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Funny, Romantic and just plain cool! |
| Majin Buu from Nottingham says (24/Nov/2002): |
When I asked for a Final Fantasy game I had the choice of 7, 8 or 9. I had a good look at the graphics and I thought 8 had the best, however I was wrong! I got 9 due to the fact it was brand new to england but when I played it I was soo glad I got it! Not only are the graphics good but it has a great scence of humor to it along with a briliant storyline. I have finished this game over 20 times now and its always made me cry, smile and laugh a little. My advice is BUY THIS GAME!
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My favorite final fantasy game/rpg |
| nin from baltimore maryland USA says (10/Nov/2002): |
I really enjoyed the story that came with this game and the graphics. I wish they had more like this with the same type graphics.. It remindes me of a story book with beautiful pictures. This RPG game Had me laugh as well as in tears and in the end I was screaming. This usually do not happen with me and these RPG games. I am usually taking a headach pill in the middle of playing. No offence to the other final fantasy games. I just couldn't follow them like I did FF IX.
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Best one yet |
| Dabunzae says (19/Oct/2002): |
In my oppinion this is by far the best one yet and i have played all but 10. this one has alot of the orignal things from the older ones such as the abilities are limited to certain classes like black mages can only cast black magic and stuff like that. The story is one of the best yet and the characters arent big like final fantasy 8. the big characters made it seem less like final fantasy. the card is kinda cool too. all in all it was a good game but it needed more side quests.
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A little more soul would've been nice !! |
| Reno from Dorset, England says (15/Oct/2002): |
I get the inpression that people giving this game rave reviews don't know the earlier Final Fantasy games very well (though I know I'm wrong in some cases). This game is so simple!!! It was made just as a pure playing game rather than interactive explorative game, like, for example, FF6. There are several ways in which I dislike this game, such as; Lack of characterisation. My favourite character, Amarant, has virtually no background story, and no involvement in the game. Other characters just don't have it when it comes to people you care about playing with. Lack of emotion; the game looks stunning, yeah. But it doesn't matter how good it looks, you don't feel anything while playing. For example, when Alexandria feels Garland's force on CD2, the biggest trauma for me is that Alexander was killed, although no mention was made of him, the mightiest of summons, whatsoever!! And the mini-games basically rely on the player being able to repeatedly carry out button presses at various speeds, which quickly gets boring and very frustrating, rather than real skill games, e.g. the Gold Saucer Arcade games on FF7. There are some good things, however. The boss music is easily the finest of all Final Fantasy to date. Some weapons are marvellous, espescially the Dragon Claw, Angel Bless, Kain's Lance, and Mythril Racket to name a few. Seeing summons in FMV is a bonus. And Synthesis - I love it!! Creating a new item or weapon out of two others is a really good system of gaining new items. In all, it's terrible as a Final Fantasy, but is a decent game in it's own right.
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Wow...you people suprise me. the best ff wasn't even a PS game, though it is now |
| Candle from Pittsburgh PA USA says (13/Oct/2002): |
For any of you who have played Final Fantasy from the very first game you would realize that Final Fantasy 6 is the best. What the hell am i thinking you ask? Lets see, FF7 was good, it had pretty graphics and retained some of the FF characterists, however you could only play three people and your choices in the world were limited. FF8 was a piece of crap if you expected a final fantasy game. However, if you like futuristic anti-fantasy military games and you are easily entertained by pretty graphics and the lack of your involvment in a game then I guess you probally like 8. FF8 had a "point a to point b" story line, there werent any true side quest or branches in the stroy. For Christ sakes i might as well have read the book. Alot of people didn't like 8, as a result square went back to it's roots, hence the drastic change in 9. It is fantasy and it is short stought characters, and allot of the trade mark characters have returned. However, square missed the entire point of why people hate 8, YOU HAVE NO TRUE ROLE IN 8!! Your choices mean nothing, no matter what, the story goes from start to finish. You have very few characters to choose from, even less abilities to learn. This game is worse then 8 and that was thought to be impossible. Square will hopefully wake up and realize what the hell they are doing even though they didn't in 10 because it is the same way. This is why 6 is concedered to be the best, it is fantasy, it has great music (better then 7), has 14 characters you can play and each and everyone of them has their own side stories and secrets. The entire world is for you to explore and to do what you want. This is what FF games have lost ever sense 7 and only time will tell if they will realize this.
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this is one of the best games ever |
| Eric D from USA says (12/Oct/2002): |
Final fantasy 9 is by far one of the best games ever. The story line is awsome, the AP system yo earn abilities is great compared to ff7 or ff8, and the personalities of the characters are just amazing. I know that the graphics aren't up to the quality they could be but the amazing cinemas make up for it. The game is a good starting ff game for rookie players and veterans alike. 9 offers challenges for both types. Many would say that the non-realistic world hampers the gaming but I completly disagree. The type of world only opens up more possbilities. Another thing I like is the much better chocobo side quests. ff7 chocobo quests takes longer than the game it's self. All the waiting for the right chocobo and the breeding and the racing just eventually gets old. And to add to that you have to do it to get the best items of the game. Now about 8, the chocobo quests in 8 are just boring and uninteresting. There isn't even any point to it. In 9 the chocobo quests in 9 are fun and make you think. I have to say I don't hate 7 or 8, it's just there are things that could have been better. I've played ff 5-10 and I personaly think 9 is the best.
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worst ff game ever |
| A gamer from perth, australia says (9/Oct/2002): |
I think dat dis is tha worst ff game on the playstation. I have finished every ff game on tha ps (from ff7 to ff10) and i think that ff9 is tha worst in tha whole series. if you think ff9 is good, try ANY other ff game. trust me. ff9 is heapz $#< remove me > at ! compared to the others. If your thinking about buing this game DO NOT BUY IT, IT SUX!!!
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This is one of the best games I have every played. |
| James Sutton-Baines from Rockford , IL says (28/Sep/2002): |
I think that Squaresoft has done it agian, they have brought us another wonderfull installment in the saga that is Final Fantasy. Personaly when I bought this game , I thought that it was just going to be the average run of the mill kinda rpg , but when I got it home and started playing it , I found out that it wasnt. The graphics are wonderfull , the story line is the best in the Final Fantasy series sence Final Fantasy four, And the battle system and equip set is just brillent, I wish they had come up with this battle system earlier, well anyway on with the review, the sound could have been better , and the originality , wasnt all the oringinal, but the fun factor makes up for that , after I beat it the first time , I started agian and finally figured out how to summon eidlions ,which was really anoying cause the first time thru the game I beat it without eidlions! Well any way over all I think that if you are a fan of the Final Fantasy saga or just a fan of rpgs, Then in my opinion you should buy this game and trust me you will enjoy it.
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Final Fantasy 9 Is th best game I have played yet. |
| Nickoberos from England says (27/Sep/2002): |
Final Fantasy captured my life in an adventure I will never forget. The Bosses which include Guizamaluke, Black Waltz (1,2 and 3,)Ozma, Kuja, The Forest Master, The giant ice sealion, Lani, Zorn & Thorn, Beatrix, The Troll of the outer continent andthe four chaos's. Final Fantacy Players Zidane, Vivi, Beatrx, Stiener, Amarent, Garnet, Eiko, Freya and Quina.
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Totally adictive and just makes you want more more more! |
| Alex K M from Den Haag, The Netherlands says (5/Sep/2002): |
It is the first FF i have played and i must say i totally enjoyed it. Good storyline, you gotta give em credit for such a long story. Nice graphics and mucho full motion vids. I finished it twice and now again for the hell of it. A real buy that you won't be sorry about. Now i want to buy a PS2 just to get FFX!
My congrats to the development team, GRADE A!
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such a good game |
| yashi from Addis ababa Ethiopia says (3/Aug/2002): |
Its such a good game everything about Final Fantasy IX is good the graphics, storyline, characters, bosses, technigues and battles much better then using GF's for every battle. All bosses in the game are easy except hades, T+kuja and Ozma(especially Ozma).
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What are you all talking about? |
| anomonous from Paris, France says (1/Aug/2002): |
I cant understand all these amazing reviwws of this game! Practically every review here says its perfect, when in actual fact its crud. The graphics are the worst i have seen in ages (particularly after playing the marvelous ff10), the story is pathetic and the whole beginning seems a waste of time. The ap system and abilities from itms system is confusing, time wasting and down right stupid. In my opinion this is by far the worst final fantasy game, everything about it annoys me (particularly the rubbish graphics, and that damn monkey!)
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One of the greatest's games i have ever played. |
| andrew crofford from oklahoma,tulsa U.S.A says (23/Jul/2002): |
It's a great game in alot of area's but the ability but it could be better,the abilty system in final fantasy 7 was better. I like the fact on ff 9 you dont have to buy the ''all'' mateteia, but i here is what i give the the game in storyline,
music...storyline i give a 9/10, music 10/10, game play 8/10, graphics 10/10, thats about is if you look below this message most of them say "its the best" leten you know
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Great but not perfect |
| Duane Foster (FF King) from London England says (19/Jul/2002): |
This was the first Final Fantasy game i played on Playstation. At first i find that the CG graphics were excellent and that the characters looked like a cartoon. once i got into the game i find that it had a great beginging in the first disc but after that the game went down hill, with a crazy story line which weren't to involing. Although the battles were of a good quality and pace with good graphics but nothing else really opealed to me. Overall this is good but i think you should only buy it if you are a hardcore Final Fantasy RPG fan.
Graphics 9/10 | Gameplay 8/10 | Lifespan 10/10 | Sound 9/10 | Fun Factor 8/10
Overall 88%
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FF7 was better |
| A gamer says (18/Jul/2002): |
Im not dissing da game, but it could have been much better. The story line was ok,but it should've been more complex. The ability system wasn't so good either. The materia thing in FF7 was better cause u could buy da crap and choose who whould be equiped with it. So you could choose who was ur white or black mage and who was ur knight. I also thought da story line was to simple to follow. Also da characters were weird. Wat da hell was up wit Quina? And now da thing i hate most about FF9 was their side quests. I mean 7,8,and 10 had much more and they were all fun! 9 didnt have much and fun ones too. And their card game was way too confusing, so it wasnt fun. But over all it was pretty good....I mean all FF games kick ass! U really cant diss any!
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could be better |
| A gamer from USA says (17/Jul/2002): |
Well I believe that Final Fantasy 9 was pretty good but there were things that could have been better. For instance in FF7 I think that the way materia went is better than any other way magic or abilities ever went. Because you could choose what kind of magic you wanted to buy and you could also choose who you wanted to be a white magician or a black magician. And you could pick who got the right to what summonds. In FF9 you have to gain those stupid ap points to get your abilities. And if you have ever played ff10 then you will know that the characters and the story plot were better than any other final fantasy. So in other words combine ff7 and ff10 and you will come out with the best final fantasy game ever made. But anyway back to ff9 the #1 reason I got the game was because I have played every other final fantsy ever and beat them all. But ff9 had its good parts like towards the 3rd and 4th disc it started to get interesting. And finally i thought that the characters were pretty good. Well im done it probably sounds like im dissing the game and your wondering why its getting such a respectable rating but come on it is a final fantasy game and all of the ff's are the best rpg's ever.
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Simpley the best!!!!!!!! |
| Marc from Goes, Zeeland says (9/Jul/2002): |
Man This game rocks! Everything about it is perfect: the story, characters, summons and of course the graphics. I bought the game in December 2001 and now i'm playing it for the thirt time. I also have FF VI and FF VIII, but IX is the best. FF VI has a good story, but the characters are a little bit lame. FF VIII was at everything good but IX much better. The most annoying part is the start of the game. It's boring and has to much text. But later on the game begins to get very good i'm now at Cleyra just before you fight the Antlion. And I think i'm going to play it much more.
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Probably the best game I've ever played........ |
| Michelle says (30/Jun/2002): |
I thought this was the best game I've ever played. I have the attention span of a 4 year old (even though I'm 12) but I never wanted to put the game down. I also agree with some of the other people. The great game needed a great ending. But with an ending like that well, it was a little disapointing. Square soft could of done so many things at the end but chose a simple ending. Also, if i had to skip one or two parts in the game it would probably be in Grizgrottos Grotto (I'm not quite sure how to spell it) and the something Roo. Not the Gargen Roo, the other one. When ther are going to the Other Continet for the first time. I hate that place. And regadless what everyone else says, I still loved this game. And if you read this and know the cheat to get more money, or a good website please e-mail me at michelleg< remove me > at fishnet.com. Or if there is such thing, how to get 99 of all items. But I don't have a game shark so i don't want those codes. Thank you all who will help me.
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Not bad, not bad at all |
| Renay from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada says (30/Jun/2002): |
I really liked it. It beat the hell out of FF8. I hated 8! It's one of the most boring games I've ever played.....but back to 9....It's one of the best RPG's I've played in a looong time. Okay, so it has the same story line as every other Final Fantasy (save the world from the derranged bad guy), but it was still well done. I don't think I'm the only one, but originally I had Zidane mistaken for a girl. It takes a while before the game really starts, and you get to move around freely, a little longer than I expected. But that's still okay. I have to admit, most of the time, it was a bit too easy. I did, after all, beat the game in 3 days (I have no life, so I had nothing better to do but play it). Most of the bosses weren't anywhere near hard enough, although Necron was not bad I wish I had found Hades. If you know where he is, send me an email, tell me where!! The CGs were really well done. When they did the parts of the game focused on Vivi, and his thoughts about how lost and alone he felt after seeing the Black mages being made in Dali, at times I felt really bad for him! And same with Garnet/Dagger. They did a great job with the story line, and really got you to see what they were feeling. Another good thing: FINALLY a video game with decent music! I thought "Loss of Me" is a really pretty piece, I'm teaching myself to play it on my piano. I'm starting to ramble, so I'll just get to the point. This is a great game, and if you haven't played it already, play it as soon as possible!!
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Great Guide !! |
| Chexbox.com from Chexbox.com says (8/Jun/2002): |
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