Jumpin said:
Here's where I fundamentally disagree. I found FF9 the least-FF feeling game of the whole mainline series. While there is an established tradition of always having Cid, summon creatures (particularly Bahamut), Masamune, Weapons, Biggs & Wedge, Moogles, chocobos - the main focus of Final Fantasy has always been about evolving, going big, and pushing forward the boundaries of what can be achieved in the RPG genre as a whole. Final Fantasy 9 is the odd game out in that regard. It is the only FF game that focused on recycling and conservativism - it's a bit more like a higher quality than usual spinoff; as that it has been the role of FF spinoffs to recycle/reference the content of older games in the franchise. |
I agree, and there is a reason why FFIX turned out this way. I believe it started out as Final Fantasy Gaiden for it's concept, but eventually it just got made into a main numbered entry. I still really like the game though, it's towards the middle or lower end in my opinion but still a good improvement over FF1 or FFIV in terms of mechanics and it's story, world and characters are all good enough that I rank it around games like FFV which I consider mechanically better but worse in most other aspects.
