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I love the game not the guide. Its okay but can be made better.As with the other games in the series, Final Fantasy IX has the ability to grab your attention from the time you fire it up until the last boss is put down. Previous entries into the game's lineage took a more dramatic, cinematic route to do what a role-playing game does best--tell a story. That style led to some complaints from headstrong fans and role-playing gamers alike. In response to this, while not sacrificing what new technology they've built into the series, SquareSoft has backtracked a bit. To put it simply, they've gone back to their roots while forging ahead. When we last left the Final Fantasy characters, Princess Garnet was starting to break out of her shell and put to rest the notion that she was a snob. The kidnapping attempt by Zidane, oddly enough, started a few new friendships. Story elements continuously roll on, never leaving you to wonder for too long. Vivi, you may remember, started out as a Black Mage, and the Queen of Alexandria's story was left far from finished as well. But even players with no experience in this series can pick this up as a new game. Final Fantasy IX's story follows a group trying to stop Brahne, the evil Queen of Alexandria, in her quest to rule the world. Zidane, a skilled thief, teams with a young mage, a royal knight, and a princess, who all soon discover that the queen's threats are fronting an even more sinister plot involving a powerful sorcerer named Kuja. It's your job to control the eight playable characters--each of whom begin the game with one weapon, one piece of armor, and one special power--and to uncover Kuja's motives before he carries out his deadly plan.Read full review
I always wanted the entire final fantasy series strategy guides. Couldn't do it with the help of my sellers. The one guide I really looked deep into was IX, I use to have a copy years ago but disappeared since. Now I own my own copy stowed away in a box until summer vacation. I think its easy to read, not as big though, so most of the content is described and can be found on the net. But its also a fun read even if you're not playing the game. I got a great deal on this book. Couldn't back down. If your a die hard Final Fantasy fan like me. Get all the strategy guides (even IX) and I promise you'll feel a lot better when help is there when you need it!!
If you just recently bought FF-9, this review is definitely worth heeding. Buying this strategy guide is the biggest waste of 15-20 dollars I had ever spent. The strategy guide relies extremely heavily on a "PlayOnline" website. You expect that when stuck on a certain part of the game to be able to refer to a "Strategy Guide" for help, but instead, seems to me more as a referral manual more than anything else. Don't waste your time buying this strategy guide. Just to use it I had to get my laptop and use the wireless internet and have it right there with me at my TV just so if I got stuck, I didn't have to get up and go to my desktop. Nothing sucks more than to have to stop playing your game just to find out one quick thing.
The product is simply a nostalgic purchase. The guide is littered with links to an online site that is no longer on. However, it is a very nice thing to have because of the art in the guide and sometimes it is useful.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Yeah well if you have bought previous guides for the other Final Fantasy games then you would think wow this one will be just as good...WRONG!!! This one is the worst guide ever!!! It only gives you the basics on what to do and you could figure that out on your own!!! When you reach a boss it tells you like one tip and then sends you to playonline.com!!! The side quest are all on playonline.com so, don't plan on getting much from the guide in that area!!! Your best bet is to use a guide from IGN.com or go to gamefaqs.com (I recommend gamefaqs.com) otherwise enjoy jumping back and forth from the guide to the computer none stop just to get through one section of a town...
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