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A203D on 06 September 2015
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Michelasso said:

John, I'm not saying I found it childish because the philosophy behind the story doesn't get into the grand scheme of universe. It was childish to me because the dialogues (at least in Italian) were very childish and stupid, Gidan and many others looked like kids (honestly, it felt like a kindergarten). That clanky Steiner was ridiculous. Then if you like we can talk about.. Quina. lol

Still don't get me wrong. I don't use childish in a derogative way. I love plenty of childish games and movies. I mean, even FFX Rikku is childish! And I love her character (made even better by Tara Strong voice). I blame the awful Italian localization for making FF IX also stupid. As I wrote earlier I've even bought the American version at the recent PSN sales. So my final judgement on FF IX is currently on hold. I'll never like the way we develop and use the abilities, though. And that's a big minus in my book. yes, that to a degree applies to the FF VII Materia system as well, but it is much more straightforward.

Anyway, I think we should make a poll updated to FF Type 0 about which one is the best FF RPG available on consoles. I believe the results would be interesting. ^_^

Not sure about the Italian version, but the English version of FF9 was very well translated, the English is immpeciable.

In terms of characters I thought FF9s characters were among the best roster of characters in the series, is not the best. Steiner was meant to be ridiculous, that was the point of his character barging around the place making a show of himself. That was part of his core character to be overly protective of the princess. His devotion to her as a knight was endearing and he has such a great character arc in the middle of disk 2 where he turns against the queen to save the princess. The character had a heart underneath all that armour. Steiner was also very funny.

Quina, well I have to agree with you on that. As a character Quina serves very little story purpose as he/she has little involvement to Kuja or the games' events. Yet I love Quina, because he/she is so funny. Thats what I feel FF9 did a lot more of; which was its sense of humour.

FF8, was a good game, but honestly, I think it was a bit boring because of the characters unfortunately.

 

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