FF IXzzz

By Patrick Summers · February 26, 2007

I decided to write for this game instead of Legend of Dragoon. There's so much crap going on, with shop lists, sidequests, ATEs, searching town for items...no wonder lots of FAQs look so fractured or 'forget' to cover stuff.

But this is something I must do. Kind of like how Robert de Niro carried a huge sack of Spanish-brand armor up a mountain in 'The Mission' as his penance to God.

(Oscar speech)

Comments 10

Genj Feb 26, 2007

HEY REMEMBER THE OFFICIAL FFIX STRATEGY GUIDE??!!

shotgunnova Blogger Feb 26, 2007

Yeah, but I left the rest of this reply at PlayOnline.com!

pup Feb 27, 2007

Just don't get bogged down with too many specifics. I don't need to know how many side quests there are and what you do in each on of them. Just tell me if there are a lot, whether or not they're enjoyable, and if they add to the game in some way. Most of the time with RPG reviews, you see one of two things happen. 1) The person nitpicks about every detail under the sun, forgetting to say if the game is actually good, and completely boring the reader along the way. 2) The person gets so overwhelmed by everything that he just picks one aspect, usaully combat-based, and spends most of the review dissecting it.

EmP Staff Feb 27, 2007

Unless I am mistaken -- which is rare -- he's talking about writing a FAQ.

shotgunnova Blogger Feb 27, 2007

Yeah, I'm not much of a reviewer. It's fun to play FFIX again, even if it's writing a guide that coddles the reader.

pup Feb 27, 2007

My bad.

psychopenguin Mar 1, 2007

Good luck, it's a hard game to write for.

shotgunnova Blogger Mar 2, 2007

Got to disc three without too much problems. I forgot to deliver a couple of letters on the Outer Continent, but doing pretty well besides. You already wrote for it, yeah?

psychopenguin Mar 2, 2007

Yeah, a long time ago.

shotgunnova Blogger Mar 9, 2007

Finished for the most part. It's like I ran to the top of the hill and saw the sunrise for the very first time...an' stuff.