Yes, That's how I say Quina. Special Thanks to all the creators who took part in this video! Show them all some love! @BaoZakeruga @GamingWithSpoons @GamingBroductions @HappyConsoleGamer @davidvinc @SuperDerek @femtrooper @JustTheGems @orbalology @TheGamingShelf (If these links don't work -thanks youtube- check the description for direct links to their pages!) If you like the video you can help me buy expensive PS1 games with a 1 time donation on Kofi! ko-fi.com/tarksgauntlet I'm done grifting now. Thank you for reading.
Thanks for having me on dude! Always gotta take the chance to talk about my favorite Final Fantasy game of all time and show off that Vivi piece in my room. Fantastic video all around as well
So honoured to be a part of this! Thanks again for having me be in it. Final Fantasy IX is one of my fav FFs - it’s so charming and whimsical and just so darn cute. I’m really excited to put this on while I work today!!! :)
Damn dude... this took a turn I wasn't expecting.... and I could only imagine how challenging it must have been to put this all out there. What a story.... You're a great man and will be an incredible parent. The world needs more people like you. Much love bro. Oh and also - fantastic video as always!
Watched the whole thing - seriously well done, dude! A well thought out, well researched video overall. Lots of heart, great guests, just a wonderful video! :D
Thank you sharing, appreciate watching your channel and seeing how much you have grown. Tarks, your channel has been there for me during some of the hardest times of life. You have done a lot of good, and being a new father you'll do even more wonderful things to do more good for your family lives. Love you. 😢😊
I'll never get sick of hearing about the things that make you human whenever you feel like sharing. I'm personally in a really bad place right now mentally, feeling overwhelmingly guilty for my inaction and inadequacy towards doing my part & helping my family through the tough time we're in financially. 21 and I'm still stuck in the same rut of fear since finishing high school. But it really helps hearing about you and your life to know that you've persevered despite all that you've gone through. My stuff feels like small bananas in comparison, but I still couldn't help tearing up in the ending section tying it back to the game. Thank you for this, your videos have come to mean a lot to me because of your authenticity and real moments. Even before that section, you really managed to convince me to try this game that I would've otherwise dismissed as not being my thing on the surface. I'm continuing to look forward to your future projects, much love
I'm willing to bet you already know all the best advice people can give but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to repeat it- Sometimes it's a waiting game. Perseverance. Persistence. Etc. Shit gets better. It can take a long time to find yourself comfortable and content in life, and life has a crazy way of making you keep reevaluating what those words and feelings mean. Just keep pushing through. Someday you'll find yourself content in life, even when it's difficult. Don't let the weight of your teens and twenties keep you down forever.
Fantastic video! You've come back from that break from youtube absolutely on fire! Family life seems to suit you well, keep being the best dad you can be!
My dad also left when I was small. I was always the tallest guy in school and had no siblings and while my stepfather never physically hurt me I had a constant feeling of never being good enough. He met mom when I was 10 and he always complained that she hadn’t raised me right. How his kids that he left were so much better. I lived under the rule “everything you say can and will be used against you” so being silent was the only way. He hated my love for video games and called me childish. He often boasted about how he got his older son a Nintendo for Christmas but he never liked to play it. He always sounded so proud about that fact. Like his son had been temped by the devil and refused like a hero. I’m now in my late 30s but he remains the same. I still have to listen to the same speech I’ve heard 100 times about the soy sauce I like isn’t REAL soy sauce or how he hasn’t had Coca Cola since 1992. How we are bad because we eat the cheapest meat because that’s what we can afford when he only buys the finest eco friendly local grown beef and the finest most obscure craft beer and anyone who eats at a fast food restaurant or drinks soda is an uncultured American (We are European by the way so that’s meant as an insult). I learned in my 20s that I had Asperger’s and video games especially RPGs have always been an escape. I’m glad FFIX meant so much to you. My biological father died some years ago. We never really got to know each other. I also am doing my best to be present and be a good father to my daughters.
Some people pick the weirdest things to battle over and make people feel small with. One of the last times I seen my stepfather he started berating my mom because she went to the kitchen unannounced. That was a "big problem." She should've said something cause "What if I wanted ketchup or something. Now I have to get up too." I can't understand being this way. Anything and everything is a battle and they'll always be victorious and self righteous. It's wild, man. The mindsets of some people. I just don't get it. At the end of the day it's on us not to repeat the crap we experienced growing up. It sounds like you're pulling it off, so keep it up!
I appreciate how much you put yourself out there. I have similar stories of my own childhood and I also hold FFIX in a special place in my heart, it’s my favorite game ever. I have noticed a connection in these two things as someone who has followed the FF community and specifically FFIX fan community. I wonder how many others are out there, who feel thankful for this game to help them cope, who feel this game or these characters helped mold their personality, who feel this game gave them the optimism they needed, the hope. Taught them that how they live on this day forward is what counts, this they can control, they can live how they want.
I never thought I'd tear up while watching a video about Final Fantasy 9, but I did. I'm so sorry to hear about all the trauma you went through. The video is great, of course. The humorous parts were very funny. I think this is the best video on FF9 I've seen, and I've watched a lot. The part about Vivi at the end is interesting too. I made the connection a while back that toddlers probably identify with Pikachu and then feel empowered when Pikachu gets mad and zaps people, but toddlers can't really put that into words. So it kind of confirms what I'd figured the way you felt empowered by Vivi having magic powers.
Sending love hugs, prayer. A mothers love to you and your family. You are an amazing person and thank gawd you have survived. Thank you for being you. For being a wonderful father to that beautiful baby girl. They say the smallest of individuals (human, animal etc.) Have the biggest hearts, souls, minds, and you have been graced with humility and the loudest voice to speak on vulnerability. You are saving someone each and everyday with your videos. I know it. Be well, be safe, and many blessings to You and everyone here sharing the love of video games.
Your first is always special. That’s why for me no FF can top FF7, no Star Ocean top Second Story, no trails too Cold Steel, no persona top Persona 3 and so on. It’s extremely rare that the first game in a series isn’t the favourite.
Absolutely love Final Fantasy IX. Easily my favorite numbered FF game and one of the few that I still love to go back to. It's so engaging and full of life and hope. And looking back on it, I probably owe Kuja a lot for awakening things in me.
Wow…..so this was the first time I have heard your life story. Although I can’t relate to everything you went through, I can honestly say that video games saved my life many times over the years and I probably wouldn’t be the person I am today without them. I can’t believe the conditions of that house you shared with us in that video. That place looks like it’s about to collapse at any second. Wow man……
That place is gone now. I visited it while preparing for my legend of Dragoon video only to find out when I showed up it was scheduled to be demolished. It was torn down while I was working on the video. A new house is there now.
Im finally play this game again 24 years later, the first JRPG I have been ever finish, it introduce me to world of final fantasy ( on PS1 Im finishing it backward from IX to VII) , and yes Im that late into playstation in feb 2000, after bought NES in May 1994, no other console in between except for some sporadic range of time when my neighbour and childhood friend own Sega genesis. Why Im playing it again after 24 years, because of Moguri Mod, awesome awesome mod made by fans that upscaled the goodnes of pre rendered background faithfully to be played on my PC.
I have mixes feelings seeing old photos of the cafeteria. On one hand we all had some good memories down there but it was also where I went when I hated school and wanted to be alone.
Being reminded of the whole story and conflict regarding the black mages, the subject of mortality and coming to terms with it, is hitting way too close to home right now. To be upfront, life has not been too kind to my family of late. My mom lost her job and, due to a health issue that wasn't going away, had to go the ER. Thankfully it's apparently nothing too serious but still, it's been quite the scare. What has been serious though is, at the same time, me watching my 20 year old cat's health rapidly decline this past month and, just yesterday, I had to go to the vet to get him euthanized. Mortality is very much on my mind. But yeah, moving on from that, I do have a soft spot for "FF9". While I don't have quite as much fervor and love towards it like you all do, I still consider it to be one of my favorite "FF" games in general. Something about it, at least among "FF", feels holly unique. Though I did play it a good while ago, so I don't quite remember too many specifics. Funnily, I am one of those crazies that went out of my way to steal with Zidane. And yes, a lot of the time, it was very annoying. I specifically remember this one Black Mage fight in an icy area that took multiple resets, both due to me accidentally killing them or them wiping me out. Think it was a double boss fight as well which was extra annoying. It's probably for that reason why, in a rare occasion, I ended up having a very defensive playstyle. Did some weird set up with Freya, Eko, and Garnet/Dagger which allowed me to have practically infinite mp and healing potential by spamming some skills, and buffs on top of that, just so I could stall as much as possible and steal with Zidane. Needless to say, I never got Excalibur II.
I've been there man. My mom with sudden strokes, my cat a year ago seemingly to be in deaths door. 3k later she pulled through but it was tough man. It's hard to look at your pets/family in suffering and not knowing how to help or coming to terms with the idea that you may not even be able to. I have a sinking feeling we're approaching that same precipice with my Cat again. She's getting old now and there's certain signs her body and health are not working the same anymore. We're monitoring the situation but I don't know that we can afford the crazy bills we had to pay last time, or if that will even be an option again. Day by day man. It's all you can do sometimes.
Tarks this was epic. I remember buying FFIX after I graduated high school and buying it with my tiny Jack In The Box check. I appreciate the behind the scenes of your life. My dad is awful and that abuse and constant pain is hard to clear yourself of that programming. But you choosing to end the cycle makes you the best person. You are going to be a great father.
I never finished IX, but maybe I really should go back to it. As a kid the characters didn't click for me and the art style was kinda meh. I might have to just pick it up and try it again. Edit: The explanation of why FF IX was special to you was incredible. It's awesome to see how video games can change our lives for the better. The stories I remember as a kid playing these games have also had a huge impact on me as well.
“Do we really need another one of these?” The answer for me will always be yes, until everyone on earth has experienced this moving masterpiece of a game.
I miss the days when games had crossover promotions. Yes, it’s a marketing ploy, but there’s something strangely immersive about seeing a game like FFIX intertwined with everyday products.
Play Alternate Fantasy, one of the best mods in existence: it basically solves all FF9 problems related to balance: it makes the game incredibly stimulating, always on the verge of being kinda hard but in the end, not really, it's like the perfect point of difficulty one would want in an RPG, it's incredibly impressive and highly recommended.
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Unfortunately, I didn't grew up with games like this cause of my country's laws back in those days. I still enjoy your videos, that is the upside
Final Fantasy VI is still the GOAT Final Fantasy game, but I feel Final Fantasy IX is very much a love letter to games like Final Fantasy VI, especially with the existentialist themes and what not. That's why it's my 2nd favorite Final Fantasy game.
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I just played final fantasy 16 demo on pc. I was taken aback that it's 2024, and Final Fantasy 9 was more open. It had a better world map. Seems like the whole budget went to everything else.
Not sure if you'll get around to it, but when you said where FF7 was about death, FF9 was about life, something just clicked for me! As time has passed, I've more and more seen what happens with Kuja as the "good route/ending" of Sephiroth. In so many ways, they are very similar characters, especially in terms of life experience and motivation etc, but they don't end up alike. Like so much of FF9, there is more character development, and you get the "good" route, the life route, which can be bittersweet at times.
Tetra Master is a great card game that has elements of both luck and skill, like most real card games. It just doesn’t make for a great checklist in a video game like some people want to treat it as.
I wish I loved it more. For me FF7,8 and 10 were the best FF of all time and 9 was a bit of a disappointment. The music and graphics are great, some of the best in JRPG history even but I just didn’t like the characters and story as much nor the gameplay. Come to think of it. FFVII wasn’t just my first FF game. It was the first in the series to come here to Europe. It is responsible for JRPGs becoming a think here as the genre wasn’t even something I was aware of before not counting Secret of Mana. If I had played some of the earlier games maybe 9 would have been a return for me. Instead it felt strange to be set in a fantasy world when for me FF was sci fi.
If anyone’s brave play the Final Fantasy IX drinking game. Each time Final Fantasy IX is said take a drink😅😂 If you want to take it to the next level, change it to Final Fantasy! Great retrospective 😊
31:41 Vivi is male, just because in 9 his kind are artificially made doesn't mean it's a they/them thing. Keep that shit out, hipsters have done enough without ruining childhood classics with their insanity.
I used the term "They" colloquially. Not as a gender identity flag. Please, for the love of God, be less sensitive lol. Besides, ffIX already has a non-binary/genderless character. I don't need to "include" one myself. They're right there.
@@TarksGauntlet You don't undo it. Your life experience and its effects on you for better or worse is yours to own forever. However being cognizant and to act in deliberation positively ensures that you might not have a perfect future but a far superior one than only acting in response to the past. For many that is the only difference between living a great life or a terrible one.
The slow ass battle intro and general grind pace, Quinas weirdness and Kujas fruitiness kinda ruin the game for me. Also its way too self referential for my taste. But i guess that was the point. I think ff 7 8 9 and 10 all suck enough to never play them more than the one time i did. What a hoax that Matsuno left and only the DEI yesmen remained.
@TarksGauntlet I've spoken plenty on this issue ppl know what i think 6 has better music characters story villian charm 9 rip-offs a lot from 6...9 fans like hippos in dresses and riverdancing rats And you 9 fans MADE UP rumors tryjng to manifest this remake over FF6...after talking bad about ff7 for years then being triggered by ff7 remake Ff9 might have the worst fanbase in all of videogames
@@eddy5097 "I've spoken plenty on this issue ppl know what I think." Man, I don't even know who you are. That aside, you're welcome to your opinion. I would never hold it against you. I wouldn't mind if you would do the same.
@TarksGauntlet oh I like ff9 a lot...it's no ff6...and skies of Arcadia came out and was a better RPG than 9...first time I saw a ff game get beat by the competition
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Yes, That's how I say Quina.
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Lol it's okay I've been takes through the coals because of my pronunciation of Zidane.
Two things are certain in life.
Pronunciation police on UA-cam.
And pronunciation police on UA-cam again.
Thanks for having me on dude! Always gotta take the chance to talk about my favorite Final Fantasy game of all time and show off that Vivi piece in my room. Fantastic video all around as well
Thanks for answering the call dude! It was a pleasure having you on board!
Thanks for letting me be apart of this! I always love talking about Final Fantasy IX.
It was my honor to include you!
So honoured to be a part of this! Thanks again for having me be in it. Final Fantasy IX is one of my fav FFs - it’s so charming and whimsical and just so darn cute. I’m really excited to put this on while I work today!!! :)
Happy to include you in the video!
Damn dude... this took a turn I wasn't expecting.... and I could only imagine how challenging it must have been to put this all out there. What a story.... You're a great man and will be an incredible parent. The world needs more people like you. Much love bro. Oh and also - fantastic video as always!
This was wonderful. Your personal stories are always so touching. Happy to see your life at a good place now
You’ve undoubtedly remind me with each video that you’re a master at your craft. You’re truly one of a kind buddy
Thanks for having me on dude, always nice to have a reason to gush about this one! :D
The honor is all mine! Thank you!
Watched the whole thing - seriously well done, dude! A well thought out, well researched video overall. Lots of heart, great guests, just a wonderful video! :D
Thanks for taking part!
Thank you sharing, appreciate watching your channel and seeing how much you have grown. Tarks, your channel has been there for me during some of the hardest times of life. You have done a lot of good, and being a new father you'll do even more wonderful things to do more good for your family lives. Love you. 😢😊
I'll never get sick of hearing about the things that make you human whenever you feel like sharing. I'm personally in a really bad place right now mentally, feeling overwhelmingly guilty for my inaction and inadequacy towards doing my part & helping my family through the tough time we're in financially. 21 and I'm still stuck in the same rut of fear since finishing high school. But it really helps hearing about you and your life to know that you've persevered despite all that you've gone through. My stuff feels like small bananas in comparison, but I still couldn't help tearing up in the ending section tying it back to the game. Thank you for this, your videos have come to mean a lot to me because of your authenticity and real moments. Even before that section, you really managed to convince me to try this game that I would've otherwise dismissed as not being my thing on the surface. I'm continuing to look forward to your future projects, much love
I'm willing to bet you already know all the best advice people can give but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to repeat it-
Sometimes it's a waiting game. Perseverance. Persistence. Etc. Shit gets better. It can take a long time to find yourself comfortable and content in life, and life has a crazy way of making you keep reevaluating what those words and feelings mean. Just keep pushing through. Someday you'll find yourself content in life, even when it's difficult. Don't let the weight of your teens and twenties keep you down forever.
Fantastic video! You've come back from that break from youtube absolutely on fire! Family life seems to suit you well, keep being the best dad you can be!
Great video. Love the collaborations and the personal story. Thanks for sharing!
My dad also left when I was small. I was always the tallest guy in school and had no siblings and while my stepfather never physically hurt me I had a constant feeling of never being good enough. He met mom when I was 10 and he always complained that she hadn’t raised me right. How his kids that he left were so much better. I lived under the rule “everything you say can and will be used against you” so being silent was the only way. He hated my love for video games and called me childish. He often boasted about how he got his older son a Nintendo for Christmas but he never liked to play it. He always sounded so proud about that fact. Like his son had been temped by the devil and refused like a hero. I’m now in my late 30s but he remains the same. I still have to listen to the same speech I’ve heard 100 times about the soy sauce I like isn’t REAL soy sauce or how he hasn’t had Coca Cola since 1992. How we are bad because we eat the cheapest meat because that’s what we can afford when he only buys the finest eco friendly local grown beef and the finest most obscure craft beer and anyone who eats at a fast food restaurant or drinks soda is an uncultured American (We are European by the way so that’s meant as an insult). I learned in my 20s that I had Asperger’s and video games especially RPGs have always been an escape. I’m glad FFIX meant so much to you. My biological father died some years ago. We never really got to know each other. I also am doing my best to be present and be a good father to my daughters.
Some people pick the weirdest things to battle over and make people feel small with.
One of the last times I seen my stepfather he started berating my mom because she went to the kitchen unannounced. That was a "big problem." She should've said something cause "What if I wanted ketchup or something. Now I have to get up too."
I can't understand being this way. Anything and everything is a battle and they'll always be victorious and self righteous. It's wild, man. The mindsets of some people. I just don't get it.
At the end of the day it's on us not to repeat the crap we experienced growing up. It sounds like you're pulling it off, so keep it up!
Loved this. Great video to watch and listen to while I worked 💪
beautiful video dude. i like the longer form essays. this is excellent. thank you :)
It's good that u r healing and understand how it is to actually be a good parent I wish u and ur family well 😊
Appreciate your vulnerability in this video. Great retrospective on an unbelievably special video game.
Nice video. Thank you. Love you Tark 🎉
I appreciate how much you put yourself out there. I have similar stories of my own childhood and I also hold FFIX in a special place in my heart, it’s my favorite game ever. I have noticed a connection in these two things as someone who has followed the FF community and specifically FFIX fan community. I wonder how many others are out there, who feel thankful for this game to help them cope, who feel this game or these characters helped mold their personality, who feel this game gave them the optimism they needed, the hope. Taught them that how they live on this day forward is what counts, this they can control, they can live how they want.
I never thought I'd tear up while watching a video about Final Fantasy 9, but I did. I'm so sorry to hear about all the trauma you went through.
The video is great, of course. The humorous parts were very funny. I think this is the best video on FF9 I've seen, and I've watched a lot.
The part about Vivi at the end is interesting too. I made the connection a while back that toddlers probably identify with Pikachu and then feel empowered when Pikachu gets mad and zaps people, but toddlers can't really put that into words. So it kind of confirms what I'd figured the way you felt empowered by Vivi having magic powers.
Thank you for sharing your story.
My All Time Favorite RPG !!! 💗💗💗
Sending love hugs, prayer. A mothers love to you and your family. You are an amazing person and thank gawd you have survived. Thank you for being you. For being a wonderful father to that beautiful baby girl. They say the smallest of individuals (human, animal etc.) Have the biggest hearts, souls, minds, and you have been graced with humility and the loudest voice to speak on vulnerability. You are saving someone each and everyday with your videos. I know it. Be well, be safe, and many blessings to You and everyone here sharing the love of video games.
Ah FFIX... my first ever final fantasy and rpg game what a treat 🤩
Your first is always special. That’s why for me no FF can top FF7, no Star Ocean top Second Story, no trails too Cold Steel, no persona top Persona 3 and so on. It’s extremely rare that the first game in a series isn’t the favourite.
Haha. "Steiner?! I hardly know her!" Got me! 😅
This was perfect. Thanks for being so real. ❤
Absolutely love Final Fantasy IX. Easily my favorite numbered FF game and one of the few that I still love to go back to. It's so engaging and full of life and hope. And looking back on it, I probably owe Kuja a lot for awakening things in me.
PUT THOSE THINGS BACK TO SLEEP!
(no, but seriously. Let that freak flag fly dude. Love to see it.)
Beautiful ❤
Wow…..so this was the first time I have heard your life story. Although I can’t relate to everything you went through, I can honestly say that video games saved my life many times over the years and I probably wouldn’t be the person I am today without them. I can’t believe the conditions of that house you shared with us in that video. That place looks like it’s about to collapse at any second. Wow man……
That place is gone now.
I visited it while preparing for my legend of Dragoon video only to find out when I showed up it was scheduled to be demolished.
It was torn down while I was working on the video. A new house is there now.
Im finally play this game again 24 years later, the first JRPG I have been ever finish, it introduce me to world of final fantasy ( on PS1 Im finishing it backward from IX to VII) , and yes Im that late into playstation in feb 2000, after bought NES in May 1994, no other console in between except for some sporadic range of time when my neighbour and childhood friend own Sega genesis.
Why Im playing it again after 24 years, because of Moguri Mod, awesome awesome mod made by fans that upscaled the goodnes of pre rendered background faithfully to be played on my PC.
My FF favorite has always been 6(3 in NA on snes), 9, 4, 8, 7, 10
I have mixes feelings seeing old photos of the cafeteria. On one hand we all had some good memories down there but it was also where I went when I hated school and wanted to be alone.
Being reminded of the whole story and conflict regarding the black mages, the subject of mortality and coming to terms with it, is hitting way too close to home right now.
To be upfront, life has not been too kind to my family of late. My mom lost her job and, due to a health issue that wasn't going away, had to go the ER. Thankfully it's apparently nothing too serious but still, it's been quite the scare. What has been serious though is, at the same time, me watching my 20 year old cat's health rapidly decline this past month and, just yesterday, I had to go to the vet to get him euthanized. Mortality is very much on my mind.
But yeah, moving on from that, I do have a soft spot for "FF9". While I don't have quite as much fervor and love towards it like you all do, I still consider it to be one of my favorite "FF" games in general. Something about it, at least among "FF", feels holly unique. Though I did play it a good while ago, so I don't quite remember too many specifics.
Funnily, I am one of those crazies that went out of my way to steal with Zidane. And yes, a lot of the time, it was very annoying. I specifically remember this one Black Mage fight in an icy area that took multiple resets, both due to me accidentally killing them or them wiping me out. Think it was a double boss fight as well which was extra annoying.
It's probably for that reason why, in a rare occasion, I ended up having a very defensive playstyle. Did some weird set up with Freya, Eko, and Garnet/Dagger which allowed me to have practically infinite mp and healing potential by spamming some skills, and buffs on top of that, just so I could stall as much as possible and steal with Zidane.
Needless to say, I never got Excalibur II.
I've been there man. My mom with sudden strokes, my cat a year ago seemingly to be in deaths door. 3k later she pulled through but it was tough man. It's hard to look at your pets/family in suffering and not knowing how to help or coming to terms with the idea that you may not even be able to.
I have a sinking feeling we're approaching that same precipice with my Cat again. She's getting old now and there's certain signs her body and health are not working the same anymore.
We're monitoring the situation but I don't know that we can afford the crazy bills we had to pay last time, or if that will even be an option again.
Day by day man. It's all you can do sometimes.
Welp this got real deep 😢
Tarks this was epic.
I remember buying FFIX after I graduated high school and buying it with my tiny Jack In The Box check.
I appreciate the behind the scenes of your life. My dad is awful and that abuse and constant pain is hard to clear yourself of that programming. But you choosing to end the cycle makes you the best person. You are going to be a great father.
I was also the smallest kid in school until after summer of 9th grade. As a 6'7 adult man I still have an inferiority complex
6'7?
Man. I thought I was lucky to eventually hit average female height lol.
@TarksGauntlet it was unexpected and it made me very very clumsy.
I never finished IX, but maybe I really should go back to it. As a kid the characters didn't click for me and the art style was kinda meh. I might have to just pick it up and try it again.
Edit: The explanation of why FF IX was special to you was incredible. It's awesome to see how video games can change our lives for the better. The stories I remember as a kid playing these games have also had a huge impact on me as well.
I haven't played 9 yet. I'm finishing up FF16 now, and I'm probably going to start 9 pretty soon. It looks pretty good.
“Do we really need another one of these?”
The answer for me will always be yes, until everyone on earth has experienced this moving masterpiece of a game.
Here for taurk in a tank top haha
tark deserves more subs
Hell YEah
38:07-14 I'm about to play my Space Jam soundtrack
I miss the days when games had crossover promotions. Yes, it’s a marketing ploy, but there’s something strangely immersive about seeing a game like FFIX intertwined with everyday products.
omg I DO love this FF9, thnx u for ur hard work on this video.
What's most evil of FFIX ATB is some of that those counting down curse didn't care about turn it didn't even care about cool summoning animation.
Play Alternate Fantasy, one of the best mods in existence: it basically solves all FF9 problems related to balance: it makes the game incredibly stimulating, always on the verge of being kinda hard but in the end, not really, it's like the perfect point of difficulty one would want in an RPG, it's incredibly impressive and highly recommended.
Unfortunately, I didn't grew up with games like this cause of my country's laws back in those days. I still enjoy your videos, that is the upside
Final Fantasy VI is still the GOAT Final Fantasy game, but I feel Final Fantasy IX is very much a love letter to games like Final Fantasy VI, especially with the existentialist themes and what not. That's why it's my 2nd favorite Final Fantasy game.
I have question about your 'Trails into Reverie Accomplishes the Impossible!' video. Where can I get that Sara shirt?
Give me a little bit... I'll get my wife in here to hopefully answer. She bought it for me as a gift.
UA-cam kept deleting her comment. Anyway, apologies for the wait and the super long link.
The shirt was on Tee Public as "Instructor Sara Valestein T-Shirt"
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I’m so sad where the Final Fantasy series is heading. Even the FF7 remake did not do it justice😢
I just played final fantasy 16 demo on pc. I was taken aback that it's 2024, and Final Fantasy 9 was more open. It had a better world map. Seems like the whole budget went to everything else.
UA-camers unite 😆😆😆😆😆
Not sure if you'll get around to it, but when you said where FF7 was about death, FF9 was about life, something just clicked for me! As time has passed, I've more and more seen what happens with Kuja as the "good route/ending" of Sephiroth. In so many ways, they are very similar characters, especially in terms of life experience and motivation etc, but they don't end up alike. Like so much of FF9, there is more character development, and you get the "good" route, the life route, which can be bittersweet at times.
There are never enough FF9 retrospectives
What I hate the most is constantly losing to stupid Beatrix, and the Trance moves sucked compared to the limit breaks in FFVII, and FFVIII.
Tetra Master is a great card game that has elements of both luck and skill, like most real card games. It just doesn’t make for a great checklist in a video game like some people want to treat it as.
God 🎉
I wish I loved it more. For me FF7,8 and 10 were the best FF of all time and 9 was a bit of a disappointment. The music and graphics are great, some of the best in JRPG history even but I just didn’t like the characters and story as much nor the gameplay. Come to think of it. FFVII wasn’t just my first FF game. It was the first in the series to come here to Europe. It is responsible for JRPGs becoming a think here as the genre wasn’t even something I was aware of before not counting Secret of Mana. If I had played some of the earlier games maybe 9 would have been a return for me. Instead it felt strange to be set in a fantasy world when for me FF was sci fi.
If anyone’s brave play the Final Fantasy IX drinking game. Each time Final Fantasy IX is said take a drink😅😂
If you want to take it to the next level, change it to Final Fantasy!
Great retrospective 😊
Come on man, I need more subscribers, not dead ones!
9 is easily one of the best but 12 is my fave through and through. Their bravely default games are great as well. Similar vibes to 9 at times.
I have a hard time enjoying 9, it has such terribly delayed combat and awful pacing.
31:41 Vivi is male, just because in 9 his kind are artificially made doesn't mean it's a they/them thing. Keep that shit out, hipsters have done enough without ruining childhood classics with their insanity.
I used the term "They" colloquially. Not as a gender identity flag. Please, for the love of God, be less sensitive lol.
Besides, ffIX already has a non-binary/genderless character. I don't need to "include" one myself. They're right there.
Wait vivi dies???
Being a victim of bad circumstances means jack sh*t. Just how you choose to act and therefore live, that matters.
For sure, but it can take a lot of effort or time to realize what that bad shit has done to you, and figure out how to undo it.
@@TarksGauntlet You don't undo it. Your life experience and its effects on you for better or worse is yours to own forever. However being cognizant and to act in deliberation positively ensures that you might not have a perfect future but a far superior one than only acting in response to the past. For many that is the only difference between living a great life or a terrible one.
Final Fantasy VIII*
Having never been the best looking guy at a party, I've never found myself in FFVIII
@@TarksGauntlet I'm just kidding. Great video!
Ffix is awful
The slow ass battle intro and general grind pace, Quinas weirdness and Kujas fruitiness kinda ruin the game for me. Also its way too self referential for my taste. But i guess that was the point. I think ff 7 8 9 and 10 all suck enough to never play them more than the one time i did. What a hoax that Matsuno left and only the DEI yesmen remained.
Sabin suplexes FF9
FF6 is better
I don't know, man. Not very scientific of you. I'm not convinced.
@TarksGauntlet I've spoken plenty on this issue ppl know what i think
6 has better music characters story villian charm
9 rip-offs a lot from 6...9 fans like hippos in dresses and riverdancing rats
And you 9 fans MADE UP rumors tryjng to manifest this remake over FF6...after talking bad about ff7 for years then being triggered by ff7 remake
Ff9 might have the worst fanbase in all of videogames
@@eddy5097 "I've spoken plenty on this issue ppl know what I think."
Man, I don't even know who you are.
That aside, you're welcome to your opinion. I would never hold it against you. I wouldn't mind if you would do the same.
@TarksGauntlet oh I like ff9 a lot...it's no ff6...and skies of Arcadia came out and was a better RPG than 9...first time I saw a ff game get beat by the competition