the change in her
i loved all the music in it specially the last two fmv scenes
simply beautiful music
i hope they remake ff9

[Naunen]

umm if your gonna talk shit bout ff9 then list something so ignorant
(cut my head off cus my mom died)
Get your facts straight before stating something so stupid
she cut her hair your so stupid. and it symbolized the change in her
seriously dont talk anymore kadaj was a straight up suckky character in my opinion
and cloud i love him an all but his personality sucked but not as much as squall
The only personality i didnt like in ff9 was quina

----This is a thread DISCUSSING why people like or dislike this game. -_- No flames. It's stupid.

[GarnetxNoctis]

i sent you a message about this
again my apologies
my comment was uneeded wont happen again

[Free]

Rarely do I see this game hated. In actuality I always see it praised because it is an underdog.

If anything I see FFVII as the hated game for oversaturation.

And I see FFVIII hated just because. I haven't beaten IX yet, but VIII has one damn fine artistic ending.

[Jive Turkey]

Not even, I thought they were ugly honestly
I dont know what I was saying there, but I liked the game overall more so then VII honestly, just as GarnetxNoctis said seeing Zidane has/had more personality then Cloud. The story was good and that's what I liked about it.

[Stella]

I didn't hated it, but I didn't loved it much either.
The story wasn't that interesting for me and the characters as well.

[Luriana]

I liked IX for its storyline and characters. The design maybe was a little chibi-like, but that's its high point.

[GarnetxNoctis]

i know. not all male lead characters has to be COLD
I mean i think Zidane and Zack have the same personality
and finally a setting change from the worlds in ff7 and ff8
i thought it was a more calm
change i loved it all
Still Alexander looked amazing
ff9 had great scenes and story

[DaveyBoy]

I know a few people that have played Final fantasy 9 and stated that they werent keen on it, one friend of mine didnt like it because the characters and some of the citizens were animals. But for me, it is my second favourite, i think it has a great story to it and it cna actually be difficult at times which to be is good as i like to have a challenge.

[Ginryuu]

Cloud wasn't cold, he was just abit of an unenthusiastic coward that always needed moral support. But he's still a good character, because that's how he's meant to be, and he's not your typical two dimensional good guy.

Zidane owns him though.

[omegaodin565]

This was my first final fantasy heck this was my first playstation game i just love everything about it!!!!

[Larsal]

my alltime favorite finalfantasy and game ive ever played. FFIX was my 2nd final fantasy and FFVII 1st. Of course i do like FFVII a lot and it's really one of the best finalfantasy but personally FFIX just hit the right spot in my heart. The characters, the story and the world, everything was amazing. Yea, fantasy should be like this.

[Viion]

I love ff9, it has everything a FF should have, perfect in almost everyway, if only it went on ps2, It is my second fave, 10 is my fave.

[rigan]

He did develop, he just wasn't the hero so he didn't dig in his bag of tricks to singlehandedly save the world(continent actually). He also had a girlfriend so I don't see how gay he is, bisexual maybe but gay no.

what girlfriend?? Penelo? if they now where together then thats the worst romance in history.. seriously did he had girlfriend??