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Final Fantasy IX Pics And Info
_xeno_ writes "psx.ign.com has a story that includes screen shots about Final Fantasy IX. This game is the last Final Fantasy game for the PlayStation, as future FF games will be for the PlayStation2. Apparently FFIX will be going back to the older-school Final Fantasy - that means swords and sorcery, MP, shorter summons, and characters that are drawn anime-style as opposed to FFVIII's attempt at having 'realistic' characters." Hey, maybe this time we won't have a big soap opera, either. A guy can dream, can't he?
eeeew - terrible spelling mistakes etc in the previous post. Sorry.
Out of utter curiosity what platform do we think FF(insert numerals here) is best on.....
i.e Consoles (PSX (1&2), Dreamcast etc) or PCs (Mac, Win, Linux etc)
I've player FF7 on PSX and PC and I actually enjoyed the PSX version more but I'm not sure why.... Maybe if I used a game controller instead of keyboard?
This then branches out into a point I've always wondered, how important is the ergonimics of a game in the grand scheme of things. Given the game on 2 platforms would you sacrifice ease of playing (i.e decent controllers) for cutting edge graphics?
troc
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The movies you speak of do exist. You can find them on the same website that this story was posted on (IGN) here.
FF, with the exception of the very early ones(which didn't even have
*characters*), has *always* has deep and meaningful stories...or soaps, if
you want to call them that.
FF2/4's Rosa/Cecil, Rydia's tragic loss of her mother(*you* *kill* *her*
*mom*), Edward's loss of Anna at the Battle of Damcyan, Edge being forced
to kill his own horribly disfigured parents, the darkly honorable
Rubicant, the prodigal Golbez, the sacrificial Cid...
The rest of the series hasn't been much different, though I do
agree--something did change, and it wasn't altogether perfect.
Yours Truly,
Dan Kaminsky
DoxPara Research
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