As I’ve let people know, my biggest exposure to the FINAL FANTASY saga came with game #8. The one with Squall and Rinoa and SEED and those eye-catching cinematics they used for the TV commercials. Alas, I was never able to finish the game because I got to a dead end and found out it was because I didn’t summon some obscure spirit earlier on. I didn’t really want to invest another 40 hours into the thing, so that was the end of that. I mention that because I’ll always think of FFIX as Square’s return to cartooniness for the series, and I mention that game because #9’s making a comeback.
Siliconera’s let us know that Square Enix’s producer, Shinji Hashimoto, let it slip on Twitter that FFIX is now finished for a digital re-release. It’ll be available in the Japanese PlayStation store real soon, depending on how the test play goes. There are supposed to be more announcements throughout this week and I don’t imagine an American release is far behind, either.
What I’m more curious about is how FINAL FANTASY fans rank game #9. I know that game #7 is basically the pinnacle… the most loved, the most respected, the most revisited. But what about this one? Is it worth it to bring this back, even digitally?
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Then again I'd rather they made more stuff like IX than like XII-- or even XIII, which I had more fun with the characters of than XII at least, but whose gameplay style eventually lost my interest. :/
IX is better than VII but not as good as VIII. Also add most overated to VII as well Tom. My personal top three are IV, VI and VIII.
That said who said 8 was a fan favorite? It was one of the worst FF's ever made and most polls I see about ranking the various games almost always put it low on the list. The two that are consistently favorites are FF VI and obviously FF VII.
my favourite
-VII and CC but not dirge of cerberus
-XII
-IX
-remake of 3
-IV
-VI
I'll never understand why other FF fans didn't like this game. It has to be one of if not my favorite game in the series. There's just so much heart, and it's just plain fun to play and explore. I will gladly throw down $9.99 for a digital copy!
I'd get this. I'd still be traumatised when Blank is caught in the petrified forest, but I'd still get it...