MonkeyStew

Saturday, Mar 21, 2009

I'm seeing to an old promise. Yep fellas, the time is finally here.

Hello everyone

Well good news, I'm finally over my flu! It took 2 weeks to almost get over it,butI still have a cough.Other than that though, I'm good! Not that my condition is blogging-big news anyway..

Well fellas, the time is finally here. I promised that I'd play this game...months ago, and well now I am carrying it out. I'm playing Final Fantasy IX! Muaha. Nah, but I'm glad I'm finally able to get to it.

So the first thing I noticed was the music, specificallywhen walking through Alexandria. "Yupp, that's Mr. Nobuo". I love it. What I really liked about this game is how they threw me into the story. The whole first 3 hours were full of so much creativity, I never would have guessed the game would start off with performing an epic play in front of the whole darn city. Another thing I love about this game is how incredibly vivid and detailed the world is, eventhrough the small things. I'm mainly talking about Lindblum, and how every house, room and person is different. I think that the world is very well designed.

But unfortunately, I cannot say the same thing about the characters. I don't think I'm a fan of the character designs this time around. To me, the designs seem to take away the real-ness of the world and remind me that it's not. Having a believable cast of characters goes a long way in my book, andit's a factorFFIX apparently lacks in .... So far.

Saying this, you might come to believe that I'm not a fan of the quirky nature the game expresses. But in my own mind I'm really liking it. This oddball environment is actually a refreshing sway away from all the melodramatic/serious -qualities one may find in the other Final Fantasy's. Either way I think this game is just what the series needed at the time, and it's a game I'm really looking forward to get further into.

So, I gotta say thanks to all of you who have seriously recommended this Final Fantasy to me, and for supporting the game despite all of the yellow say-so's.

And how have you guy's been? Thanks for reading and I appreciate all the comments.

Best regards,
MonkeyStew

Posted by MonkeyStew, 5:31pm

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Derekgilreath93

I am glad you have got better.

And me i have got better at making sig and my animation should be done tomorrow.

cant wait and see what people think.

Posted Mar 21, 2009 6:21 pm PT

Benevolentbob

Glad to hear you're healthy again! I'll be waiting for a FF9 review!

Posted Mar 21, 2009 10:15 pm PT

RidersInThe-Sky

I actually liked the art design for the characters, I think it struck a fine balance between photorealism and cartoonish style that they had clearly been trying for since 7 (kind of reminiscent of 1). Honestly I think it's the 2nd best game of the series but that's just me. Glad to hear you're enjoying yourself.

Posted Mar 21, 2009 10:20 pm PT

Zathic

Yeah you better like the game! (shakes fist angrily)

I don't particularly like the character design in the game either, but I do like some of the characters themselves. Can't believe you don't at least like Vivi that lil dudes awesome

Posted Mar 22, 2009 5:07 am PT

Lady_Bahamut

I, of course, love every aspect of FFIX XD I hope you'll grow to love it more and more!

Posted Mar 22, 2009 7:32 am PT

N8A

Oh I had the 2 week flu earlier this year and I was glad to get rid of it.

Posted Mar 23, 2009 1:16 am PT

polarmanda

Yeah I need to play FFIX but it is really hard to find here.

Posted Mar 23, 2009 7:22 am PT

DraconigenaDeus

Hi Stew, how ya been? Congrats on getting over your sickness and I hope you like FFIX more than myself. I personally was disappointed, though it was a good game.

Posted Mar 23, 2009 11:55 am PT

MonkeyStew

@Derek- Thanks man. And I loved the animation. @Benevolentbob - Thanks man! but I think Eternal Poison deserves a review more than FFIX. @RidersInThe-Sky - Thanks man. Yeah it's hit or miss for me but that's okay

Thanks for stopping by. @Zathic - Please don't hurt me ! (bows in reverence). Yeah, haha Vivi is pretty cool, I'm getting used to the game more and more.

Posted Mar 23, 2009 3:49 pm PT

MonkeyStew

@ Lady_Bahamut , Yeah Freya, now I know why you go by that name now (Or do I??) hehe. Thank you, and I hope to develop a growing love for the game too ^^ @ N8A - Oh goodness yes. Yay for being healthy. @ polarmanda - Haha, dang. Well you found the Drakengards...

@ DraconigenaDeus - Hey, you're back! Been same ol', haha you? Uh oh, yeah I hope I like it too. Good to hear from you again.

Posted Mar 23, 2009 3:55 pm PT

MareInfinitus

Awesome awesome awesome awesome! You get used to the character design and you really begin to enjoy it! I promise!
The music is amazing. And I love environmental details all throughout the game. Lindblum has its amazing details in rooms and such. And I think Burmecia is one of my favorite places in the game. Where are you in the game right now?

Posted Mar 23, 2009 4:20 pm PT

_overdose

I think the characters are not bad but i don't like the main villain. When I first saw him I thought he was a girl.

Posted Mar 24, 2009 6:42 am PT

SavoyPrime

I started FFIX many, many, many moons ago and never finished it. I'll probably just start over from the beginning once I get around to playing it again. I have a hell of a backlog, so who knows when I'll get to it.