Richard writes: "Getting in there before American and Asian gamers complain about the date, for this latest retrospective piece we are going on the initial European release date for Final Fantasy IX, which is the 16th February 2001. That’s right, 20 years ago; a time where European gamers had to wait an extra seven months longer for one of the best Final Fantasy games."
You need a reason to fight the good fight. In video games, some of the best antagonists have been female perpetrators.
One of the most memorable fights I ever played. I almost didn't want to pull the trigger at the end.
Final Fantasy 16 is taking the series in a new direction, but it still appears to be taking some effective inspiration from past games.
I liked it a lot, I will not compare it with other final fantasy, But I hadn't felt that emotion for a long time playing since the final fantasy vll remake, it lacks some things, it's not my goty, but it deserves a place in my heart, with that I say everything.
Hironobu Sakaguchi loves Final Fantasy XIV and recently he's been using its creative features to pay homage to Final Fantasy IX.
Using that European date got me to think about something.
20 years ago big name JRPG franchises such as Pokémon, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Tales of, & Shin Megami Tensei all had staggered release dates between their Japanese release and western release.
20 years later most of those series have moved onto worldwide releases. Everything except for Shin Megami Tensei and its spin-off Persona which STILL take an exceedingly long time to localize its games.
Couldn't get into ff9 because I don't like relying on the steal command in my jrpgs. Random steal success is annoying. It's the same reason I didn't like using cait sith in 7
Amazing game. And I've still not managed to do the 1000 skips legitimately 😫
It's kind of funny, I seem to like all the least-liked FFs the most lol. VIII, X-2 and XII. At least opinion turned on the latter recently, but not much on the former two. X-2's story was eh, but I really enjoyed the battle system.
I didn't get into JRPGs until right around the PS2 era. A friend gave me FFVIII to try because he received it as a gift but didn't like it. I really enjoyed it and then got FFX when I got my PS2. Bought VII to try after X because of how much everyone crowed over how great it was, and I just...didn't like it. Also tried FFIX several years later - and even recently on PC via GP - but still not my cup of tea. I think after going to PS2, it was harder to go back and appreciate the older ones. VIII at least gets carried by nostalgia for me - though I do want to smack Squall more now than I did back then lol.
I've been playing in on my phone. I originally bought in on the PS2 bu t for some reason never finished it.