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Topic	Is it safe to say Final Fantasy 9 is better than Final Fantasy 7 and...
masterpug53 09/02/17 3:06:52 PM #27:	FF9 gets a lot of internet praise over the other PSX games for having a good amount of polish and not having any glaring flaws. This gives people the ability to profess their fondness of it without having to worry about defending it. While it is an excellent game, it plays things safe in way too many categories, relying on tried-and-true settings and gameplay mechanics in a series that is normally (and imo, should be) about innovation. FF 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12 (to name the ones I've played) take considerable risks in their design, from plot points to combat design. I always appreciated this because, succeed or fail, it provided the one thing that drew me into the franchise: creativity. The downside to this is that, through their missteps, most or all of these games provide detractors with plenty of fuel with which to burn them. I'm not saying that FF 9 is bereft of creativity - it's a FF title, for goodness sake. But apart from maybe the design of Lindblum and Kuja's thong, nothing about 9 really surprised me or upended my expectations. The destruction of Cleyra was a bit surprising, but add that on to the previous sacking of Burmecia, it became pretty apparent that destroying all the major cities was inevitably going to be a plot / gameplay device; not only did it not surprise me when Lindblum and Alexandria were later toasted, but it annoyed me greatly that those worldspaces then became unavailable or severely reduced. The only moment that truly stirred me was the Assault of the Silver Dragons: ~~FF 9 was the perfect venue for an old-school airship battle played out in then-glorious FMV, and up until that point I was seriously afraid that they'd go the entire game without one.~~ I definitely enjoyed the game all 4-5 times I played through it, but for me it was a bread-and-butter experience compared to the other FF titles. So I can't begin to call 9 the best in the series or even on the console when - while a very solid and polished game - it failed to stir me to the emotional and spiritual heights that the other games in the series did. --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. <cite>masterpug53 posted [p:885904139] in Is it safe... [t:75734368]...</cite> <quote>FF9 gets a lot of internet praise over the other PSX games for having a good amount of polish and not having any glaring flaws. This gives people the ability to profess their fondness of it without having to worry about defending it. While it is an excellent game, it plays things safe in way too many categories, relying on tried-and-true settings and gameplay mechanics in a series that is normally (and imo, should be) about innovation. FF 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12 (to name the ones I've played) take considerable risks in their design, from plot points to combat design. I always appreciated this because, succeed or fail, it provided the one thing that drew me into the franchise: creativity. The downside to this is that, through their missteps, most or all of these games provide detractors with plenty of fuel with which to burn them. I'm not saying that FF 9 is bereft of creativity - it's a FF title, for goodness sake. But apart from maybe the design of Lindblum and Kuja's thong, nothing about 9 really surprised me or upended my expectations. The destruction of Cleyra was a bit surprising, but add that on to the previous sacking of Burmecia, it became pretty apparent that destroying all the major cities was inevitably going to be a plot / gameplay device; not only did it not surprise me when Lindblum and Alexandria were later toasted, but it annoyed me greatly that those worldspaces then became unavailable or severely reduced. The only moment that truly stirred me was the Assault of the Silver Dragons: FF 9 was the perfect venue for an old-school airship battle played out in then-glorious FMV, and up until that point I was seriously afraid that they'd go the entire game without one. I definitely enjoyed the game all 4-5 times I played through it, but for me it was a bread-and-butter experience compared to the other FF titles. So I can't begin to call 9 the best in the series or even on the console when - while a very solid and polished game - it failed to stir me to the emotional and spiritual heights that the other games in the series did. --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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