Final Fantasy IX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STORY ~~~~~ Story: 4/5 better story than FF8 in my opinion but not as good as FF7 Presentation: 5/5 you guessed all Final Fantasy games surpassed its expectation and brings the gaming world into a new lvl Average: 4.5/5 goes along with all the things ive said so far GRAPHICS ~~~~~~~~ Player Models: 4/5 the models for like FF7 which squaresoft did on purpose and its was a lot smoother and had more details to it than FF8 Background Levels: 5/5 the backgrounds fit very well with the characters Creativity: 4/5 as you know FF9 was supposed to go back to the old days of Final Fantasy games so some ideas were used before in past Final Fantasy games Realism: 5/5 this game is all fantasy so i dotn think there was supposed to be realism in the game but there was realism then i dont think the series would of been as good as it is now Average: 4.5/5 excluding the realism the game's graphics like past Final Fantasies are great but not awesome like FF10 GAMEPLAY ~~~~~~~~ Control Setup: 5/5 controls are the same as FF8 Actual Gameplay Funnes: 5/5 like all Final Fantasy games they are supposed to eb enjoyable and of course it is always fun to play them Innovativeness: 3/5 well........ since this was supposed to be a review of past Final Fantasies there wasn't that many new ideas Average: 4.3/5 great game! SOUND ~~~~~ Sound Effects: 5/5 Quality: 5/5 Background Music: 5/5 Catchy?: 5/5 some are really catchy like Corssing Those Hills which is the overworld theme in the game Average: 5/5 THE GREAT Nobuo Uematsu HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!! always a joy to listen to his music you feel the emotion that comes through you the first time you listen to it REPLAY VALUE ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can you get through the game?: 5/5 like all Final Fantasy games with the exception of FF10 which i beat in 33 hours i beat all the FF games in about 54 horus average Minigame/ Ad-on amount: ?/5 i dont know........ about this one because i havent played any of the mini games "Play Again" Rate: 4/5 even thought i havent played it again it would be a good thing to play it again to try to do all the quest and get all the weapons Average: 4.5/5 should at least play it over once dont be like me where i just play it once and let it gather dust afterwards SUMMARY ~~~~~~~ System: Playstation Developer: Squaresoft Genre: RPG a.k.a. Role-Playing ESRB: i dont have my game with me right now because its at my cousin's house so your gonna have to find out yourself Total Average: 4.56/5 probably the one of the Top 5 best RPG ever made for the Playstation What should you do: Rent: if planning to play only once, Buy: if you plan to beat the game in its entireity CREDITS ~~~~~~~ Date: 6/20/2002 Reviewer: Alfred Wong Special Thanks: Ryan (webmaster) Closing Remark: hmm........ i dont know what to say....