tiggerkiddo
[09] Warrior
Okay so why is FF9 awesome?
First I'll acknowledge it's shortcomings, mainly the plot. It doesn't have the great plot, culminating in the good ol' Hey let's chase after this guy because he's causing trouble...and stuff. And oh wait, there's the man behind the man too! Not too original, sure it throws it's surprises here and there but it's not too striking. The game also ignores a good deal of the other characters and seems to be the Garnet show for the most part. Game also lacks a general challenge, except for perhaps Ozma and the surprise final boss (Jerk move by Square), everything else is darn easy.
Now while the plot isn't anything to sneeze about, the story does have its countless heartfelt/awesome moments. Who didn't get a bit watery eyed when the Black Waltz blasted the poor Mages protecting Vivi? How about the opening scene where Tantalus crashes the party? Protecting Cleyra from Alexandria? Steiner and Brahne's near confession or their defense of Alexandria during the attack? Kuja losing it and destroying an entire world? Just to name a few...
Outside of FF8, I thought the soundtrack to FF9 was very well done. Here's just a small list of the songs in the game: Bran Bal (Played in the titular village and it's appropriate haunting sound), Terra (Again, fits the theme), Hunter's Chance (Who didn't love this song? I played through that entire part over and over for the fun of it), Treno (Who knew ragtime could sound good?), Kuja's Melody, Freya's Theme (Done in a wonderful haunting tone), Burmecia, Lindublum, Esto Gaza and many others.
I believe that the world of FF9 is one of the better designed ones. Each city has its own unique look and culture. Arguably the best designed one is the one city that doesn't get wrecked. It's too bad that Brahne was such a power crazed loon because several of the cities that got wrecked were designed pretty well (Well Alexandria was kind of boring) and I would have loved to see Burmecia in it's glory and not a rain soaked ruin. Even though it was kind of hidden, the waterfall town (Whose name escapes me) was also a cool place to wander around. I do wish there were a few more established kingdoms outside of the Mist Continent...it seems as if they kind of slacked off.
Character designs...well aren't terrible. My main complaint is that Zidane looks girly (He looks like Meg Ryan!) but the rest of his outfit isn't terrible. It fits in with the rest of the world. Garnet's outfit is probably the one who most stands out...outside of Quina...I mean who wears such a bright colored outfit? Steiner and Freya's both make sense, along with Vivi. I couldn't really make sense of Eiko's outfit, haha. Aramant's look is generally awesome. He looks and acts the part of the rebel. Let's not speak of Kuja, the less said the better.
More coming later!
First I'll acknowledge it's shortcomings, mainly the plot. It doesn't have the great plot, culminating in the good ol' Hey let's chase after this guy because he's causing trouble...and stuff. And oh wait, there's the man behind the man too! Not too original, sure it throws it's surprises here and there but it's not too striking. The game also ignores a good deal of the other characters and seems to be the Garnet show for the most part. Game also lacks a general challenge, except for perhaps Ozma and the surprise final boss (Jerk move by Square), everything else is darn easy.
Now while the plot isn't anything to sneeze about, the story does have its countless heartfelt/awesome moments. Who didn't get a bit watery eyed when the Black Waltz blasted the poor Mages protecting Vivi? How about the opening scene where Tantalus crashes the party? Protecting Cleyra from Alexandria? Steiner and Brahne's near confession or their defense of Alexandria during the attack? Kuja losing it and destroying an entire world? Just to name a few...
Outside of FF8, I thought the soundtrack to FF9 was very well done. Here's just a small list of the songs in the game: Bran Bal (Played in the titular village and it's appropriate haunting sound), Terra (Again, fits the theme), Hunter's Chance (Who didn't love this song? I played through that entire part over and over for the fun of it), Treno (Who knew ragtime could sound good?), Kuja's Melody, Freya's Theme (Done in a wonderful haunting tone), Burmecia, Lindublum, Esto Gaza and many others.
I believe that the world of FF9 is one of the better designed ones. Each city has its own unique look and culture. Arguably the best designed one is the one city that doesn't get wrecked. It's too bad that Brahne was such a power crazed loon because several of the cities that got wrecked were designed pretty well (Well Alexandria was kind of boring) and I would have loved to see Burmecia in it's glory and not a rain soaked ruin. Even though it was kind of hidden, the waterfall town (Whose name escapes me) was also a cool place to wander around. I do wish there were a few more established kingdoms outside of the Mist Continent...it seems as if they kind of slacked off.
Character designs...well aren't terrible. My main complaint is that Zidane looks girly (He looks like Meg Ryan!) but the rest of his outfit isn't terrible. It fits in with the rest of the world. Garnet's outfit is probably the one who most stands out...outside of Quina...I mean who wears such a bright colored outfit? Steiner and Freya's both make sense, along with Vivi. I couldn't really make sense of Eiko's outfit, haha. Aramant's look is generally awesome. He looks and acts the part of the rebel. Let's not speak of Kuja, the less said the better.
More coming later!
