Do Final Fantasy IX Justice

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  • @_Brennus
    @_Brennus 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Amarant joined too late. I would have written it such that he joins Garnet and Steiner when they are on the train before they get to Treno (instead of Marcus). He could have overheard them talking about Zidane, who he claims to be looking for, but secretly wants revenge on. Garnet: "Are you a friend of Zidane?" Amarant: "Let's just say I owe him one..." He then helps them in the fight against Black Waltz 3 and teams up with Garnet and Steiner for a while, with hopes of running into Zidane. He betrays the party in Alexandria and gets beaten by Zidane in a one-on-one fight. Then you meet up with him again in Madain Sari and he saves Eiko from Lani, has another fight with Zidane, and joins with the goal of learning from Zidane.

  • @benzohhhhh
    @benzohhhhh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I played this game last year in a rough patch of life. It genuinely changed me and it’s already become nostalgic.

  • @tab-xp8fb
    @tab-xp8fb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I heavily agree on how bare Freya and Amarant feel. I said this elsewhere, but we should've played as Freya, Steiner and Beatrix throughtout disc 2, since they're all knights finding a new purpose. Maybe they could visit Cleyra or Burmecia's ruins, where Freya condemns the two for being uncritical of Queen Braun/Alexandria. Maybe Freya inspirires the remaining Burmecians we see later on to move on from their tragedy, and that could inspire her to move on from Fratley. It fits in pretty well too, since Steiner and Beatrix can still have their moment in disc 3. And then from there, they could fight a boss, make their way to the Aifa tree via ship so they're not absent from the story. I rambled, but I wish things went down like this

  • @Centhar
    @Centhar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    With Amaranth you could very easily move one of the Black Waltz fights to have him begin his chase earlier.

  • @danielramsey6141
    @danielramsey6141 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    6:16 On your Three Points.
    Point 1 - 8:01 Freya’s story I can definitely agree needs some additions to. Cause Honestly there are plenty of Characters, including Bermecians that both She and Zidane meet up with during the Third Disc that helps to show that both Bermecians and (surviving) Cleyrans have taken it upon themselves to rebuild their Civilizations. This time as one Nation.
    But yes, Freya and her connection to the her beloved are Kinda the Motivation for her to continue on! She needs more scenes, including upon revisiting her homeland in Bermecia. Maybe even a Mission that Gives her ultimate Lance! I know less is more!
    But Freya is a Fan Favorite Among A lot of JRPG players and the Furry Community!
    11:46 Amarant. I actually have a lot to say about this dude. But I’m also gonna add my own perspective on him.
    First, let’s get facts outta the way. Due to this game having been made during the Development of FF Spirits Within Movie, and FFX. This game got most of its funding slashed, so Amarant definitely got less attention.
    But I like his Thematic Elements, as Survival of the Fittest does play into the overall narrative of Life and Death in FF9.
    His purpose in-game is to be the one that question these outlooks. At the same time I do feel Amarant’s Desire for One on One Fights to be the trait that gives his life meaning, yet at the same time he isn’t aware enough of how life defeats a man in many different ways compared to just getting a bloody nose! He lost to Zidane’s craftiness, fell through a Trap Hole that could’ve ended his life, and found himself an equal in Freya who’s more experienced with life and combat than he is.
    If Amarant is going to updated in this game, he would virtually have to be rewritten, cause honestly while I like that enigmatic part of his character. He is complacent at times and isn’t all that Active in his Standoffish personality!
    We still don’t know where he came from, but we really didn’t have to, that was the point of his character. To show that the past doesn’t matter in the grand scheme, that it’s what he made of himself that’s what mattered (overall a message to the player).
    If one character who could very much replace him, could be Lani the Bounty Hunter! Mostly cause her using her Bounty Hunting Gig would’ve been an Interesting Means to an End.
    Point 2 - 18:35
    Yeah. To some extent I can agree that certain aspects of FF9 get beat out by Aspects from either FF4, FF6, FF7, and FF8!
    I do Agree that Trance should be fixed, but at the Same time, Zidane can be Such a Powerhouse with his “Dyne” attacks that it can ruin Boss fights all on his own! Most Limit Breaks don’t last for two or three turns!
    Trance is really cool, and an idea pulled from Terra in FF6, but it really needed to be rebalanced!
    Some Trance Powers Boosted Existing Strengths, while Others were given additional features felt like Vivi and Eiko being able to Double Cast.
    While Garnet and Freya are able to preform Upgraded attacks Freya her Jump command, and Garnet her Summon Castings Randomly popping off! Amarant also gets his Command named Changed, but now he can start targeting multiple characters.
    I think the Worst Trances belong to Steiner and Quina! Mostly cause they feel more passive! With Quinn’s command becoming Cook instead of Eat but not being an different other than a slight percentage boost! Same for Steiner, as he only gets a more attack power.
    Point 3 - 24:25
    The Majority of this Argument is really dumb.
    Necron could be foreshadowed yes. But that would be like asking for someone to describe the Afterlife! When really WE Don’t know. There Are DOZENS UPON DOZENS of versions, from Every Culture Around the World! It’s more realistic for people to assume rather than people to Outright know who Necron is.
    The only time Necron revealed what is, is when he says ”Kuja’s Fear and Anger Is what Summoned him to Gaia!” He didn’t want Death for himself, but he couldn’t die knowing everyone was going to live in Gaia happier than he was! Necron IS DEATH, the Being that Governs the Cycle, but will only act if he is called!
    He is the Second final boss because he’s meant for the party characters to Validate their Existence and the Existence of Everyone else in rejection to Necron!
    I Guarantee if you look at most players who react to Necron upon First Viewing and Fight Final Boss Encounter! They Don’t Care about Knowing who this Dude! They only care about trying to see the end of the game!
    Not to mention that Boss theme is Hella Cool!
    26:52 more Scripted Story Trances, I do agree on.
    I hope my words are just as insightful. Thank you for reading if you got this far.

    • @tab-xp8fb
      @tab-xp8fb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Love your comment, but now that I think about it, I wonder if Amarant would've worked more as a young rebel. Maybe not in an angsty teen way, but like in shortsighted teen who needs to see the bigger picture and meet more people. I think that idea really works well within the story as it is.

    • @danielramsey6141
      @danielramsey6141 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tab-xp8fb
      I can definitely see that! Amarant or Salamander being a little Battle Harden Runt with a chip on his shoulder! A Sorta Man-child who’s slowly comes to terms with growing out of his combative habits, and starts to learn to settle down. He might even see Freya as sorta a Big Sister to him since she’s a fighter too.
      As for Necron, I do think having the “Eye(s)” design/mofit would’ve helped convey that while his Entire from isn’t revealed. Most Cultures see A Great Eye as a Symbol or a Icon for the Figure of Death or where wayward souls pass through to return to the Beginning of all things.

  • @keymo9480
    @keymo9480 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    lol. “For me it was Tuesday!”

  • @ninestar_
    @ninestar_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I really liked your thoughts on this. Out of the PS1 FF titles (aside from FFVII), I'd say FFIX def has the most potential for being an amazing remake. The characters are all so amazing and the narrative is just incredible.

  • @Locaneo
    @Locaneo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I agree with all your points, this is some of the most concise legitimate desires of changes for FF9 I've seen put together and I learned things I didn't know about how broken the ATB system is in this haha. I knew it could be used to heal with regen through the animations, but I didn't know how and what else that affected. I hope they fix that. My greatest desire is they fix Freya, some time with Fratley would be nice, like say during the fall of Alexandria.
    Also for Necron, I left a long comment on another vid about the identity of Necron by TheMissingV. Long story short, I'm like 90% certain that Necron is Soul Cage thanks to multiple translations of the dialogue and how it words its existence. I wish they'd make that more clear, but it's not necessary and the team will not be entirely the same so they might overlook it.

  • @dangox3370
    @dangox3370 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you ask me, any potential remake needs to fix the story. Gameplay could use some tweaking but damn that story really falls apart near the halfway point.

  • @FinalFrantasy
    @FinalFrantasy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The lack of a memory card is exactly how I experienced this with 8 and 9! Those were two of my first games ever, at least as well as I can remember.

  • @Omnicloudx13
    @Omnicloudx13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Agreed with everything in the video. If they remake the game I hope Freya and Amarant and even Sir Fratley get more spotlight.

  • @andreasreinhardt.2402
    @andreasreinhardt.2402 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kuja's story is basically Bladerunner.

  • @Narigane
    @Narigane 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    - Beatrix playable for sure. maybe as DLC i dont mind
    - Yeah, i do agree, fix atb system
    - i honestly don't really care about tetra master, but yeah that thing needs tweaking.
    - SHOW US HOW WE GOT CAPTURED BY KUJA. I mean, after we enter one of the sand, screen gies black and we got captured already. wtf happened
    - show us the whole 4 guardian battles, not just the lich
    - more features involving moogle mail system. maybe something to reward us.
    - make chocobo itself less clunky to ride. outside for taking treasure, chocobo is so slow! I'd like chocobo to be our ultimate ride
    - easier steal rate. the default steal rate is so awful after the 2nd steal. it makes certain boss fight unnecesary difficult.
    most important thing. DO NOT CHANGE THE GAME ART AESTHETIC.
    Dont force realistic style. let the classic cartoonish style remain

  • @tomdarragh8692
    @tomdarragh8692 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Uhhhhhhhhh no memory card. That’s nuts

  • @iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw
    @iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really hope if they ever make FF9 or 8 remake type games that they would keep the world map globes that you can walk upon. I sort of understand losing it for FF7 even though I don't like it, but FF9 was like a symbol of remembering our gaming history with it referencing so many games that came before, even games that Square didn't work on such as Legend of Legaia got referenced. Also FF8 had the best exploration quality of any FF game IMHO.

  • @DirectorHMAN
    @DirectorHMAN 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amaranth always reminded me of Piccolo. I even imagined his voice when reading his dialogue.

  • @keymo9480
    @keymo9480 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As far as what I’d want….I would want Beatrix to join the party permanently and for her to have some flashbacks of her rise to legendary status. I’m thinking something along the lines of her thinking about all the things she’s done while reflecting on how ultimately it was misguided in a good cutscene format. Imagine a 100 man gauntlet with a boss at the end!

    • @Souls4Roca
      @Souls4Roca 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there is already a mod that does that

  • @paulhiggins6433
    @paulhiggins6433 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'd love to see the turn based system stay, but like you said, it needs some work. Namely with buffs and debuffs.
    I'd like to see more fully 3D stuff like the Memoria project, but if it's not done correctly, it could be a huge disaster.
    Of course, I'd like to see some QoL improvements like autosaving or quick saves, so a lot of progress isn't lost if you forget to save and get unlucky. (That's happened to me a lot before.)
    Freya and Amarant both need more story, to flesh them both out better, and give them both lasting growth.
    But for the love of God, don't do like FF7R and make this a parallel story to the original. Keep the overall story intact. We don't need to have major story changes for a remake. I'm fine with minor changes that don't effect the overall story. For example, if they put a flashback of Vivi's grandfather passing and Vivi deciding to leave home in, that would be great, as it wouldn't change the overall story. Or even making Beatrix a playable character, as it wouldn't really change anything but numbers. As long as the main story remains fundamentally the same, I'd be happy. Flush out the world more, add more character interactions, properly finish character arcs, all of those would be good to have.

  • @DragonKingX78
    @DragonKingX78 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would love a remake of FF9 if it is still turn based.

  • @thediamonddust
    @thediamonddust 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Zidane rocking some funky abilities 1 on 1 with Amarant, lol. Fenrir eh :D
    Quina was rhe real MVP though.

  • @zealous944
    @zealous944 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    it doesn't need to be fixed. can it be improved? sure but does it need fixing? hell nah

  • @LRrealest
    @LRrealest 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not the Opera Omnia clip 😭 Good video

  • @DragonKingX78
    @DragonKingX78 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A longer game, with more developed characters and final boss would be nice.

  • @GideonWyatt
    @GideonWyatt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My copy of FF9 has that exact same crack in the case!

    • @vindifference
      @vindifference  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No way! They make those cases identical I guess, right down to how fragile they are.

  • @MisterMinotaur
    @MisterMinotaur 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every character's arc involves discovering their identity. Freya's is to understand that living solely for Sir Fratley does not define her and that the loss of his memory does not make her life meaningless. She starts appreciating the people who call her their friend and proactively comes to their aid, as seen by her partnering with Beatrix - her literal nemesis, to ensure Zidane and Garnet can escape. The tunnel-vision of "Sir Fratley" - the person she abandoned her home for - dissipate, and with nothing left in her life, she consolidates her lost home with the company of her friends. Amarant's is to obtain humility. He spends his life obsessing over Zidane, thinking he's more important than he is, and when his illusion is shattered by the monkey's aloof and laisse-faire approach to life, has to swallow his pride about being outdone by an imbecile. In abandoning his flawed thinking, the wisdom he has gained in his travels/pursuits until this point blossom to make him sagely and dependable. In another life, he could have been a folk hero - everybody knows him and nobody fucks with him, yet his obsession takes him down the darker path of an unapproachable loner with thuggish tendencies.
    Their character arcs are actually complete. Unlike Quina and Vivi who have juvenile struggles (growing pains), Freya's and Amarant's journeys involve symbolic death. The death of their old worlds, and the shaky beginnings of their new ones. Both have obsessions they have to let go of to fully realise their potential - Freya as the dependable and stalwart knight, and Amarant as the stoic and wise monk. They start off as errant burdens with selfish desires but become the two "adults" of the entire group by the end of the game.

  • @iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw
    @iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I agree with your concern about FF9's ATB system. That's probably the worst thing about the battle system, but the Trances were a contender.

    • @danielramsey6141
      @danielramsey6141 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m more concerned about Trances than the Battle System.
      But I do agree that some reBalancing could be done! Same for most of Steiner’s Sword Techs!
      Cause As much As I love him having some of Beatrix’s moves, I would love if they Skewed more Dark Knight, with him having Access to the “Darkness” for multi-target, and or “Dark Bane”.

  • @DragonKingX78
    @DragonKingX78 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would love to add more playable characters to join such as Beatrix, Lani, etc.

  • @Rex_Cosmos
    @Rex_Cosmos 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video

  • @BruceVial
    @BruceVial 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bang on mate

  • @Vivi_9
    @Vivi_9 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God I love this game

  • @Kise1652
    @Kise1652 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For the big trio of ps1 its the most fantasy world of the 3 and i loved all three of them but ff7 its my favourite
    If they ever do it a 2 part remake with the quality of rebirth would be day one 100% without doubt

  • @GarredHATES
    @GarredHATES 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    what Final Fantasy is best is irrelevant what matters is that its MY favorite Final Fantasy

  • @A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush
    @A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    More Freya. For god's sake give me more Freya.

  • @iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw
    @iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yeah I think they really somehow ended up cutting the Freya story. What they should have done is remade it into a PS2 title and it could have been FFX instead, and they never should have made FFXI online or that stupid movie that made them so money hungry.

    • @danielramsey6141
      @danielramsey6141 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I definitely Agree with this. The MMO, the Movie could’ve been suspended till further notice! And sadly that’s mostly been the case with all their Video Media efforts!
      Imaginative and Creative Ideas, but Square never Self-Criticize their Story Details for All of their Medias.
      From the Original Legends of the Crystal having a Crystal shoot glowing beams out a Teenage Girl’s Ass. To The Really strange Real World Techno Story about Earth fight Alien Ghosts.
      To “FF Unlimited”repeatedly Wasting Everyone’s Time as the Gun Summoner Guy comes into Shoot his big Golden Summoning Gun!

  • @KittStargazer
    @KittStargazer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I do definitely agree with everything you mentioned, but I have a few of my own suggestions as well.
    I'd like to see them actually fix the card game to make it actually fun to play. More so since they force you to participate in a tournament towards the middle of the game that is unskippable.
    Maybe make Steiner's ultimate weapon's requirements to obtain, not just speed running the game and trying to skip everything that makes the game fun.
    Then, maybe some tweaks perhaps to abilities that seemed underwelming or a bit over the top. Freya's trances ability for instance was, terrible in a sense. I loved using her, but I'd like to skip trace on her entirely if I could.
    Also, speaking of trance, how about letting us pick when to actually use it instead of it forcing to be used after that bar is full perhaps?

    • @vindifference
      @vindifference  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, for me personally, I'd just want the card game to be more transparent, with less RNG involved. I went too long not knowing what the numbers on the cards even meant!
      I'm very open to them making trances better in general; it's just that after playing the game all these years, I no longer saw them as strategic limit breaks, as much as they seemed like just lucky conveniences that I didn't lose sleep over. They'd need to think hard about how to rebalance the system though, because being able to store what is basically multiple turns of limit breaks can be pretty broken, as seen in the Moguri Mod. From what I've noticed, the ability to pick when to use trance also usually ends up making people use trance less overall, which I'm personally not a fan of.
      What I do hope they'd consider is adding various unique criteria for filling the bar other than just being hit (like FFX overdrive modes). And not letting non-trance abilities deplete the bar (so we can still steal and keep our trance).

  • @raulrojas9253
    @raulrojas9253 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Weird....you didn't mention the Trance Mechanique at all. I would like to get rid of Trance and just have all party members have an Advance JOB, yes you heard me, everyone in 9 represents a classic Job anyway so why not make them ascend to an even more powerful Ver permanently and of course, it could be OPTIONAL.
    Trance is very powerful when you have it but I have beaten the game without trance many times ( I just let the trance character die in a boss or active trance in a random encounter) besides since the damage cap is 9999 you can reach those number without Trance anyway.
    I would like that Stealing rate gets increased because my god what a pain in the ass is to steal in 9.

  • @GenericMcName
    @GenericMcName 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wait, people don't use Amaranth in their parties?? My man has a super cheap auto-revive skill he can spam in Trance, rendering your entire party unkillable.

    • @vindifference
      @vindifference  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah it's a thing. Amarant's utility is great, but since he comes in so late and isn't as great story-wise, people usually don't include him long-term.
      People lock in Vivi, a White Mage, and their favorite from the remaining 4 (Steiner, Freya, Quina, Amarant). It's already hard to get new players to actually use every party member in a FF, so unless they're forced to use all of them, people often neglect 3 members and Amarant is usually one of them.

    • @danielramsey6141
      @danielramsey6141 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Indeed! And that’s really sad. What they could’ve done was do another Split Party Scenerio where Amarant comes around to help Lani the Bounty Hunter.
      To be honest, I do think they could improve on Amarant, that or they could revamp him entirely with another different character that still goes through some of Amarant’s story beats!

    • @raulrojas9253
      @raulrojas9253 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@danielramsey6141 In the remake there should be a part where you have amarant as the lead plus another party member or make the SPLIT Fiend boss fights actually playable and people can see how good Amarant actually is. I mean DQ XI S added 4 extra scenarios after ACT I that makes you play with 4 party members so you can see what the hell happened to most of your party after the time skip (of course is kind of a hit or miss depending of who you ask)

  • @grandmasterfarmer4792
    @grandmasterfarmer4792 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I played Kingdom Hearts for months, without being able to save. I got about 4 to 8 hours in each time.

  • @GoldenMushroom64
    @GoldenMushroom64 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How about:
    -Scrap Amaranth entirely or actually make him matter
    -Improve the visuals so the cartoonish characters and realistic art style are not so JARRING
    -Improve the pacing of the first like half, cut moments like the lame staged sword fight for example, or shorten Black Mage Village
    -Give Zidane a late-game weapon that doesn’t look stupid, like 2 greatswords glued together.

  • @thetrashman1120
    @thetrashman1120 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don’t really like Vivi’s ending, not the part where he dies but the part where he clones himself. Maybe I just don’t understand the message or thematic importance behind it, but I thought it was just kinda unnecessary and maybe even a little fucked up for him to make a bunch of clones of himself that would just die in like a year or two just like he did. Maybe if he died but only left 1 clone that would live much longer than he did, I could see something like that working better, but I much would’ve preferred it if he just died and then there was like an extra scene of the gang mourning him or something. I dunno, feel free to explain to me what you think would’ve been better or even explain why the ending we have now is already good and makes sense.

    • @vindifference
      @vindifference  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think Vivi explains it all directly in his note at the end of the game, in the epilogue. His life decisions after the final battle stem directly from everything he writes.
      Him leaving more mages behind is probably representative of the relationships he had with his grandfather, Zidane, and his friends from the village. To have loved ones who you care for, to share stories and have stories shared with you.
      Vivi likely wanted to pay his own experiences forward, and let new mages experience life too, because even if it was for a short time, Vivi doesn't regret the life he got to experience with his friends. In the end, FF9's message is about valuing life regardless of the length, and presents two very different examples of dealing with mortality in Kuja and Vivi.

  • @Heymrk
    @Heymrk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The "remake" for FF9 is a cartoon series thats being made in France. It isn't a video game. Not even FF8, my favorite, is getting a remake. Of the PS1 generation, I think the only likely candidate for another remake is Parasite Eve. Tactics will probably get a lazy upscale, like the rest of them.

  • @goncaloferreira6429
    @goncaloferreira6429 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    well put video with points not seen a million times in similar videos.

  • @Zahri8Alang
    @Zahri8Alang 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lets juat be real, AS IF SQUARE ENIX would bother giving other Final Fantasy the FF7 treatment

  • @sfa8uss
    @sfa8uss 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Trinidad?

  • @orllyfools14X8
    @orllyfools14X8 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I swear if they make it an action rpg I’m gonna kill myself.

  • @Threesnap
    @Threesnap 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If they ever remake ff9. They NEED to make Beatrix a fully playable character

  • @darkenkil4416
    @darkenkil4416 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Do it justice? It wasn't even good to begin with.

    • @kristophergathercoal5044
      @kristophergathercoal5044 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, FF 9 is only better than 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 15.

    • @darkenkil4416
      @darkenkil4416 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kristophergathercoal5044 you spelled worse wrong

  • @agentriot
    @agentriot 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the worst videos i have ever seen in the history of recorded mankind.

  • @nathanking5137
    @nathanking5137 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never been a fan of 9. Apart from learning skills and magic from your gear, cool touch. Thought story was mediocre, very short didnt like the character design. Granted i only played it through once but i dont think its a scratch on FF6, FF7 or FFX

    • @paulhiggins6433
      @paulhiggins6433 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'll give you the point on character design, especially for a lot of the NPCs. I wasn't a fan of the hippo or fish people. Overall, the character design grew on me over time.
      The story was shorter than X or VI, but it didn't need to be longer. The pacing, with one exception, was really good. The card tournament messed up the pacing too much.
      For me, the story was among the best. Dagger has a moment like Celes, where trauma takes it's toll. Vivi is similar to Terra, not knowing where he came from or why he's alive. Steiner grows as an individual in a great way, actually thinking for himself rather than just blindly following orders. And with Kuja pulling all the strings, he's a lot like Seymour Guado, only more successful. Kefka is the only villain more successful than Kuja, and you see almost every step of how Kuja gets there while the party fails helplessly to try and stop it. The tension was high throughout the majority of the game. I personally really enjoyed that, even if you could stop to grind and do side quests and whatever. Emotionally, the only other game that comes close to this is VI.
      I'm not trying to say that this game is better than any other, but I do suggest you play it again with the same kind of eye you give to VI or X. It'll hit a lot harder if you do.

    • @nathanking5137
      @nathanking5137 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@paulhiggins6433 i did buy 9 for my ps5, just to give it another try.. as i shouldnt base an opinion on 1 rushed playthrough. I just didnt connect with it like some of the other titles

    • @paulhiggins6433
      @paulhiggins6433 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@nathanking5137 nothing wrong with that. I didn't really get it the first time i played either, but after some real life experiences, it resonated a lot more with me.

    • @necrosadotor
      @necrosadotor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      i love the character design too. also i'm a fan of moomins/dark crystal for example and it reminds me of those also idk, maybe everyone simply don't like that kind of stuff. which is strange to me haha

    • @genericpoptart1
      @genericpoptart1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      On my first playthrough it was my least favorite of them all. I rushed through it because the characters were silly and the plot seemed childish. I would almost say i did myself a huge disservice if not for the fact that i left it for my older self to find fresh. It is easily my favorite game of all time and not just for a Final Fantasy.

  • @GoldenMushroom64
    @GoldenMushroom64 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God what an ugly game.

  • @riccogee
    @riccogee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think 9 will get the same treatment as 8. A better version because I thunk they still have the code for 9. As they somehow lost the code for 8 🤦‍♂️. Considering 8 and 9 have similar art styles.