Why Final Fantasy IX Is One Of The Best Games Ever
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- My memories of Final Fantasy IX
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This game is so amazing.... I play with my kids.. I usually voice Zidane, Steiner and Garnet, My son voices Vivi, My daughter is Freya oh yeah and I also do Qunia lol
ZeldasFinalFantasy what about my man Amarant..... oh wait no one likes him
Quina? Have to ask what your own and your son's reaction when doing Vivi's and Quina's wedding.
That is so frickin precious!
omg that's so sweet
zinedine zidane?
FFIX will always have a special place inside my heart.
Yeah for me too, It has been part of my childhood.
For me too! It has been part of my childhood!
Me too! I grew up seeing my dad and playing this game when I was younger. It’s such a large part of my childhood
I always remember this game becomes part of my life during i play and aftee
I SAID THE SAME FOR SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS FOR PS2
IX was a masterpiece. I own the soundtrack. One of the games that changed my life.
How did it change your life?
dickdiggler804 I think it’s the fact that it gets very deep and real in terms of themes
@@dickdiggler804 that's what I was wondering
@T Doran all I did was ask a question. No need to be a douchebag about it.
I became a music producer because this game
I remember watching my dad play this game as young as 4years old and finally getting to play it when I was 6-7. I played it so much... and even replayed it enough time that now at the age of 23 I’ve put maybe 5000+ hours into the game I’d like to say. Honestly not sure I never stopped playing. I just restart when I get close to the end or finish it. (I even got my boyfriend into the game and now he loves it!) It has a special place in my heart, it’s also nostalgic for me.... I remember sitting in a bean bag chair eating puppy chow my mom made me well playing card games in treno... or finding all the cats there. I remember exploring lindblum and loving how beautiful the town was. Or relaxing to the music of Dali. Just so many good memories made with this game. When my dad passed away 3-4 years ago I actually got a tattoo of garnet as a symbol of my dad and Is love for the game as well as the bond I had playing it with him or watching him play it. I also got garnet specifically because of her character and the trials and tribulations she went through. I feel like I identify a lot with her and she is a reminder to stay strong. I even have the language of tera around her saying rip dad. Honestly this game is the greatest for so many reasons to me... and I hope that more people can experience why in my opinion this game is so amazing. (One of my long time dreams is to see it remastered like they did for ff7... a gurl can hope lol) anyway sorry for the long comment I just wanted to add that your video really gave my nostalgic feels and I almost cried. It always makes me so happy and moves my heart when I find people who loved this game similar to how I did. So thank you for making this video.
This made my morning 🌞
Your Dad sounds awesome! I was born in 1984 and played the crap out of 7 and 9. 8 was not my cup of tea, though I played it through at least twice. 7, well I played that game through about a dozen times and as recent as 2014. Nothing and no other game have I played through and as much as 9. I have played it as recently as 2018 and I am getting that itch again. I think I would have liked your father and I am sorry that he passed, but happy he got you into this amazing game.
Badabing... Badabum... FF9 has been remastered at PS4... For awhile now..
I really love this game way back till now
@@hallaganim172 it’s not the same as to what I was meaning, I own the old version and the new one were the graphics are smoother and everything but I meant a complete revamp like what ff7 got. Something more modern. It’s just something I would love to see and play. (I’m not good with techie terms.)
FFIX is my favorite. Every time I hear "Crossing those hills" on the world map, I feel like im transported back to a simpler time.
Exactly mate!!!
Yeah that and 7 both are definitely my favorites. Alongside others. 6 was alright but playing 9 right after it I was blown away more with 9. And it’s not that ff6 was a snes game cause other snes games didn’t bore me like chrono trigger and secret of mana
I'll never understand why FFIX is so underrated. It's my fav of the series as well.
It came out after the console jump, was under marketed, art style was alienating, didn't have that look that 7 and 8 did where it seemed crazy and out there so it was more interesting, just had that classic traditional fantasy look. Honestly the answer is simple. It came out at the wrong time
Because of character design, they didnt have cooler char like ff7 and 8 back there. Most people more like emo char such as Squall or Spiky hair and ridiculously long silver and fuckin long katana guy. In ff9 there is no cool char such as 2 previous ff. Look Quina, look Steiner with his loudly rusty boots, and Zidane who said like a monkey had a tail. Yeah i dislike that though that people more like appearance rather than what it is inside and its fact, in every aspect.
It didn't sell well compared to others. But it is the most critically acclaimed FF game ever
@@brianlaudrupchannel not really, that would go to 12, critics kinda universally love it
@@PrincessNine not it's fact it's 9
The first JRPG I ever played. I thought the idea of turn-based combat was stupid and mocked a classmate who liked such silly things. He was so passionate about JRPGs that he actually lent me his PSOne and FF9 just to prove me wrong. I still thought I wouldn't like it but I could never say no to playing a game. It took me 80 hours to beat it and it's my favorite video game to this very day.
Years went by as I searched for the next amazing adventure game to give me the feeling that FF9 did. I've played FF7, Golden Sun 1&2, and recently Chrono Trigger. They were great but I never want to go back to them. I've played FF9 4 times already and I myself am in awe whenever I say it. Only the original World of Warcraft I loved more but it doesn't exist anymore. I recommend FF9 to anyone wanting to play their first JRPG because it even convinced a JRPG doubter like myself to love it. Oh, and Esto Gaza is an incredible song!
village of dali always give me this weird-lovely feeling. ffix got all the best bgm and soundtrack
Try persona series. When i was a kid i deeply in love with ff8 and ff9 and always trying to play similiar game. And finally, persona 3fes and 4 give me the vibe.
Try Suikoden 2
I loved FF9, and it's super fun to play at the beginning, but starting from disc 3 the story kinda gets gloomy and the game kinda lost the "charm" it had on the previous two disc. Plus it kinda gets weird at disc 4 where there is a lot of Zidane-clone and Zidane kinda goes into a breakdown which is very uncharacteristic of him.
Suikoden 2 on the other hand, is just beautiful from the start to the end.
I hope you'll give it a try ^_^
@@SandLion wow suikoden 2
Definitely one of the best RPGs ever made.
I agree with you there, and I also don't like the final act of ffix, you're so right about the losing charm thing, I felt the same way. The first two thirds of the game are pure Bliss though.
But then again, suikoden 2.....what a story
Arwin Sanlia You're wrong about disc 4. Disc 4 is the Black Mage Village, the Nova Dragon fight & cut scene, & Memoria, which were All trippy & *Awesome* ! Memoria is the best final area of a game I've ever seen, being deep, trippy, and dark! Also, Zidane's breakdown is at the end of 💿3, which was a pivotal and awesomely dramatic part of the story. Maybe the start of 💿3 is a little boring and gloomy, but from Terra on it is undeniably amazing!! Like better than the rest of the game. Heck, from Esto Gaza on to be honest. I just think you really need to replay Final Fantasy 9! 😃
Nothing was more exciting when you had to put the next disk in.
Well said bro
Church
Preach
What happened at the end of the first disk again?
@@tangbein you go to Burmecia and fight Beatrix for the first time I think
This is my favorite game in the series by far, and this is what Final Fantasy was meant to be. I prefer the structure of 9 and the pre-defined roles a lot more than the "everyone can do whatever" open endedness of 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, and others. It gives the characters identity and goes hand in hand with the lore. Having an open ended character system is flexible and fully customizable, but it makes the characters seem flat and bland, lacking their own unique role. In 9, each character feels unique and brings their very own skillset to the table, giving you a solid reason to choose one over the other, and I like that.
Sameeee
Every character in FFIX feels so unique. What I like the most is that their jobs are so significative in and out of battle, Zidane as a Tantalus thief, Garnet and Eiko as the last 2 Madain Sari summoners, Vivi as a black mage from an army that were being used in war, Steiner as an alexandrian knight and his tribulations on what are his duties as a knight vs his convictions as a human, and so on. I just adore the way FFIX treat its characters.
Hard agree on this. That’s why many FF fans will say their favorite game in the franchise is either 6,7, or 9
FFIX is one of the best game ever made. It is so deep and beautiful, you just end up loving everything about it.
is this really happening in 2018 that my beloved ff IX gets some love!?
Just so great
as a hardcore 9 fan im so happy too
RIGHT?!
stayloxHD such a beautiful game! One of my best childhood memories was while I was at home with a broken leg in the summer and I thought that it would suck since I couldn’t move much, but then I got this game, I had good reason to stay inside and play, and it made me forget about the pain and I was focused on the story and I loved it!
Final fantasy ix is coming to the Xbox one in 2019
This game means so much to me. It was the first game i really got into. I cried 4 times while playing it, the 3 times i finished it plus the first time i played it and saw the sequence of Black Mages sacrificing themselves to save Vivi. It's amazing. To this day, i listen to its music, and i remember fondly how much i learned about myself thanks to it, I learnt about trust, identity and friendship, among other topics. I still love Vivi, Eiko, even Steiner. God i could mention all of the characters, sans the evildoers. But then again even Kuja had redeemable characteristics. What a great memory.
Thanks for watching.
Vivi is for me the secret main character.
He's the first playable character in the game too
@SolidWolf100 damn dude, u got me there 😂 either way he's the real MVP in Gaia
Can we all agree that we love Vivi though?
Vivi had kids at the end of the game.
Agreed
"I'll never get to go back in time, to replay the game as it was, back when I was 16 years old, but I can tell you one thing: I remember it just has fondly" that gave me chills. I've watched this video so many times and that line into the music gets me every single time
Out of all FF games, this is the only one that makes me want to replay it again and again.
I beat VII twice, same with VIII. I beat IX about 5-7 times.
It's just so difficult to part with such loveable and memorable characters.
That's probably the reason why I love replaying it more than the previous two games.
what they did rite in this game. Putting so much work into character s and the world of gia is what makes this game so adictive. With awesome character traits and the huge world to explore this game will keep you playing over and over.
I completed VIII like a decade ago lol. I've tried multiple times to play again but I just... Can't get into it again. It has some good moments, but meh.
@@NaythonCross That is legit the way I feel about IX...
Minus the completing it part, I made it as far as getting the red headed prisoner guy (Amaranth?).
yeah these 3 will make u want to hit and hit the most , unlike ff12 and the newest , u end up with finish it and no wish to touch it anymore
My inner child tears came out watching this...how the world of RPG have changed since then...
steriofoniq me too 😭😭😭😭
might I suggest phantasy Star 2
I only played FF9 for the first time on my PS4 this year. But I loved every damn second of it. It’s my favorite Final Fantasy title.
DaFro3713 Mine too! 😊👍
play 6,7 or 8, he are better
Waelkens Joakim played 7 first, loved it, played 9, it improved on what 7 did right. Never played 8
Waelkens Joakim 8 is garbage.
You did a great thing man, there is something in FF9 that can capture someone's heart. It may not have the most good looking characters but it has the most beautiful plot as well as places, music.
*Spoilers ahead*
Just recently replayed this game, having played it back when it first came out. I think it has aged really well. After the recent playthrough, I think one of the major themes is coming to terms with your own death, not letting the fear of death overcome you, and therefore making life meaningful in what you then CHOOSE to do with it. We see it clearly with Vivi, and the black mages in general. But we also see it with Zidane and Kuja, as they were both created by Garland (the irony there being that you find this out not long after Kuja manipulates the black mages in the same way Garland was manipulating him).
Kuja of course represents the cautionary tale of this theme, and freaks out when unable to accept his own eventual, inevitable death, which provides us with the climax of the story. Afterwards we see Necron, whom, upon my first playthroughs of the game when I was younger, I thought was a pretty lame final boss; but after looking at him through this thematic lens of embracing a meaningful life versus fearing death, I actually find his inclusion a bit more appropriate, if not still slightly forced and heavy-handed.
Some of my favorite moments from the game come from Vivi and his conversations with the other black mages, especially No. 288.
Thanks for a great video!
Actually, if you look past the wonderful fantasy-like atmosphere of the game you'll see that the core concept of the game is Nihilism. So yeah, you're spot on. Hell, even the true final boss is core to this. Most of the main characters, as well, represent different 'phases' or 'mindsets' into approaching death. Vivi is straight existential crisis, Zidane is masking with courage and fellowship, Freya is depression, Quina is hedonism, etc.
@@ivorymantis1026 I don't think the final boss was forced, in the end, Death, the 'Void', Chaos, etc. have usually been the end all be all of the Final Fantasy games. The very idea that you are ultimate facing the 'End', this defying supernatural being that goes beyond comprehension, and taking YOUR stand against it is something amazing. Kuja does what he does, destroying the world. And this guy comes to seal the deal and bring everything back to nothingness, it might be a little lackluster of course, the final boss providing little to nothing to the plot, but the scenery, the encounter, seeing something as twisted yet balanced as that thing. I will always remember that feeling facing the boss for the first time, it was different from the other FF final bosses. I felt less like I was saving the world, and more like I was just saving myself and those around me. I wasn't a hero, I was a human being taking my last stand against nothingness. It painted this picture, "This is the fight every living being has when they're near the end of just simply letting go (whether it is survival against something trying to take your life, your own dark thoughts bringing you to a hasty decision, holding on when you feel your time is up.) Everyone has there time to go. We decided that time wasn't here.
Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain or live and face your sorrows! - Auron
It's the relationships between characters and the environments for me that made this game so wonderful. The back and fourth between Zidane and Steiner, the caring, older sister, way Garnet comforts Vivi. The banter between Tantalus. It all makes one heck of a fantasy story that you can't help but fall in love with.
"No Cloud or Squall shall hinder us."
Hit hit hit nostalgia
Le Zalt but Squall’s awesome
Dagoos weapon shop zidane sees a weapon on the wall similar to the sword cloud used
Wow that flew right by me in game
White ppl would love a name like Zidane..... garbage name, just as bad as squall and phart
I love Final Fantasy VII, but for me, Final Fantasy IX is the best Final Fantasy Games ever.
nope, Vi is best.
@@Harkness78 It's subjective. Relax.
@@Harkness78 nope.
@@thecolossaltitan1092 6 and 9 are the best ones
@@kingplutoxiao1 nice ;)
Finally, someone who acknowledges Final Fantasy IX as one of the best games ever made!
Final Fantasy IX god damn the memories! I nearly tear up, when i realize that this gem of a game is nearly 20 years old... damn I've become old...
The funniest thing is, that i bought FF IX without knowing what it was about. I had some pocket money left over in '99, read the back of the case - yeah that's how I informed myself :D - and thought to myself give it a try! And oh boy! probably the best purchase I ever made to this date! So much value! This game is the only reason I still own my Playstation 1 and will never sell it!
Great video as always!
u should try the remake (or remastered) ver. dude ... it's dope ... for PC and Mobile if i'm not wrong ...
and yeah, this game is the only one that makes me so nostalgic
@@justlookmeplz83 already torn through the beauty 😎 after all these years still such a masterpiece!
@@KarmaIsABitsch DOPE!!!! .... i agree ... i've played the top trinity FFs of PS1 (FF7 - 9) all of'em are good, neat stuff, genius and dedicated dev. ... but only this one, this masterpiece always has a place in the nostalgic lobe of the brain
This game was released in 2000. Dumbass
God damn! You have to have some problems if you insult people for getting a Year wrong. Damn! And btw "Dumbass" since I am living in Germany it even got released in 01! Which means it must have been January or February of '01. OH GOD! Who's the dumbass now?!
FF IX has a special place in my heart, it was the first RPG I ever played, and since then it became my favorite genre. I never beat it as a kid, but almost 20 years later I decided to replay it again, I couldn't hold a tear after watching the credits roll, what a wonderful ride.
I grew up playing this game. Got me through boring weekends. Break ups. Loneliness. You name it. I truly cannot speak for how much I love the IX series. The best game ever made imo.
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Square Enix are blowing millions on remaking 7, but it’s 9 they need to give the HD polish to.
The day they decided to remake 9 would be a tragic one.
leave it as it is. enix has no clue how to make a proper jrpg anymore. It'd turn into a multiple release dlc ridden mess designed to maximize nostalgia driven profits.
Ironically, I play 9 more than any FF games, I even play 8 more than 7 although I think 7 is good :)
I unfortunately agree with you here, they'd probably give it XV's battle system as well....
Rendering Alexandria in Full real time 3d doesnt seem like something we can do with present day technology.
Hopefully one day we’ll be at a point where a final fantasy game can look like yoshitaka amano’s paintings (like okami in a way)
agreed. that uncareful PS4 port of the mobile version is next to inexcusable
I gotta say.... I played FFVII first and IX still seems to always capture my heart more. FFX is a close second. It's just such a magical game! The towns feel unique and you actually have a reason to explore them. I feel like in other games, you're kinda just getting through them.
😂 what a joke.
FF6 is still the best. 9 is definitely second. But FF6 has the best villain and one of the best stories
@@self-righteousideologue9398 for me 6-9 is best series , unlike recently ff , that just disappoint for a lot of people , maybe im nolstagic
Final Fantasy IX, The Legend of Dragoon and Chrono Cross. The most amazing vídeo games i have ever played in my 30 years of life! Thanks for this awesome vídeo!!
I agree! Legend of dragoon is one of the best!
Add Suikoden 2 to that list and I'd wonder if we're not the same person. Good taste in games, my dude.
BRO thank you, CHRONO CROSS is such a legendary game...but literally no one I know (and I know a LOT of people) have even heard of it.
Wish they could have enjoyed it too.
Thanks so much for mentioning Legend of Dragoons!
I'm with Matt. Add the likes of Suikoden 2 and Xenogears. We're basically the same guy lol
The Dali music choice for this video was so good. Thank you for this amazing video.
Who’s here after it was announced for switch?
Me lol
lol
Not sure if I should buy this or wait for 7. I'm still playing Xenoblade 2
Jon-Marc Mondor at $20 it won’t break the bank to get both! I was pleasantly surprised, honestly expected Nintendo to price it at $30 for the convenience factor even as an older game.
me
Vivi's struggle with the concept of mortality is one of the best handlings of the subject I've seen in a game (certainly for a traditional game rather than a modern indie or art house game). The most memorable line comes from the ghost of his adoptive grandpa, Quan, who says "life end when you die, but imagination share with others, last forever". I've carried that with me ever since.
Got FF9 for Christmas last month on the Switch. Even though I’d heard almost exclusively extremely positive reviews, the small of people talking about the game had me a bit nervous going in. “There’s no good it’s as good as that vocal minority say it is,” I thought. “They are speaking completely out of nostalgia.” Boy, was I wrong. After two weeks and 35 hours of total gameplay, I can comfortably say Final Fantasy IX is the best video game I’ve ever played. A soundtrack that is top three ever, outstanding gameplay (no, the combat is NOT slow. Go play NES FF1 where you stare at a bunch of 8-bit sprites twitching for five minutes at a time), a story that was both simple and complex at the same time, and to top it all off, amazing graphics for what it is, though I’m not a big graphics person. I was absolutely blown away
This game represent everything that makes FF so good and makes it perfect in all aspects.
I just bought 9 last night and will be ignoring my family for the next 3 weeks
Me2
I plan to get it on iOS, after I beat romancing saga 2.
michael morganroth how did it go? I’m wondering if I should get it for Switch.
Moon Boy I have played through it twice. I love the fact you can get X3 speed mode, and enemy away whenever I want. If your a FF fan play the titles on switch. You will thank me later.
Only 3 weeks? You must be speedrunning it.
Just beat the game this year and it's one of my favorite games of all time, The character development and narrative is simple superb and that sweet sweet soundtrack oh man
Yea, from everything I've been reading in the comment section, and the video, it truly seems amazing.
I'll be picking it, and KH3 tomorrow on XB1 since there's that major deal going on.
Highly looking forward to playing 9.
Dude, you got hit me right in the nostalgia. Best FF of all time and honestly, yes, best game of all time. :)
P.S: If you didn't cry during the death of the dolls and Vivi realizing his time was limited, you're a monster.
Sergei M. lol. I completely agree. I love this game.
“Final Fantasy? Whatever.” would VASTLY disagree with you on this.
Knowing that in the ending credits vivi has "stopped working" doesn't help either.
I cried when kuja's death
MLisLife but did he die really?
"But did you die?" :P
Insta liked the video! Love IX!
The Twano same.
Insta like the comment. Like IX too
*sees the title* *clicked like immediately*
I love 9 so much! I have the game on my PlayStation, on my phone AND on my computer! Thats how much I love this game!
Good taste my brother , good taste .
And now on your Switch?
It played surprisingly well as an app! The only thing I couldn't get was the jump rope but i've heard that is futile anyway. Definitely one of the best games ever.
@@trippy5519 Just got it yesterday lmao
@@Bradley_Lute Yeah, the jump rope on the app can be a bit challenging.
I remember when one of my closest friends had this and we would play it when it was a 4 disc game. When we were kids, we could never figure out how to beat Beatrix in Burmecia, but I've gotten older since and have been playing. Disc 1 was brilliant to setting up the story. You start off kidnapping the Princess, thinking her mother the Queen is the villain, but then you meet Kuja, éminence grise and true villain of the game. The setup all the way to the ending was one of the most complete stories. It's too bad video games will never be made like Final Fantasy 9 again, because the age of DLC means that they'll not just add more games or patches, but also the launch quality will never be truly great work.
I just finished playing 9 and damn I literally might play through it again. This game shits on FF 15. Not sure if any other game has the character development and story arcs that this FF title has. Maybe because devs felt that people wouldn't have the attention span to care but it was defintely refreshing.
This game was amazing to play
i felt the same way last time i replayed it. that ending leaves you a special kind of high
"What makes a strong game?"
Vivi. Vivi casts doomsday.
Vivi died at the end 😢
@@jaredmartin7040 Not before spawning a horde of little doomsday casters.
Doomsday is ridiculous, you are basically invincible if you use that spell when all your characters can absorb it - ESPECIALLY if you also put Auto-Haste and Auto-Regen on everyone, lmao.
Heck, Steiner can use it as well, and his version doesn't even hit your own characters, so you can use that attack instead if you cannot absorb the spell itself.
@@Peter_1986 I enjoy it more than "Ultima", "Flare", and "Holy" in other Final Fantasies.
But doesnt Reflect makes you basicaly invincible against conventional spells? :D
FF7 & FF9, Suikoden II, Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger...
After those games I basically stopped gaming. Now and then I purchase a game, give it a few hours, and simply quit. Boring, repetative, no imagination what so ever.
Those classics I play from time to time. Til end. And it takes some real time to finish them!
Imagine a game where you have 100+ hours of gameplay, and each part of the game is well thought out and designed. And there are no in app purchases or DLCs...
Good old times...
Try persona 5 you wont regret it
Try any of the legend of heroes games. Each game is 100+ hours easily. Either start with trails in the sky or trails of cold steel.
@@wildinstinct1585 I play nearly 100 hours of P5 and I suddenly feel uninterested in it, I didn't have this sentiment for P4 when I can play it many times but for P5, it doesn't have fun anymore
@@wildinstinct1585 I tried it, I didn't like it.
OMG, your list is almost exactly like mine (with the exception of cross, don't really into it). I play FF7, FF9, SII, Chrone Trigger and Digimon Card Battle at least once every 2 years. In fact, I'm currently on my 2nd Excalibur II run right now. XD
I get so gooey and nostalgic just listening to the music, love this game
sometimes i get goosebumps or chills listening to FF(insert#) theme songs.
Great video and great take on the game. One thing that I wanted to add about why the class system works so well - each character's class was built into their personality and job. Zidane was a thief by class, and much of his storyline involves his back and forth alliance with Tantalus. Steiner, the tank, struggles with ideas of loyalty and honor. Its the same for the other classes as well. FFIX did characters so, so well.
Very good point
Actually just picked this up on the PS1 in July 2020 and the game is so cool. I love how you go back and forth in real-time of conversations. Really leaves you invested into the story.
Final Fantasy IX is my favorite game of all time. I've beaten the game 9 times. Zidane and Vivi are my two most favorite characters of all time. This was an unexpected video but dam did it bring a smile to my face. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this timeless game.
@FFVIII9917 That's what my Vita is for. It's my Final Fantasy machine on the go.
@FFVIII9917 most final fantasy games are on the PSN store and not on the switch. My Vita does the job, no need to fire the beautiful machine.
Few games get to my heart as FFIX does. It's been 18 years since I played it for the first time and it still makes me feel so... whole when I talk or see something about it. The characters, specially Zidane and Vivi, are still some of my favorites! Your video sums it up pretty well, it's an incredible piece of gaming!
FFIX was so special to me because of how presenting a beautiful, childlike fairy-tale enviroment they manage to have the most grounded and realistic characters of the franchise going through moral debates, philosophical crisis in a story much more complex than what the eye meets. It's like travelling to a whole different world, and none other final fantasy has evoked me so many feelings.
Dude...this was amazing...you hit me in the feels so hard lol 11/10 bravo 👏🏼
I just bought it for the Switch.
I’m excited to start playing!
You keep your Final Fantasy 7...I'll take 9 any day over that one. The last great Final Fantasy.
what you don't wanna play a game about an emo boy who cannot protect one friend from an a bad guy who wont shut up about his dead mother? :O
I liked FF7 just fine but it was a disappointing follow-up to 6 and I think Cloud is a weak lead, yeah. It would've been like Edward being the lead character in FF4.
Why not both? FF7, 9, and 10 are my three favorites. I'm ashamed to say that I haven't had the opportunity to play FF6, but I am worried that its been far to overhyped.
By all means! You like what you like, nothing wrong with that. Now go play FF6. I wouldn't say it's overrated...I feel like it's rated just right. It's a very good RPG and one of the best entries in the FF series in my opinion. I have yet to encounter anyone that felt it was underwhelming. Certainly worth your time to find out for yourself.
Yeah I definitely have to do that. I'm going through I am Setsuna right now and I'm really enjoying it. I'm a little late to the party on that, but after that I'll try to find a way to play FF6. I'm in need of playing some great turn based RPG's. I know Octopath Traveler is supposed to be great as well.
FF9 is one of the best games EVER made !!!
If not the best jrpg of all time,
theres just so much soul and love inside this game ...
Persona 5 is my best
Final Fantasy should be renamed to Final Gay Fantasy
WHOA 8 was your favorite? that is a new one for me! I liked it but didn't love it. Glad it has some fans for it! If you ever do a review of 8 explaining why you loved it so much i'd love to see it!
Brandon Grogan 8 is my favourite. It has a lot more fans than people would have you believe.
Akiin Moonlight let me guess,you hate 10?
This game is so important to me, I cry 😭 so classic, .. So many memories
Everything you said is the reason why this is my #1 game of all-time. Such a great, but tragic journey, all topped off by a lovely ending. A true storytelling masterpiece. Liked and subbed.
I played IX when as a child and it completely blew my mind. I remember the beautiful Alexandria, the busting with life streets of Lindblum, the depressing Burmecia, the feeling of discovering and exploring a brand new continent after exiting Fossil Roo, the night city of Treno, the fan battle system, the comedy, the drama, the music, the wonderful characters. Games like IX are released once in a decade. And something alse. I played the game recently again and nostalgia aside, you could traverse the world via airship in a minute, and still it felt vast.
Final Fantasy IX is and always has been my favorite game EVER! I've played through countless times (seriously, I lost track), and I love it so much! I can go on hours of lectures on just a couple components of the game. For example, Ozma. I was in science class in 7th grade, and telling one of my friends for over an hour just about the friendly monsters, fighting Ozma, why it's so hard, how that friendly Yan location ties into all the Chocobo stuff, which I obviously explained too
FF IX is my favorite thing in this world.
Same here. FFIX shaped me as I am to day and is my most precious experience I had.
I would say that my first time I had sex, was the best thing ever. But FF9 (and also Terranigma), were the best stories I enjoyed in my life.
It taught me so many things and basically made a huge part of me as I am today :)
Preach it, brother!
I bought this game for me and my now-ex as soon it launched on steam, a few years ago. She activated cheat codes and tried to rush through the series without caring about the world or storyline. No surprise that we broke up a while later...
Auto battle was really handy and I used a guide way too much but rushing this game wasn't an option. It was so beautiful, I wanted to live in it. Her mishandling of the game definitely sounds like a metaphor for your relationship😛
@@Bradley_Lute well. It was going to end sooner or later. It's way more fun to enjoy your interests by yourself than to simp
I love you man. Thanks for loving IX. *cries*
FFIX was my childhood and will be a companion in my thoughts until my last breath.
FINALLY PEOPLE WHO SHARE THE SAME TASTES!!
Just beat it as I'm about to move out of my parents house and move into my own house with my wife. Realizing that this game had such a special part in my heart and shaped my childhood. Melodies of Life.
FF9 will always be my favorite Final Fantasy ever. The music, the characters, the way everything is woven together is just perfect to me. I'd love to see this game and its world get some love. I mean hell, 7 got how many spin off games, a movie, an anime, and they've remastered 1-6 numerous times. This one is the best.
God I love this game...was a kid on my first run, had to stay with my grandparents for a week and when I wasn’t hanging out with those precious people I was playing this. Distinctly remember hunting treasure with the chocobo and the magic I felt. My grandfather who I was super close with just passed away and man this brought him back....I would play this while he did his thing then he would make cheese covered popcorn and watch Star Wars with me. Miss you papaw
Great video! Brings back memories. This was the very first FF game, and the very first RPG, I played on a PS1 gifted to me by my dad (after several times of begging) a couple of years back. I was not into RPG games before but after watching my eldest brother get frustrated on some quests in FF9, I challenged myself to try the game. The story hits hard even at an early age; casting magics and summons (especially when the summon scene is in full cut), as well as the cinematic cutscenes, are pleasing to watch; the battle strategy on how to beat difficult bosses keeps your brain active and heart pounding. I even played this game again on mobile when the remastered version was released a few years back and it still felt the same. I’m planning to play this again on NSW. FF9 is my favorite FF game in the series!
I'm replaying thru FF9 right now and it is so great. So many moments are so cute and kawaii, but also so many serious plot points, and great theming. Oh and don't get me started on the soundtrack, one of the best of all time!
The first game to broaden my horizons as a child!😵
FFIX is one of my favorite games of all time, it is criminally underrated
over shadowed by final fantasy 7, which had a movie, high end toys, and a frickin remake. I enjoyed 9 more.
not underrated, everyone always puts it in top 3 list of all entries
maybe generally overshadowed yeah
Not underrated at all it's one of the best selling games of all time
I'll always remember that Friday decades ago when my mom bought me the game, I spend that whole night fumbling around in disc 1 until sunrise not understanding much as 9 year old me barely knew any English. But the music, the colorfulness of it all was enough to fall in love with it. I cherish this game so much along with OoT, so many great childhood memories come back to me when I listen to those soundtracks, pure happiness of simpler times etched into them.
Replaying this game again currently. Still holds up and is STILL my favorite FF
This was the first Final Fantasy I ever played, I was 12 at the time. Ever since playing this game and Morrowind I've been a gamer.
THAT IS FUCKING COOL RPG'S ARE A NICE WAY OF GAMING INTRODUCTION
FFIX is still my favorite game almost 20 years later. In my opinion, its as close to perfection as a JRPG can get.
Final Fantasy 9 is one of my favorite games.
I never forgot the moment I got this game. I remember fondly when I got home and started playing. As FF X being my intro into the series I was introduced to what final fantasy is at its core. I loved every minute I played. Such a wonderful and magical experience for me. This game cemented my love for the series. It is, still to this day my favorite RPG/JRPG series of all time.
I’m playing through it right now, and it is beyond charming.
The characters are all classic fantasy archetypes who all go through some beautiful character developments.
The scenery and colors feel soft and inviting when you’re romping through a town.
The soundtrack is used to great effect to lighten or darken moods depending on the situation.
I love it so far! 👍🏼
The first Final Fantasy I played was FF8 in a demo disc with a few different games for the first Playstation. It was basically the entire part where you have to fight the giant robot spider and go up the tower to that weird looking flying boss you can draw Siren from. I enjoyed it so much I played that same demo part so many times that at one point it just stopped working lol Eventually, while I was with my dad at the mall, I saw it and got so excited! I immediately asked my dad if he would get it for me and to my shock and awe he actually did. Unfortunatly there was a mix up... you see all I saw was Final Fantasy and just figured well that had to be the game I was playing... but it wasnt... it was FF9! I was so confused and annoyed at first like darn my dad just got me an expensive 4 disc game and it wasn't even what I wanted... but Im blabbering on. Long story short I came across something I didnt expect and I sure fell in love with it. FF9 is my favorite FF out of the ones Ive played. Brings back so many memories. I kind of want to start a new game lol
@FFVIII9917 Yea years later lol 7 -13 and ff online
Omg sounds a lot like my own encounter with this marvellous game! :)
Did you ever get to play 8 tho
To me it has been all of three of them 7, 8 and 9 have been my favorites final fantasy games i have both 7 and 9 in ps4 im still eagerly waiting for the port for 8 in ps4
"You're not alone!" IX is such an amazing game.
also, i missed that song in the background of the video: "You're not alone"
Heard the village of dali multiple times (and i still listen to the soundtrack on a weekly basic lol). But it still gave me chills though.
FFIX has a lot of nostalgia for me even though I never played it as a kid. Just cuz my uncle Sunny(who died a year after this story) gifted it to me cuz his kids didn't appreciate it and he saw me get entranced by the cover.
I took it home and played it for a couple hours, but only the opening mission cuz it would freeze after the play every single time. I tried it 3 times before I walked back to my uncles to explain it and give it back.
And he looked so disappointed and said I could have it anyway. But I was 6 or 7 and didn't know you could clean discs so I said no.
But now when I play it, it makes me remember all that and wonder what could have been if I played it back then.
(I had Legend of Dragoon, so I guess that's alright.)
i am playing it right now, i played it before but never finished it, but i intend to do so now. what amazes me though are the amount of ingame animations the characters have for story telling, its truly astounding even today, where so many AAA games resort to just some basic animations for most of the talking, and yet in a 20 year old game the small animations are more expressive than most current big budget game. It just shows that it was made with passion and care instead of greed.
Man, this has been the no.1 game of my list for around 10 years. Yes, this is my favorite game of all times, a game I could play over and over.
This is my favorite game. Hell, I even got a ff tattoo and still playing ff9 twenty years later
What are some of your favorite games of all time that I could feature in the next episode of Best Game Ever?
Could you do tales of the abyss, tales of legendia, or the Mana khemia games on ps2? Those are my favorites
How about suikoden 2 or chrono trigger/cross or xenogears? As far as modern games go bloodborne and persona 5 are some of the best games this gen.
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Downward Thrust best games this gen are Mario odyssey, Zelda botw, god of war, horizon zero dawn, persona 5, and ahhh there’s way more!
I was a huge fan of Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines back then. Would love to see some more coverage on that one
I just finished IX for the first time. I am so happy I decided to play. It was a real treat; sad the game's over.
All the same, fantastic.
Just started my first play through last night, here in 2021. I’m in love already.
Hope they one day go back to this style and aesthetic of Final Fantasy. I miss it truly
While its easy to say if you played the game you liked it, while if you didnt play it, you hate it because odds are you played one of the many FF games thinking 'this one is the best'. But FF9 has 2 player during fights, i didnt play though FF9 alone, i was with a friend, discussing the story, planning the journey, and leveling up abilities for months on end. The story is memorable and the setting is not too serious, but not childish either.
Nick Kirkpatrick you can do 2 player in this game? Holy **** that makes the song “You’re Not Alone” even more gut-wrenching
you can do 2 player in FF6 too
"But FF9 has 2 player during fights"
What are you on about?
@@Deffine it does you never knew this??
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Alright fine I give in after watching this video. I felt the love and memories you have for this game. The way you described the world and characters makes me want to be apart of it to. So sold I am now going to buy it.
Did you play it?
This game genuinely wards off depression in dark times. It’s vibes are so insanely good.
FFIX was my introduction to the series back in 2000. I remembered seeing a commercial for the game on TV, and telling my parents that I wanted it for Christmas. My parents gifted me the game for Christmas that year. I have played this game numerous times, and on various platforms for twenty years. This game will remain as magical to me since the first time I played it.
It’s hard to say there is a “bad” final fantasy. I think that each series holds its own pros and cons and depending on what your cup of tea is. Is what you like the most. Btw ff7,8,9 are my all time favorite.
My favorites in order are 10,7,9 and 8. 13 was bad in my opinion but 13-2 was great and lightning returns was pretty good too. 13 trilogy gets too much hate because the first one is the only bad one.
I am looking forward to the FFVII remake so much, as that's my favorite FF of all time, but FFIX is criminally underrated and is my second favorite. Maybe we'll get a remake of IX one day as well.
This game made me cry of happiness.
Nothing has ever made me cry.
makes sense
Forever thankful FFIX was my very first RPG and will always be a game I return to for the incredible story. I was struggling with the whole dynamic of fitting in and being accepted in middle school when FF9 released and I remember as I played through the game that my interest in girls related to Zidane, my conscience mirrored Garnet’s, I had Armarant’s attitude, and Vivi’s curiosity & helplessness. I literally felt like My character was growing with the characters in the game. It was such an awkward time in my life and this game literally helped me through it. Games are so amazing in that they have the power to touch the lives of those who dedicate the time to immerse themselves completely in the story/characters. The other games that have touched me on a similar level are Zelda:OoT, MGS1-3(especially snake-eater), and the Witcher 3.
This was my first ever final fantasy game and my first ever original PlayStation game.. it is still my favorite game of all time.
why you have to choose this music? im sad now and remember my childhood, when RPG's is not about graphic, but the gameplay and ofcourse the story line.. thank you !
9 and tactics are the GOATs
This series seriously delved into every single character so well. Every character had meanings.
I’m happy to read these comments and observe how this game impacted many more life than just mine. I’ll never forget the score and Vivi!
I do not see it discussed enough on the internet!
Nice video, and great game!
Same. This was my childhood and I'm happy many feel the same
This was my favorite of the FF series