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Final Fantasy IX is a very problematic JRPG on all fronts save its presentation. Its story is marred by a lack of character development and some questionable narrative decisions, while the gameplay is structured in a way that encourages trial and error and gridding and the difficulty is all over the place, leading to some frustrating battles.
The story starts simple. Zidane is a sixteen-year-old boy – with a monkey tail – who works for a traveling group of thieves called the Tantalus. One day, he is tasked with kidnapping the princess of the kingdom of Alexandria, Garnet, but when he finally manages to catch her, Zidane discovers that Garnet actually wants to be kidnapped. She [...]