Should I play Final Fantasy 7 and 9 ? Help convincing.

trust me, go with VII. IX is good, but VII is way better imo.

They're the only post-16-bit FF games I've enjoyed. So I recommend them. They're games that seem to be more about the story and adventure, and less about the romance and characterization. (Characterization is getting over-rated and forcing story to take a backseat too often today, and I think that's a mistake. Characterization is important, but the story should be more important in RPGs.)

10,12,13 are 'LEGIT' final fantasy games? don't play ff7 or ff9.

FF 9 is the only GREAT FF after the first 6. It takes the game back to its roots. 7 is a great game as well, but doesnt touch 9 imo. 8 and 10 are good but not great. Everything after 10 is a steaming pile of fecal matter. Once again in my opinion.

Q. Should you play them?

A. Yes, yes you should.

Q. Why?

A. Because they are both great games.

If you like any of the other FF games, or any old JRPG, you should like both FF VII and IX. The main problem with VII is the translation wasn't that great and the dialog can be bad because of it.

I liked 9 better than 7. But then, the fan-gush over 7 might be one of the big reasons why I hate that game. HATE it. HATE IT!!!

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They're the only post-16-bit FF games I've enjoyed. So I recommend them. They're games that seem to be more about the story and adventure, and less about the romance and characterization. (Characterization is getting over-rated and forcing story to take a backseat too often today, and I think that's a mistake. Characterization is important, but the story should be more important in RPGs.)

Emerald_Warrior

To me the Final Fantasy series has been about theme and level up/battle system mechanics. If you like a semi post apocalyptic world with a little steam punk splashed in go with FF VII. The battle mechanics are the "polished" version of 6 which imo did it better. If you have never played FF VII then I would recommend it for the place it has in gaming history. Final Fantasy IX is a sword and sorcery style theme with a ability learning battle mechanic. You learn new abilities by using weapons. Personal its one of my fav FF but a big reason is because I like the theme. Both have there place and are worth playing I think because it was at the end of the PSone's life FF IX gets some things very right that FF VII missed the mark on a bit. This of course is because they had more time with the hard ware. BenefitEvil

as i said earlier, don't play either. if you hated ff8, theres no way i could see you liking 7 or 9. that said i'll give my two cents on both. so you've played the ff7 demo, which i remember as being the first reactor up until the first boss, how do you get " bad one dimensional personalities" from the first 20minutes of the game. the character set is arguably the most memorable in the franchise. the story is definitely all over the place, but at least it's not a complete bore like ff8.i like the materia system, every battle gives you xp/ap, ap points level up your equipped materia. the one thing i'll say about to those trying 7 for the first time, the games kind of boring until you reach the shinra building(bout 2-3hours). it's not groundbreaking, its just a solid jrpg. nowwww 9 on the other hand, probably has the most dialog/story out of the ps1 games. yes, the main dude has a tail, get over it. you're party will often split up and have to go through towns/missions one by one. it's probably the most colorful, but the in battle graphics are still pretty bad. the characters are less edgy/predictable. it has a card game to replace the triple triad crap, overall its still as pointless but it's a little less stupid. it's arguably the better of the two, but its not a groundbreaking game either. (edit:i want to point out that i hate ff8, but enjoy the other two.)

Not VII

VII just plain ****. Its got **** characters, a **** story, a **** villian, really boring, and overall just a chore to play. I really don't see what people saw in VII.

Havent played IX but it never really interested me.

VII has aged pretty bad. IX is fantastic though.

as i said earlier, don't play either. if you hated ff8, theres no way i could see you liking 7 or 9. that said i'll give my two cents on both. so you've played the ff7 demo, which i remember as being the first reactor up until the first boss, how do you get " bad one dimensional personalities" from the first 20minutes of the game. the character set is arguably the most memorable in the franchise. the story is definitely all over the place, but at least it's not a complete bore like ff8.i like the materia system, every battle gives you xp/ap, ap points level up your equipped materia. the one thing i'll say about to those trying 7 for the first time, the games kind of boring until you reach the shinra building(bout 2-3hours). it's not groundbreaking, its just a solid jrpg. nowwww 9 on the other hand, probably has the most dialog/story out of the ps1 games. yes, the main dude has a tail, get over it. you're party will often split up and have to go through towns/missions one by one. it's probably the most colorful, but the in battle graphics are still pretty bad. the characters are less edgy/predictable. it has a card game to replace the triple triad crap, overall its still as pointless but it's a little less stupid. it's arguably the better of the two, but its not a groundbreaking game either. (edit:i want to point out that i hate ff8, but enjoy the other two.)

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as i said earlier, don't play either. if you hated ff8, theres no way i could see you liking 7 or 9. that said i'll give my two cents on both. so you've played the ff7 demo, which i remember as being the first reactor up until the first boss, how do you get " bad one dimensional personalities" from the first 20minutes of the game. the character set is arguably the most memorable in the franchise. the story is definitely all over the place, but at least it's not a complete bore like ff8.i like the materia system, every battle gives you xp/ap, ap points level up your equipped materia. the one thing i'll say about to those trying 7 for the first time, the games kind of boring until you reach the shinra building(bout 2-3hours). it's not groundbreaking, its just a solid jrpg. nowwww 9 on the other hand, probably has the most dialog/story out of the ps1 games. yes, the main dude has a tail, get over it. you're party will often split up and have to go through towns/missions one by one. it's probably the most colorful, but the in battle graphics are still pretty bad. the characters are less edgy/predictable. it has a card game to replace the triple triad crap, overall its still as pointless but it's a little less stupid. it's arguably the better of the two, but its not a groundbreaking game either. (edit:i want to point out that i hate ff8, but enjoy the other two.)

Australianpope

trust me, go with VII. IX is good, but VII is way better imo.

Shenmue_Jehuty

VII has aged pretty bad. IX is fantastic though.

whiskeystrike

I'm currently playing Vii for the first time. I like the game so far, the dialogue between character is sometimes funny. The battle System is good and easy to understand. I'm only 3 hours in, the story is quite interesting. I'm play the game on my PSP, so the game looks fine due to the screen size of the PSP. I wasn't sure which to get also, but I decided to start with Vii.

For FF7 and 9, yes you need to play those games. In my opinion, they are some a couple of the best in the series, and yes I've play VI(III) but barely enjoyed my time with it.