Unexpected replay: FFIX

[owlmoose]

I wasn't planning this, at all, but then lassarina was talking about getting set to replay on moogle_university and it came up that it was available for download on the PlayStation store, and I haven't played it in forever, and one thing led to another, and now I'm well into Disc 2.

Although this wasn't the first Final Fantasy game I played (FFX receives that honor), in a way it was the first I experienced, because I watched T play the whole thing from beginning to end. So even though I never held the controller, I still learned the story and got to know the characters. Then I played it for myself in 2004 and had so much fun with it. It is without question my favorite FF game of the PS1 era and among my favorites of the series. However, even the replay was before I got into fandom, so I've never written fic for it or otherwise gotten involved in the fandom. We'll see if anything catches my attention on that level the first time through.

But oh, I adore it still. You know how sometimes you turn on a game you haven't played in awhile, and loading screen pops up and the music starts playing, and you feel like you're coming home? Yeah, it's like that.

Comments

[cumuluscastle]

I think it is my favourite, to be honest. <3

[owlmoose]

I don't know that I will ever be able to love any other game with the intensity that I love FFX, but FFIX is so charming, how can anyone not adore it? :)

[lassarina]

yesssssss I love 9 so much (as I have...um...said elsewhere at length) and I just. This game makes me so happy. I am really looking forward to spending next weekend playing it with Sev. I love the minigames (well, Tetra Master does not own my soul like Triple Triad, but Chocobo Hot and Cold is my favourite) and I love the world and I love Zidane and Garnet and I love Beatrix and basically I love everything.

[owlmoose]

I think I may be the only person in the world who likes Tetra Master better than Triple Triad. :)

[lassarina]

I like the idea of Tetra Master, but I get frustrated when I cannot 100% predict what the cards are going to do when I put them down; it's also harder to brute-force your way through TM, whereas I can usually wreck Triple Triad with a handful of key cards.

[auronlu]

I am like Rina on Triple Triad vs. Tetra Master.

on the other hand, I may be the only person on the planet who (a) loves blitzball and (b) likes X-2 blitzball more. (Mostly because I can build a team with Lucil, Elma and Rikku, but also because this GM job is kinda fun.)