![]() Personally it's one of my preferred Final Fantasys, I find myself coming back to it all the time on Vita. The ending is a very touching and heartfelt conclusion, but I have yet to meet anyone that thinks the way they get there couldn't have been better done. The finale is rather divisive, without specifically spoiling it the final arc revolves around the themes of memory, life, and death-the first is the best executed, as the game will walk you through your nostalgia a bit, while the latter two themes are handled in a way that people really hate. Discs 1~2 are tonally closer to FFI~V, late disc 3 tends to resonate better with fans of post-7 FF, as that's when it incorporates the elements of personal crisis and psychological examination associated with PSX-era Final Fantasy. FFIX is a Final Fantasy game about Final Fantasy games, with the story going through all the phases the franchise itself did up to that point. Where it gets good is going to depend strongly on your personal preferences. WILL FFIX GO FTP SERIESYes, including the golden child of the FF series around here that is FFIX. People are allowed to have negative opinions of things without getting downvoted for it. On a side note I'm really disappointed in this sub for downvoting this post. If that's not the issue though, I say keep going - the story really does start to pick up about halfway through Disc 2, which IIRC is a couple hours down the road from where you are now. FFIX is a great story told through a bad video game, which for some people (including me for the longest time) resulted in them just not being able to stomach it. If that's the thing that's bothering you the most, then no, it absolutely does not improve. If anything it actually stagnates over time, and you get more and more sick of the absurdly slow combat and the completely inane loading times. Here's the thing though: the gameplay never improves. It took me several attempts to actually get past the beginning of the second disc, but I didn't regret it when I finally did. There are some really incredible moments later on that the game spends a really long time building up to, which for me resulted in a lot of the first and second discs feeling pretty slow, story-wise. The thing about FFIX is that it has among the best stories in all of video games IMO, but it takes some time to get there. I will say, the end cutscene of the game is fantastic, and for me personally, it was worth dealing with the crappy aspects of the game to watch it.ΔΆ days late to the party but I thought I'd throw in my two cents. ![]() Maybe take a break for a week and come back to it with a fresh mind that might help. ![]() ![]() If you decide to keep going, try focusing on the positive aspects of the game and don't get too hung up on the things that bother you. If you feel like stopping, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that you probably won't lose sleep over not finishing it. ![]() But I'd wager that a majority of rpg fans have dropped games they've invested a lot of time into because they got a significant distance into the game and weren't having fun. And I will say, the game moves at a glacial pace because of the uneven pacing and the stupidly long load times, so the game really does feel like a slog at points. Personally, I think the story really starts to pick up after disc 2. On one had, you have 20 hours vested into it, so you might as well keep plugging away to see if the back half of the game grabs you in any way. Final Fantasy 9 is probably my personal favorite of the main numbered series (honestly, it's more like a 5-way tie), but if you're not feeling it there's absolutely no shame in that. ![]()
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