Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy IX is the ninth main installment in the FF series. The title is a return to the series's roots, with gameplay features and references to the past games featuring throughout, as well as a medieval…
Final Fantasy IX is an adventure developed by Square Product Development Division 1, released 7 July 2000 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation. The main story takes about 48.3 hrs to finish.
What Final Fantasy IX is
Final Fantasy IX is an adventure game developed by Square Product Development Division 1 and released in 2000. It was published by Square. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Taking place on planet Gaia, the story follows a thief named Zidane Tribal, a member of a thief troupe who is tasked to kidnap the princess of Alexandria, Garnet Til Alexandros XVII. He teams up with her and a team of allies to stop Queen Brahne and her ally Kuja from waging a war with an army of black mages.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are drama, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 85 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy IX is the 36th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Hataraku Chocobo in 2000. Its critic score of 84 is 7 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.
How it was received
Final Fantasy IX holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 970 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 48.3 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz or higher, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS or ATI Radeon HD4650 or higher. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Final Fantasy IX launched on 7 July 2000, within three weeks of Diablo II, Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition and Jet Set Radio. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Diablo II, Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition, Jet Set Radio.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Final Fantasy IX yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Dlc
Remasters
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