It could be in the tip ten psn for ps3, but as long as we don't have actual hard data it doesn't really help. It could be in the top ten and still less than a million.
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Is Final Fantasy IX the most universally beloved Final Fantasy within the fanbase?
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It gets no pushback because it only sold like 4million copies, so a lot of the fanbase didn't even play the game and a lot of those that played already moved on from gaming.
So you're saying PSN games in general weren't selling? Seems unlikely they'd have bothered with lists for such an unused feature. Besides, then you'd be saying games like FFVII (which IX outsold some months) and various other classics also weren't selling, and that seems unlikely.
Plenty of people have played FFIX, or at least bought it.
IX is near the bottom of my own personal list after you account for the usual bottom tier mainline entries (13, 15, 2, etc.) for a few reasons:
1) I'm not a giant fan of most of the cast, namely Quina, Eiko and Zidane. Zidane just came off as creepy to me and Eiko just felt like they could have given all her skills and abilities to Garnet and lost nothing. I like the concept of Quina but did not like the eating for blue magic aspect.
2) The game gets horribly boring in a few places, most notably the Gargan Roo which always puts me to sleep at least once on every playthrough. Final Fantasy 9 is the only FF game I've ever played (aside from 11 for different reasons) that I've actually fallen asleep playing multiple times. I feel like a lot of the stops the party makes drag on and on.
3) I really am not a giant fan of Kuja after 5, 6, 7, and 8's villains casts.
4) Not a fan of the way you learn skills at all when compared to 5/6/7/8.
5) The card game in FF9 sucks compared to 8.
6) I didn't find Ozma a very compelling or interesting super boss in comparison to 5/7/8 especially.
There was plenty I did love in the game though!
All in all: I think FF9 is a fantastic game (I like all the Final Fantasy mainline games to a certain degree) but it's not in my top 5 mainline games and may not even be in my top 10 if I was ranking only 1-15. I still play it (and the rest of the franchise) yearly.
1) I'm not a giant fan of most of the cast, namely Quina, Eiko and Zidane. Zidane just came off as creepy to me and Eiko just felt like they could have given all her skills and abilities to Garnet and lost nothing. I like the concept of Quina but did not like the eating for blue magic aspect.
2) The game gets horribly boring in a few places, most notably the Gargan Roo which always puts me to sleep at least once on every playthrough. Final Fantasy 9 is the only FF game I've ever played (aside from 11 for different reasons) that I've actually fallen asleep playing multiple times. I feel like a lot of the stops the party makes drag on and on.
3) I really am not a giant fan of Kuja after 5, 6, 7, and 8's villains casts.
4) Not a fan of the way you learn skills at all when compared to 5/6/7/8.
5) The card game in FF9 sucks compared to 8.
6) I didn't find Ozma a very compelling or interesting super boss in comparison to 5/7/8 especially.
There was plenty I did love in the game though!
All in all: I think FF9 is a fantastic game (I like all the Final Fantasy mainline games to a certain degree) but it's not in my top 5 mainline games and may not even be in my top 10 if I was ranking only 1-15. I still play it (and the rest of the franchise) yearly.
How is earning AP for your gear that much significantly worse than earning AP for your Espers? Both games make you equip things you otherwise wouldn't just to learn their skills.
Wtf. 9 has an amazing sound track. Like an actually stellar track. I can't believe this is an opinion an actual person has.
Nah seven is certainly a lot of people's favorites and is iconic, but it gets a lot of deserved flak as well. Especially for the pretty terrible localization. 7's battle system is also incredibly boring for a good chunk of the game while the player accumulates materia.
I just finished 9 for the first time a like a week ago, and it's easily my favorite FF tho. Easily best cast and ost.
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It's my favorite FF by a large margin and also in my Top Ten of Games of All Time.
It's a beautiful game that just explodes with creativity and a lovely cast. The world feels so... so... authentic.
It's a beautiful game that just explodes with creativity and a lovely cast. The world feels so... so... authentic.
Nobody talks bad about it because of how goddamned mediocre it is. Which, I guess, means it's at least not hated?
It was less a step back and more a step in the wrong direction for me. I was looking forward to a more classic-styled FF after 7 and 8 and got... slow combat, a shitty story that meandered and only one interesting character out of Freya, and she wasn't even that interesting!
It's more a disappointment festival than a hate wagon.
It was less a step back and more a step in the wrong direction for me. I was looking forward to a more classic-styled FF after 7 and 8 and got... slow combat, a shitty story that meandered and only one interesting character out of Freya, and she wasn't even that interesting!
It's more a disappointment festival than a hate wagon.
People bring this up but I think VII's lovers alone vastly outweigh any of the "haters" or any of the flak it get's. Not to sound snide, but there's a reason VII has a remake and IX doesn't. I feel like that alone should qualify it for most beloved FF before IX.
...? I'm sure there are more people who have played and loved Ff7 than there are people who have even played FF9. Ff7 also likely has a ton more haters than 9 and I'd argue probably has a higher percentage as well.
The reason it got a remake is because Ff7 sold a fuck ton, that's not exactly the point tho.
IX was the one I got the furthest into out of the psx ffs. I got to the part where you have to count the people to cook the right amount of food for everyone. Then the chef character shows up out of nowhere and because I didn't cook extra they permanently left my party. It was such bullshit I dropped the game right there and never went back. It's the only thing I still remember from that game.
I've found that 6 seems to have the least criticism leveled at it, and the criticism that you do see tends to be weak (second half is "boring," it's too easy, etc).
The most universally loved Final Fantasy games is actually Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.
I can't tell if you trollishly love working up jrpg fans by trashing their sacred cow, if you're genuinely passionate about how much you hate FFVI or both.
Either way, bravo. I've seen your work many times. You're dedicated to your cause.
It got a remake because the old Tech Demo created an outcry so large for so long that Square finally relented and made the game.
I don't enjoy trashing FF6 because that involves actively discussing FF6, which I hate. But sometimes even the best of us slip up.
Oh wow, surprised seeing it get this much attention. Im playing through it currently for the first time, just finished Disc 3 and Im doing side missions before going to the final dungeon.
I like / love it, but I can't see anywaythat its better than VII so far - for me IX has a lot of problems.. I realise this isn't the topics question but Im surprised to see the love for the game.
I like / love it, but I can't see anywaythat its better than VII so far - for me IX has a lot of problems.. I realise this isn't the topics question but Im surprised to see the love for the game.
No, it's a good game that is overhyped but it's far from the best one. There are multiple ff games that are better than it.
It doesn't even get close to being the top. It loses out in pretty much every way.
It doesn't even get close to being the top. It loses out in pretty much every way.
exactly
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Yeah I think this is a fruitless endeavor but the answer probably lies with VI and VII. And for the record IX is my second least favorite Final Fantasy that I've played.
Nothing is universally beloved within the fanbase.
I feel like VI is the one people dislikes the least. Being the second most popular, but not enough to generate a counter culture like VII did.
Pretty much every FF will be cited in a discussion about the most disliked game in the series, anyway.
FFIX is definitely the most beloved in my personal one person fanclub, tho.
I feel like VI is the one people dislikes the least. Being the second most popular, but not enough to generate a counter culture like VII did.
Pretty much every FF will be cited in a discussion about the most disliked game in the series, anyway.
FFIX is definitely the most beloved in my personal one person fanclub, tho.
VI, as other people said, is the most beloved one. I haven't played it, I know the story but the characters seem a bit dull.
But in general, people always love to hate on some Final Fantasy, so it's hard to say which one is the most beloved.
Anyways FFX is great.
But in general, people always love to hate on some Final Fantasy, so it's hard to say which one is the most beloved.
Anyways FFX is great.
Yeah I rarely see anyone badmouth IX, although I have quite a few gripes with it. Mainly that outside of Vivi, the character design is not very good IMO. Kuja should be an iconic character that people still talk about today, but he just looks so dumb.
On the other side, Sephiroth is barely even a character but his design is so iconic that everyone knows who he is.
On the other side, Sephiroth is barely even a character but his design is so iconic that everyone knows who he is.
my favorite FF, i never heard any negative comment about this game except some people dislike the chibi character design
originally i also wasn't a fan of this design decision, look weird to me, but after i played that thing, it's quickly become my best FF ever even until now
also Princess Garnet til Alexandros is my favorite waifu
originally i also wasn't a fan of this design decision, look weird to me, but after i played that thing, it's quickly become my best FF ever even until now
also Princess Garnet til Alexandros is my favorite waifu
VII and X are probably the most popular in the series, but VI and IX seem popular among western fans who are invested enough to post online about the games.
Exactly this. Away from enthusiast message boards ffvii and ffx are more beloved.
