Author Topic: Replaying Final Fantasy IX (Read 6301 times)

AdmiralViscen · « **on:** June 18, 2008, 01:51:33 PM »

I started this last night. Anyone else in?

Batbeg said he was gonna make a thread but I can't take much longer, dammit!

I love Final Fantasy IX. It is one of my favorite games. It's the first rpg I beat in one month, probably the first game I ever got truly addicted to. I played 75-80 hours of this sucker when it came out. Me and my buddy raced each other during Thanksgiving break (it came out the week before thanksgiving break! <3) and we had a blast. I beat it on Christmas that year. For some one who took 3-6 months to beat rpgs previously, by playing tiny bits at a time, this was insane for me.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to successfully replay FFIX. I've never made it off disc 1 on any of my replays. I really wanna re-experience one of my favorite games again and this time I'm gonna do it! Shitty slow ass battle system be damned!

Let the playthrough of the most underrated main series psx FF experience commence!

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #1 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:58:57 PM »

If I can find my copy, I'll rip it to play on my PSP.

demi · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:59:57 PM »

ha no thanks... i just snagged Fable for PC last night

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #3 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:07:19 PM »

Just saw the GAF thread you copy pasta'ed. lol

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #4 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:13:12 PM »

I have an ISO I already made if you want it

edit: wtf I c/ped that entire assclown OP and most of it isn't here.

Mupepe · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:15:26 PM »

i let a taco friend borrow it like 5 years ago and i haven't seen it since. then again, i haven't asked for it back. either way, i should really replay it. i haven't played it since my first runthrough. I just remember it being super easy as balls, but oh so funny. some of the best mini games ever.

i'll try to get it back and rip it onto my psp or play it on my ps3. i'll see which

Vizzys · « **Reply #6 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:19:35 PM »

I never finished this game and one of my discs got really scratched and wouldnt read when I tried to replay

Pharmacy · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:22:56 PM »

BEST FINAL FANTASY EVER

zidane doing thievery at 9999
freya doing dragons crest at 9999
quina doing frog drop at 9999
garnet on healing duties

w00000t

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:25:12 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on June 18, 2008, 02:15:26 PM

i let a taco friend borrow it like 5 years ago and i haven't seen it since. then again, i haven't asked for it back. either way, i should really replay it. i haven't played it since my first runthrough. I just remember it being super easy as balls, but oh so funny. some of the best mini games ever.

i'll try to get it back and rip it onto my psp or play it on my ps3. i'll see which

PM me

Beezy · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:44:11 PM »

Batbeg posts here?

Powerslave · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2008, 05:41:54 PM »

Final Fantasy IX

AV unignored

Darunia · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2008, 05:43:33 PM »

I won't replay this, but I fully support the FF IX love, my favorite FF by quite a margin

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12 on:** June 18, 2008, 05:53:39 PM »

Final Fantasy IX is awesome, I never understood the hate it gets.

Beezy · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2008, 05:58:00 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on June 18, 2008, 05:53:39 PM

Final Fantasy IX is awesome, I never understood the hate it gets.

Agreed. I lent my cousin FF9 for FF8. I need to get it back.

Himu · « **Reply #14 on:** June 18, 2008, 06:11:33 PM »

lol admiral

so you guys in?

ff9 fuck yeah

Powerslave · « **Reply #15 on:** June 18, 2008, 06:21:16 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on June 18, 2008, 06:11:33 PM

lol admiral

so you guys in?

ff9 fuck yeah

Pay back Ichirou.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #16 on:** June 18, 2008, 06:27:30 PM »

Quote from: Powerslave on June 18, 2008, 06:21:16 PM

Quote from: Himuro on June 18, 2008, 06:11:33 PM
lol admiral

so you guys in?

ff9 fuck yeah

Pay back Ichirou.

Himu · « **Reply #17 on:** June 18, 2008, 06:46:29 PM »

I am iin the evil forest

Himu · « **Reply #18 on:** June 18, 2008, 06:49:46 PM »

this is my ff9 psp custom theme

so awesome

[youtube=425,350]QGBYowfeHH8[/youtube]

fuck yeah

psp

Powerslave · « **Reply #19 on:** June 18, 2008, 06:50:26 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on June 18, 2008, 06:46:29 PM

I am iin the evil forest

Do the enemies drop a lot of gil there?

Himu · « **Reply #20 on:** June 18, 2008, 06:52:59 PM »

who cares they're evil

Powerslave · « **Reply #21 on:** June 18, 2008, 06:55:46 PM »

As opposed to good enemies?

Himu · « **Reply #22 on:** June 18, 2008, 07:01:31 PM »

who cares ff9 is easy

i'm not paying attention to how much gill i get lol

game is hilarious

screen caps in a few minutes

Tucah · « **Reply #23 on:** June 18, 2008, 07:06:14 PM »

I've played every FF (even XI) except 9.

I don't know why, but I would totally be in...if it wasn't for EO2

Trent Dole · « **Reply #24 on:** June 18, 2008, 07:35:54 PM »

I never did get all that far into FFIX and ought to give it a proper playthrough. Bought it and let it sit there then tried to blitz through it a short while before FFX came out and didn't get too far. I'm in.

Himu · « **Reply #25 on:** June 18, 2008, 08:14:23 PM »

Last night I couldn't get cwcheat to work so I couldn't take screens lol

So today I took the screens I posted on gaf just real quick. I got all the way to the forest last night.

After the fight where Vivi and Steiner get poisoned...

Add another reason why Vivi is the best Final Fantasy character ever. That little bugger is too damn cute for his own good!

Steiner is awesome comedy relief

this game is unbelievably beautiful. I seriously miss pre-rendered bgs.

FFIX's ability system is seriously one of my favorite's. It's simple but sooooo addicting.

Active Time Events need to make a return to Final Fantasy. They were AWESOME.

Example:

OMG

Best save point ever

Beezy · « **Reply #26 on:** June 18, 2008, 08:32:17 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on June 18, 2008, 08:14:23 PM

this game is unbelievably beautiful. I seriously miss pre-rendered bgs.

Play Baten Kaitos and Baten Kaitos Origins you dirty whore.

Himu · « **Reply #27 on:** June 18, 2008, 08:38:18 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on June 18, 2008, 08:32:17 PM

Quote from: Himuro on June 18, 2008, 08:14:23 PM
this game is unbelievably beautiful. I seriously miss pre-rendered bgs.
Play Baten Kaitos and Baten Kaitos Origins you dirty whore.

I've wanted to play those for the longest.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #28 on:** June 18, 2008, 09:17:50 PM »

I'm in. I made an ISO for my PSP awhile ago, but I never got out of the first disc. The graphics hold up very well.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #29 on:** June 18, 2008, 10:50:24 PM »

FF IX

I could never understand why people didn't like it. I guess because it was missing the futuristic emo wankery of FF VII and VIII, which while I kind of enjoyed really appreciated the return to the series' roots in IX. Four characters! Fantasy setting! Vivi!

Himu · « **Reply #30 on:** June 18, 2008, 11:00:06 PM »

Even the fantasy setting in FFIX can be futuristic and high tech. I just don't get the hate against this game.

Tucah · « **Reply #31 on:** June 18, 2008, 11:02:47 PM »

All the love in this thread makes me want to put down EO2 and try it. Maybe tomorrow.

Powerslave · « **Reply #32 on:** June 18, 2008, 11:10:02 PM »

FF7 > FF9 > FF8

but all three are REALLLY close to eachother. I love them almost equally, but 7 and 9 get the most love

Himu · « **Reply #33 on:** June 18, 2008, 11:12:25 PM »

Really? It's rare you see someone pool a lot of love into FF9. It's like most people didn't even play the thing.

Powerslave · « **Reply #34 on:** June 18, 2008, 11:24:18 PM »

FF9 is magical. I want to get lost in that cozy little world and never come back into reality

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #35 on:** June 19, 2008, 01:08:51 AM »

FF9 is the only RPG that actually made me smile and laugh at the characters, and even feel for Vivi. Maybe SoA made me smile a few times but that was a long time ago.

I really don't dig the third act though. Lost Odyssey has the same problem for me.

Quote from: Powerslave on June 18, 2008, 05:41:54 PM

Final Fantasy IX

AV unignored (Image removed from quote.)

I noticed that before, I wondered why that happened

Himu · « **Reply #36 on:** June 19, 2008, 01:34:52 AM »

Yep yep admiral. I find myself smiling every time I play the game. Can't say that about any other rpg. There are better rpgs out there but FFIX is just fucking magical.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #37 on:** June 19, 2008, 01:39:18 AM »

I appreciated it way more my second time through, last year, than the first time. Really got into the characters.

First time through I was fresh off the freedom of FF8 and I was annoyed that I was forced to use the characters the game wanted me to use for the first two discs.

Himu · « **Reply #38 on:** June 19, 2008, 01:45:51 AM »

I'm finding the characters entirely refreshing more than when I first played it because they're so different compared to most jrrpgs and particularly Final Fantasy.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #39 on:** June 19, 2008, 01:50:08 AM »

That helps too.

The writing/translation just works so well and so do the environments, Steiner is genuinely amusing and so are a lot of the other one liners. Some of the nonfunny conversations are simply pleasing too, I don't really know why. Maybe it was a mood I was in during the replay but it's unlike any other game I've played.

I stopped playing somewhere in disc 3, maybe I should replay it again. I got the ISO all set up for PSP and then played LO instead lol

Pharmacy · « **Reply #40 on:** June 19, 2008, 04:34:30 AM »

yo himuro fyi the aries coin is one of the stelazzio coins you give to that duck looking woman in treno. make sure you find them all because its a really good way to get a blood sword for steiner earlier on (makes the underground bit in treno a walk in the park) and also to get the hammer for the extra ending

god shit like that makes final fantasy ix so good

Powerslave · « **Reply #41 on:** June 19, 2008, 06:10:28 AM »

Look at Himuro's posting style on GAF. It's like I'm reading one of my own posts.

I'm a clear influence to Himu.

Beezy · « **Reply #42 on:** June 19, 2008, 06:11:52 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on June 19, 2008, 01:34:52 AM

Yep yep admiral. I find myself smiling every time I play the game. Can't say that about any other rpg. There are better rpgs out there but FFIX is just fucking magical.

Skies of Arcadia is the only other 3D rpg I can think of that does this for me.

tiesto · « **Reply #43 on:** June 19, 2008, 08:13:26 AM »

I wish there was a way to speed up the slow-ass battles

Beezy · « **Reply #44 on:** June 19, 2008, 12:53:30 PM »

I never actually finished it because I was playing it on an emulator (didn't have a PS1 or PS2 at the time) and I messed around with the plugins to get a different game working and I lost my save file.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #45 on:** June 19, 2008, 01:27:57 PM »

the ending kinda blew anyway. but add me to the lovefest. my favorite environments from any RPG ever. every level just looks soooo good. and

chocobo hot & cold

how many times have I maxed out the little guy? my only complaints are that 1) the story falls apart at the end, when a bunch of new shit is introduced but not elaborated on, and 2) the game just isn't that long. It only takes me about 50-55 hours to do everything in the game except for the card shit.

P.S. keep calling for the moogle on the world map and then send him away. eventually he'll threaten to stab you

Positive Touch · « **Reply #46 on:** June 19, 2008, 01:44:29 PM »

3) i can't let my obsessive desire to complete everything kick in when i play this game, because some of the mini-games are just stupid. burn in the shittiest pit of hell, Hippaul. and the window of opportunity + the amount of ridiculousness to find some of the stuff just sucks. "oh you mean that during the card tournament in treno I'm supposed to leave town, then walk halfway across the continent to meet up with the old guy that likes coffee because that's the only time in the game when I can get a certain item? It's so obvious!"

awesome game btw

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #47 on:** June 19, 2008, 01:48:40 PM »

PlayOnline

Positive Touch · « **Reply #48 on:** June 19, 2008, 01:54:57 PM »

playonline will be even better when you can use your internet-connected PS2 to get great hints and tips online in real-time in FFX!

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #49 on:** June 19, 2008, 02:49:59 PM »

Curseofthegods check your PM in an hour or so

APF · « **Reply #50 on:** June 19, 2008, 04:02:24 PM »

IX shits all over VII it's not even funny.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #51 on:** June 19, 2008, 04:08:34 PM »

PS2 fast loading does help this, by the way. Not dramatically, but significantly. And yeah, it's definitely better than 7 or 8.

Try playing it without ever buying basic consumable items like (hi-)potions and eyedrops --- I think it's a good way to boost challenge a little bit without sacrificing fun.

MCD · « **Reply #52 on:** June 19, 2008, 04:12:20 PM »

I'm a character cigarillo when it comes to rpgs and ff9 characters don't interest.

Himu · « **Reply #53 on:** June 19, 2008, 04:12:59 PM »

thanks for the help pharmacy. I forgot.

I'm in lindblum.

Himu · « **Reply #54 on:** June 19, 2008, 04:14:36 PM »

tell me FF9 isn't the best looking psx game

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #55 on:** June 19, 2008, 04:17:55 PM »

Quote

1) the story falls apart at the end, when a bunch of new shit is introduced but not elaborated on, and 2) the game just isn't that long. It only takes me about 50-55 hours to do everything in the game except for the card shit.

I don't mind the story per se (or length, lol --- I think it was the longest FF for me outside of Tactics); my biggest complaint, besides the load times, is that there are just too many repetitive events where the characters draw out their shtick yet again in predictable ways, and it gets old (granted, I bring it on myself by watching all the optional ATEs, but some of them are amusing and you can't really tell the cute ones from the tedious ones without actually watching them).

Also, I like the card game and the basic setup of the Chocograph hunting, but the amount of Chocobo Hot & Cold required is way more than such a brainless (even if strangely addictive) minigame can sustain. If I were doing a personal remix I'd speed up the rewards by at least 2X.

Himu · « **Reply #56 on:** June 19, 2008, 04:18:26 PM »

Quote from: Powerslave on June 19, 2008, 06:10:28 AM

Look at Himuro's posting style on GAF. It's like I'm reading one of my own posts.
I'm a clear influence to Himu.

I've felt this way before we even started chatting, bro

Powerslave · « **Reply #57 on:** June 19, 2008, 05:26:17 PM »

You never said anything about it!

Himu · « **Reply #58 on:** June 19, 2008, 05:43:01 PM »

about what

Powerslave · « **Reply #59 on:** June 19, 2008, 05:45:21 PM »

That you felt that way.....

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Author Topic: Replaying Final Fantasy IX (Read 6301 times)