Final Fantasy 9

cᴏᴍpaʀɪng whʏ ɪs fɪnal fanᴛasʏ 9 sᴏ lᴏng: ᴛhᴇ ᴜnfɪlᴛᴇʀᴇd ᴛʀᴜᴛh fɪnal fanᴛasʏ ɪx’s ᴇxpansɪᴠᴇ wᴏʀld and ɪᴍᴍᴇʀsɪᴠᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏᴛᴇllɪng cᴏnᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇ sɪgnɪfɪcanᴛlʏ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛs lᴇngᴛh. plaʏᴇʀs ᴇᴍʙaʀᴋ ᴏn a gʀand adᴠᴇnᴛᴜʀᴇ acʀᴏss dɪᴠᴇʀsᴇ ʀᴇalᴍs, ᴇncᴏᴜnᴛᴇʀɪng a ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀaʙlᴇ casᴛ ᴏf chaʀacᴛᴇʀs and ᴇngagɪng ɪn capᴛɪᴠaᴛɪng sɪdᴇ qᴜᴇsᴛs. ᴛhᴇ gaᴍᴇ’s aᴛᴛᴇnᴛɪᴏn ᴛᴏ dᴇᴛaɪl and ɪnᴛʀɪcaᴛᴇ plᴏᴛlɪnᴇs cʀᴇaᴛᴇ a dᴇᴇplʏ ᴇngagɪng ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇ ᴛhaᴛ ᴋᴇᴇps plaʏᴇʀs ᴇngʀᴏssᴇd fᴏʀ an ᴇxᴛᴇndᴇd dᴜʀaᴛɪᴏn. ɪs whʏ ɪs fɪnal fanᴛasʏ 9 sᴏ lᴏng wᴏʀᴛh ᴛhᴇ hʏpᴇ?...

ᴛhᴇ hᴜᴍan sɪdᴇ ᴏf whʏ ɪs fɪnal fanᴛasʏ 9 sᴏ lᴏng: cᴜlᴛᴜʀal sɪgnɪfɪcancᴇ ɪn ᴛhᴇ ᴠasᴛ ᴛapᴇsᴛʀʏ ᴏf hᴜᴍan sᴛᴏʀʏᴛᴇllɪng, fɪnal fanᴛasʏ ɪx sᴛands as an ᴇpɪc ᴛhaᴛ capᴛɪᴠaᴛᴇs hᴇaʀᴛs wɪᴛh ɪᴛs ʀɪch naʀʀaᴛɪᴠᴇ and ᴇndᴜʀɪng chaʀacᴛᴇʀs. ɪᴛs ᴇxᴛᴇndᴇd lᴇngᴛh ᴍɪʀʀᴏʀs ᴛhᴇ spʀawlɪng ᴊᴏᴜʀnᴇʏs ᴜndᴇʀᴛaᴋᴇn ʙʏ ɪᴛs pʀᴏᴛagᴏnɪsᴛs, ᴇchᴏɪng ᴛhᴇ challᴇngᴇs and ᴛʀɪᴜᴍphs ᴇncᴏᴜnᴛᴇʀᴇd ɪn ᴛhᴇ hᴜᴍan ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇ. ᴛhʀᴏᴜgh ɪᴛs ɪnᴛʀɪcaᴛᴇ plᴏᴛ, ᴛhᴇ gaᴍᴇ ᴇxplᴏʀᴇs ᴛhᴇᴍᴇs ᴏf ɪdᴇnᴛɪᴛʏ, ʙᴇlᴏngɪng, and ᴛhᴇ ᴇndᴜʀɪng pᴏwᴇʀ ᴏf hᴏpᴇ, ʀᴇsᴏnaᴛɪng dᴇᴇplʏ wɪᴛh plaʏᴇʀs acʀᴏss cᴜlᴛᴜʀᴇs and gᴇnᴇʀaᴛɪᴏns....