Nobody remembers the story of this game.

You're right, I beat it like 3 months ago and barely remember anything. I don't know why I forced myself to do it.

>>715601165 (OP)
It's not hard to remember. It mostly just gets bleary towards the end because what the fuck.
Problem is it's also generally so stupid, you wind up wishing you didn't remember it anyway.

>>715601165 (OP)
>first half feels like a Disney movie plot, running from the wicked stepmother
>second half feels like a shonen fever dream
>all sprinkled with furfaggotry and lame comic relief
FFIX is really lucky it rode in at the peak of the series' popularity so 95% of the fanbase looks at it with rose tinted goggles. The character designs alone should be enough to turn anyone away.

>>715601165 (OP)
dragon dragon rock the dragon DRAGON BALL Z

It's been a long time since I've played it, but you're right. I don't remember what the fuck happens once you get close to disc 3

>>715601165 (OP)
What I mainly remember about the PS1 games is that you were never able to romance the most appealing waifus.

FFVII: Can't romance Aerith because she dies
FFVIII: Can't romance Quistis
FFIX: Can't romance Beatrice

This continued into the PS2 games, where you had to romance Yuna and pretend you hadn't noticed Lulu.

>>715601165 (OP)
Correction, people only remember the story of the first two disks. They mentally block out the rest because of how badly it shits the bed.

>>715601165 (OP)
Something about gay monkeys being pissed off they got kicked out of their orgy tree.

>>715601165 (OP)

>2nd most character driven Final Fantasy mainline game after FFX
>Emotionally stunted, perma-online, incel millenial/gen-z shitters think it's a bad story

Typical, lmao.

>>715602195
The story IS bad. The characters are good.

>>715602195
We're talking about the story and not the characters, idiot.

>>715602195
>muh character driven = good story
low IQ: the post

>>715601165 (OP)
Wasnt the story about Miku giving the MC cancer?

>>715602195
>most character driven Final Fantasy
Zidane is a flat character and that is the ultimate sin for a protagonist.

>>715602384
The story is not bad, you just need everything to be laid out for you in plain English to understand it.
>>715602428
Characters make a story, idiot.
>>715602452
Yes baby, characters are what make a story interesting and what you connect with when you consume entertainment. A story without good characters is meaningless.
>>715602510
>Zidane isn't a 'le sad emo boy' so he is flat.
lol, lmao even.

>>715601165 (OP)
I do. It's my second favourite Final Fantasy after all

>>715602606
>doubling down on being a retard

>>715601165 (OP)
Speak for yourself retard

>>715601165 (OP)
Was it ever explained why their bodies were so short but they had oversized heads?

>>715602689
>Still not be able to refute what I have said.

I remember the catgirl clones, I don't remember why they existed. Also Zidane's existential crisis comes out of nowhere, his goals until then amounted to banging the princess but suddenly he's been looking for his kin all his life and now he's going insaaaane

>>715602824
Was it ever explained why Cloud had square hands?

>>715602606
Zidane has no character arc to speak of. And funny you should mention "le sad emo boy" because thats exactly the kind of reason people think Vivi is a good character. Because he has trauma and the story explores it and he grows as a person, just like Cloud, Squall, Tidus, Cecil, Terra, but not Zidane.

>>715602893
>but suddenly he's been looking for his kin all his life
He literally narrates his backstory to Dagger and explains that he did in fact do that, he just gave up and found happiness in the family he had in Tantalus.

>>715601165 (OP)
It gets hazy for me after the rat genocide

>>715602606
>The story is not bad, you just need everything to be laid out for you in plain English to understand it.
I understand it, I just think it's stupid. The character interactions and their subplots (for the most part) are what make FFIX a fun and charming experience.

>>715602893
The other monkeys are meant to be receptacles for Terran souls, Zidane was designed to be their champion and wipe out all life on Gaia alongside Kuja
he talks about finding his real "home" in disc 2 when you get to the black mage village and most of his characterization between those points is him acting like an older brother to Vivi or helping other party members

>>715601165 (OP)
I remember

I have been watching a friend play through it and apparently they couldn't understand a single thing Garland says to Zidane in Terra, so I kind of just wonder if the average jrpg player is just fucking retarded

It's probably the worst of the PS1 FF games.

It's probably the best of the PS1 FF games.

>>715602195
TO BE FAIR, some of the translation fucked up characters(Beatrix) and stuff like Eternal Darkness(Necron) and especially one of the last scenes with Zidane and Kuja(learning how the conversation actually went is fucking tilting).
Still some people are too used to just smashing x or having the game be more "cinematic" with it's storytelling and not have you think at all. Remember that there are still people who thinks Cloud is some hyper emo and thinks FFVII story is "confusing".
I'm not saying FF games are some le deep media or that you need Rick&Morty IQ to enjoy it, the thing is that it doesn't lay everything out in front of you and that confuses gamers.
It's not too surprising that game stories aren't taken too seriously in any other medium when good stories that are recommended by gamers are always stuff like TLOU because it's just basically a movie or Undertale(that I like myself) because it's relatively simple and short with almost episodic character focuses(Toriel -> Papyrus -> Undyne -> Alphys/Metatron -> Asgore -> Pacifist ending with everyone).

If you actually read and think a bit you should get FFIX story. I will still blame how shitty Eternal Darkness dialogue cuts were as well as change of the name to Necron was because of character limit.
Vagrant Chocobo FFIX translation changes video series is a good watch for anyone who has played FFIX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ectGaCc8Psk&list=PLRFNi2SoMa9IyIG4rs1yF1p1NYQX2F3DE
Not sure if there is a patch to actually change (at least some of)the translation, but maybe someday.

>>715601165 (OP)
monkey alien from space makes friends with a princess that hates princessing, an everyday man knight that takes is job very seriously and is proud of his office, a mass produced mage that is very intelligent and other fags that literally dont matter and have a 1 note personality realizes he is not alone and that frienships matter then he combats his faggot half brother who had the pesonificaiton of nihilism Necron inside his spirit all along and you destroy that because everything matters.

>>715602195
>Character driven
Only one character has an arc before the final stretch. I fucking hate IX' characters (and its depressive story).

>>715602510
>>715602606

The vast majority of players are too dumb to even realize Vivi died in the ending.

>>715601165 (OP)
I remember it. It's one of my favourite games.

9 feels terrible after experiencing 7 and 8, it's fucking trash

>>715603769
True. Even aside from that a lot of people are too stupid to even understand the whole Gaia/Terra plot in full.

>>715603534
>one of the last scenes with Zidane and Kuja(learning how the conversation actually went is fucking tilting)

QRD? I only ever see Zidane and Garnet meeting comparison posted and that's already bonkers.

>>715601165 (OP)
Aerith doesn't die in this game...? Erm... yikes what even is the story lol

>>715603879
>>715603534
This shit is the only reason I'm holding out for a remake, because if it's handled by CS3 it might at least be more accurate. Still not completely, but better than the OG's abortion of a localization.

>>715603719
>Squall or Celes that low
god you orbiters are such faggots

>>715603879
Oh boy. Welcome to anger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vte1NRA06wo&t=686s

>>715603879
localizers ruined another otherwise poetic deep dialog

>>715603982
in their own games? Yeah they are very one note. In Dissidia? Squall is a kino staunch individualist that sticks to his one man army philosophy till the end.

>>715603993
11:26 if YT is being annoying

>>715603993
Is there a text version? Not a fan of video formats for this type of thing

>>715603993
Oh for fuck's sake that Beatrix dialogue is even worse. The Japanese lines show her doubt while in English she's presented as a murderhobo.
Jesus Christ someone shoot the translator.

>>715601165 (OP)
I can literally recite 80% of this game dialogues from memory, I've played it like once a years since it came out, it's one of the best masterpieces ever made.
If you were 14 years or younger when FFIX came out please don't even bother to reply to me.

>>715603970
Wasnt being made by CS3. Might not even come out anymore either.

>>715601165 (OP)
of course I remember the story to legend of legaia

>>715604108
Well
In English version when Zidane goes to save his dying brother, Kuja asks him why did he come, and Zidane says "Wouldn't you do the same for me if you knew I was dying?" and Kuja is quiet, and Zidane goes "...Never mind". Aka turning the scene into a joke.
In original, rather than asking if Kuja would do same to him, do you know what Zidane says? Basically
>"You don't need a reason to help people"
And then they sit there quietly together.

So instead of using his pic rel line from title, they turned the somber moment with his brother into a joke.

>>715604108
tldr;

The statement Zidane is supposed to make in that scene is the literal phrase from his character card as a question ("Do you really need a reason to help others?") and got translated into him asking Kuja if he wouldn't do the same thing, which makes no sense given he literally told them to fuck off after nearly killing them and/or destroying the root of the universe

>>715604213
I never liked how Beatrix was all onboard with rat genocide and war of aggression but when she switches side nobody questions her character at any point. I guess that was mostly due to poor translation.

>>715603534
Also "Necron"(Eternal Darkness) speech translated properly without character limit or fucking Star Wars Yoda speech reference kyssssssss

>>715604594
It's already implied she is not all onboard. She's shown to do her mission which is to retrieve the Alexander jewel, after that she leaves and doesn't even bother to engage anyone until the party does.
Then Brahne nukes the absolute shit out of the place for no reason, why would she not start to feel conflicted?

>>715604764
The Japanese name makes it clear he's supposed to be some kind of abstract concept rather than some bloke called Necron.
He was obviously also supposed to be a nod to Cloud of Darkness (which is again obfuscated by the name change), Final Fantasy's other famous 'literally who?' final boss.

In the world of FFIX, summons are supposed to be the amalgamation of peoples thoughts, memories and legends into a magical being.
I think Necron was supposed to be something of a similar nature created from the fear people have for death.

>>715601165 (OP)
I thought the mc was a girl

>>715605460
based

>>715605460
I thought Kuja was a girl for real.

Never really cared for him as a villain.

>>715605398
The translation + some western ideologies makes it hard for people to realize that it's a concept despite having a form.
Many Japanese media flies over people's head because of that

>>715608498
Even so it's hard to imagine how dumb you have to be to think Necron is the "true villain behind everything", yet that take is not uncommon and often the reason it's disliked.

>>715601816
>FFIX: Can't romance Beatrice
You can if your name is Steiner.

>>715601165 (OP)

>Nobody remembers the story of this game.

War bad, Beatrix gets away with everything, Melodies of Life has 9 million remixes, Quina is overpowered, nobody likes Amarant, nobody plays Tetra Master, blah blah blah death is humbling and also incidentally the final villain. The end.

>>715601165 (OP)
Princess Tightpants escapes Royal stuff and goes on an adventure with a monkey boy, and a bunch of misfits, there's a Twink Bad Guy that they have to stop.

>>715603719

Who the fuck puts Clive in bottom tier, he's genuinely one of the best protagonists in the series honestly.

>>715602989
Gourard shading is disgusting.

>>715601165 (OP)
makes it more fun to replay IMO

>>715609298

>>715601816

>FFIX: Can't romance Beatrice

She helps genocide an entire race of people. She should be in prison by the end of FFIX for the rest of her life, she isn't a hero. You are supposed to hate her.

>>715603982
....tch

>>715604764
Can't help but notice that both sides are in English buddy

>>715609549
>she killed millions

>>715604225
Take me through the plot. Explain it like Im 5 years old

>>715609671
Yes, because the English side is the translation localization used, and Japanese side is translation of the original text in Japanese ver.

I remember the two planets merging so the souls of Terra could circulate on Gaia instead of people born of Gaia, but such a plot seems weird cause I don't even remember how far back the planets actually merged/Terra went inside Gaia.

>>715609549
She and Steiner are both sheep

>>715601165 (OP)
I remember this rat.

>>715601560
>The character designs alone should be enough to turn anyone away.
It's the only one I haven't played to this day because of the hideous designs

>>715609298
>Who the fuck puts Clive in bottom tier
Clive needs other characters to play off of in order to even be considered "good".

>>715609996
5000 years prior to game's events

I never understood how terra and gaia... worked, until i saw this image

>>715610503
The ultimania timeline is a great read for pretty much anyone who played this game, clears up a lot.

FF8fags being such pretendious haters is the reason I'll never ever touch FF8

>>715603993
is there a solid fan translation

>>715601165 (OP)
The story was a metaphor for illegal Immigration

>>715609549
>You are supposed to hate her.
You know this isn't true at all. The developers adored, propped up and idolized her and so they wanted you to do also.

>>715611483
Beatrix is hot. In JP version, she is more ambivalent.

Certainly, were we to get a Remake of IX, Beatrix could use some fleshing out. I would have had her team up with Steiner for longer.

>>715609549
Seifer got away with it too at the end of 8

>>715601165 (OP)
>look up theia
The merging planet is literally earth, lol.

>>715611294
Back when rapefugees weren't hyped as the solution for a lack of babies, as prices are soaring together with government spending and women lured into careers, where they are entertained by a sterile zombie economy, mimicking adult day care.

b-but it was le fucking comfy bro

>>715602824
The game was about toddlers and was targeted at people sexually attracted to them. 9 fans are, without exception, filthy pedophiles.

>>715612468
> Awww, Simpy Seifer's laughing at his two retard friends, I guess we can overlook that shit he did earlier now.

>>715601165 (OP)
I absolutely do. I remeber FF7's story as well. But there stories are so big that it's harder to grasp them in full in your mind, so there is the illusion of not remembering it. For example, dark souls 1 story or resident evil 4 story is easily summarizable, while FF7 or FF9 is harder to summarize. It's like an epic novel book.

>>715601165 (OP)
>A band of thieves, disguised as a theater troup kidnap a princess
>They bump into a little black mage boy along the way
>The Princess turns out to be a summoner
>The boy turns out to be a manufactured being with a very short lifespan
>They all go on some adventures together with other supporting cast members
>The villain turns out to be the hero's brother at the end, they are revealed to both be aliens, and weapons of destruction
>You defeat the villain, at the tree of life
>Tree collapses, hero presumed dead
>Theater Troup performance at the end as a callback to the beginning... and surprise the hero is alive!
>Princess rushes to side, frustrated, crying, but happy
>Cut to credits

I never played FF games. I was thinking about playing 7 (classic), X, 6, 9, 8. Is this a good order?

>>715601165 (OP)
Don't project your poor memory on others, anon.

>>715614698
It's decent. It's not a bad order at least.

>>715613347
Let it go he's young unlike Beatrice. Not to mention Seifer's problems are all Zell's fault

>>715614698
Acceptable. Don't go any further than X though

>>715614698
Those are the good ones, but the order doesn't matter. x-2 is alright if you don't take it seriously. xv is okay too if you alt-f4 and uninstall the game the second Noctis gets on a train and just imagine what happens next.

>>715614698
Nestle in 5 between 6 and 9, play 4 whenever, and at least try to play FF1 at some point (any modern version is fine)

>>715603534
>>715603879
>>715603993
I am STILL 100% mad that I played this shitty translation, I cant fucking believe I wasted 50 hours playing an infinitely inferior version of the game thinking it was overhyped and that people somehow call the it the best one without knowing it was neutered like that. Ill never forgive localizers for literally wasting my time.

>>715617003
Hey, my favorite game is Alundra.
FFIX has amazing localization compared to that.

>>715601165 (OP)

People just say they love this game or that it's their favorite to be different. People remember 8 even if they hated it, this game is just forgotten.

>>715609549
I cannot hate her. She was a knight acting out her duty in the believe, her actions served to protect Alexandria. When she found out the truth, she immediately turned against her queen. Though, she was kind of stupid for taking this long to see it. Her worst crime was being a mindless weapon for so long, and her redemption arc fell too short to be imactful.
The thing is, if I compare her to the likes of Kuja, Brahne or these stupid clowns, she just isn't one bit evil.
And she probably rewards her soldiers with hot lesbian sex.