I really wanna give 9 another chance. back in the day when i played it as soon as i realized they botched the card game i turned the game off and never touched it again
9 was great because it was simple and polished. The world was well-designed, especially the forest that turns to stone, Oeilvert, Memoria, and whatever the upside-down castle was called.
The only complaint I had about the battle system was that Auto-Regen was broken.
It really made you work for some of the game breakers...ignoring the whole abuse Quina's Lvl 5 Doom on the Grand Dragons above Gizumaluke Grotto to level up like mad real early.