Final Fantasy IX
2017
- role-playing (rpg)
- adventure
- fantasy
- open world
- single player
The story
The console version of Final Fantasy IX brings enhanced character models, updated UI and fully remastered cutscenes. It includes convenience features such as autosave, optional cheats like max damage or no encounters, and platform-specific achievements or trophies. While the core experience matches the PC version, the console releases are optimized for smooth plug-and-play gameplay without the need for additional setup or mods.
What it’s like
Storybook fantasy in warm, painted-looking backdrops: sunlit forest clearings, dusty village squares, and the brass-and-smoke bustle of a steam-powered city, all bathed in a soft golden glow. The 2017 remaster sharpens the characters into rounder, more expressive models and tidies the menus, while the cutscenes keep their hand-painted warmth. Uematsu's orchestral score swells and lilts with whimsical flutes and marching brass, with long quiet stretches of field ambience between towns. Turn-based battles move at an unhurried clip, and the map invites wandering. The vibe is nostalgic, wistful and gently comic, with an adventurous spirit that drifts into melancholy as the story turns serious. Violence is cartoonish fantasy combat against monsters and armies, with no gore, and the sadness around war and loss stays emotional rather than graphic. Autosave and optional cheats let players set their own pace. Well suited to a lazy afternoon, a comfort replay, or anyone wanting a classic, big-hearted quest with its feelings worn on its sleeve.
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