How does FF9 hold up today?

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The_Liquid_Laser said:

This game is a must play for anyone who even remotely likes turn based RPGs.  Final Fantasy is my favorite series (tied with Zelda), and FF9 is my second favorite FF after FF7.  As much as I like FF7, I really thought that the series uses futuristic sci-fi too much.  The nice thing about FF9 is that it dials it all back to a more pure fantasy setting.  This is when Squaresoft was at the top of their game, and yet it's the only FF from this time period that is in a pure fantasy world.  

But FF9 is also a Fantasy/Scifi merger >_>.......

Zidane, Kuja, Garland, and all the G-Nomes are effectively aliens.  Terra is their planet. Not to mention Kuja Gnomes are manufactured husk entities, very scifi.