How does FF9 hold up today?

[Medisti]

Raven said:

Medisti said:
I just arrived in Lindblum. It's very good, if you like turn-based JRPGs. The battles are a little slow. There's long pauses between actions for some reason. But, I'm really digging the world and story so far. I miss Final Fantasy games like this. The new ones... don't really feel like Final Fantasy to me anymore.

 You can speed it up a little bit in the Config menu by changing the Battle Speed and Battle Camera settings options, it's not a drastic improvement but it does take a bit of the edge off.

Thanks! I'll have to look into that. I know I couldn't find a way to turn off the awful borders. I just want black.

And the character name screens say "Emoticons are not allowed," evidencing what a slapdash port job this was. Still, the game itself is fun, so I'm happy. :)