Join me as I play Final Fantasy IX on PlayStation 4. This is by no means my first time playing Final Fantasy IX; I’ve played it several times in it’s original PlayStation 1 form, but I haven’t played it for several years, and the call to dip my toes back into it’s nostalgic embrace hit me. I took advantage of the fact that it has been ported to PlayStation 4 with a whole host of trophies to reacquaint myself with this old love of mine.
So there’s no real strategy to this, play a game I know and love, and gush about it to anyone willing to actually watch me play it.
In Part 1 of this stream I go from the beginning of the game and make my way to the quiet and peaceful town of Dali, which leads to what would seem to be a totally unexpected airship chase, where I end the playthrough. Between all that we get to meet our hero Zidane Tribal, the young black mage Vivi Orinitier, Princess Garnet Til Alexandros XVIIth, and her bodyguard and knight Adelbert Steiner. We’re chased out of the capital city of Alexandria by the princess’ own mother, we escape a forest determined to kill us, and we travel through the frozen caves of a nearby mountain. All before discovering the dark secrets hidden behind the quaint idyllic scenes of village life.
Until next time…buh-bye!
About Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy IX is a Japanese RPG developed and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) originally for the PlayStation in 2000. For this stream we are playing the 2017 PlayStation 4 remaster. In this game, players primarily control Zidane as he navigates through the high fantasy world of Gaia, interacting with non-player characters and fighting enemies in semi-turn-based battle sequences.
The story starts in the city of Alexandria on the Mist Continent of Gaia, where events take Zidane and his newly met friends on a journey to wrestle for control of the world’s future with a sinister evil. The game is a tale of identity, the bonds of friendship and family, and what it means to have a place to call home…all told on a backdrop of increidbly colourful and varied characters.