the story of 9 carries the entire game. towards the end it just gets incredible. the best things about 9 and 10 is they were lighthearted enough to enjoy the journeys. they didn't take themselves as seriously as some of the other games. then you have games like 13 where the whole game is a bunch of contrived melodrama and nobody in the cast is really having fun as you play the game. also the main characters of 9 and 10 weren't unlikable a$$holes like Cloud, Squall, and Lightning.Smh
My only beef with ff9 was it was too easy
But the story was great
Final Fantasy IX - Zidane's Depression (Scenes & Battles) - YouTube
scene hit me hard when I was a young man
honestly i wish Square would quit trying to borrow and recreate characters and elements of Final Fantasy 7. they've tried to recreate Cloud in several games now, same with Sephiroth.