Everything about FF9 felt like it was designed to piss players off, it really felt like the beginning of Square's slow end…
I still don't get why it's highly rated.
>Slow as shit to the point of making ATB worse because the bars fill up during slow animations anyways.
>Equipment system is worse version of Espers
>Tetra Master is worse than Triple Triad
>Trance is the worst version of Limit Breaks
>You get no control of your party until 2/3 into the game where it still doesn't give you that much control. Party members get underleveled because of how much they get taken away.
>Story takes forever to become interesting and has very bad pacing issues
>All the good items and equipment locked behind mundane tasks such as tedious minigames and some are even missable as you progress
Overrated as shit.