Post by Nintendo4ever91 on Aug 9, 2005 16:47:00 GMT -5
Players:1or2
Genere:RPG
Devolper:Square Enix
Year:2000
Platform:Playstation
Price:(brand new) $10-$20
Summary-You are Zidane, a member of Tantalus, a combination theatre troupe and thief band. Your mission is to capture the Princess Garnet of Alexandria. There are just a few things standing in your way, a castle full of guards, an over-protective Captain of the Guard, and a princess with plans of her own . . . Plans go awry and the Tantalus theatre ship ends up crashed in Gaia's Evil Forest with a few un-planned guests. Not only do you have the willfull princess, you've got the overbearing Captain of the Guard, Steiner, and Vivi, a pint-sized wizard with attitude. What was Garnet running away from and what will become of Gaia as diabolical plots unfold and threaten to destroy the very planet?
Story-10/10
This is the games high point. It is a roller coaster ride all the way through. Some say this games story is boring but man are they wrong by far... As you can see from the summary from above this is a very deep game and it has a rich story. You will not be able to put the controller down when playing this game.(i stayed up for 3 days straight playing it and i beat but i just went back to playing it 4 more times through)!!! The story is just so cool,this really is a fantasy and that is the way i like my stories.
Gameplay-10/10
FFIX goes back to the old formula of jobs and skills. You learn new skills by equipting new items and weapons. You also have to battle enemies to recieved AP,which allows you to learn the attacks. There are also support albilites that are not attacks but they immprove your stats and item use. The leveling system is like it always is. (get exp. level up). The gameplay is really soild in this game. It is also easy to get into.
Graphics-10/10
For its time FFIX had beatiful graphics and jawdropping cutscenens. For a 32 bit machine the Playstation produced some beatiful graphics with this game. Very clean too. I mean you can tell what kind of weapon was being used and the magic was beatiful. The summons were amazing,some of the summon movies take like five minutes to complete but wow is it worth to watch. The environments are very well done for this style of game. The cutscenes are just OMG!!. They are beatiful in everyway,from the opening till the end you will not be dissapointed with the visuals of this game.
Sound-10/10
I would love to own the soundtrack to this game. The music is just so epic and classical,with a bit of modern music. The sound effects are solid, and blend in really well with the game. I was amazed how wonderful the music was. My favorite song was Kuja's entrance music. It started like queen's We will rock you. Other memorble songs were some of garlands music and well the whole game has great music. Sounds effects are very good. When Bahumut launches mega-flare you hear it! Very good sound!
Replayabilty:10/10
You will find your self playing this over and over agian to unlock all the secrets.
So many to unlock and all the secret quest in this game. This game has one of the hardest bosses in it,Ozma, a secret boss. He will keep you busy for hours.
You will have to replay it a few times if you hope to get the excaliber II for steiner. Th extra ending and everything else will keep you busy for a long long time.(ive had this game for years and i have not gotten everything yet)!
Verdict:10/10
One of the best RPG's ever released, if you loved the old 2d rpg's this is the one for you. This game is at a reasonable price now. So go out and play it.