Final Fantasy IX (Steam Port) Rating by Logan Martin

Overall Score:     9.8/10
Rating:            Must Play

Note: This was for my first playthrough of FFIX in 2020. I have finished FFX, 
FFX-2, FFXII, FFXIII, FFXIII-2, FFXIII-3, FFXV, and about half of FFVI. 

Graphics
You forget what reality is - These are 15 year old graphics, but from what I 
understand, these were state of the art at the time. Although I never really 
"grew up" with 2-dimensional backgrounds, after my childhood, the graphics 
were unique and seemed exceptional many times.
Beautiful
Good
Decent
Bad
Don‘t look too long at it
Paint.exe

Gameplay
Very good - Classic turn based combat and a world-spanning adventure on 
foot, sea, and air. You can freely switch between 8 characters out of battle 
for most of the game. There are a lot of unique traveling sections in the 
overworld. The puzzles are infrequent enough to be satisfying. Interesting 
ability-learning system that makes being overpowered possible but impossible 
without intentionally trying to be.
Good
It‘s just gameplay
Mehh
Starring at walls is better
Just don‘t

Audio
Incredible - A 100+ piece master work from the famed Nobuo Uematsu.
Very good
Good
Not too bad
Bad
Awful

Audience
Kids
Teens
Adults

Difficulity
Just press ‚A
Easy
Significant brain usage
Easy to learn / Hard to master - There are difficult parts, especially 
without grinding. Healing/MP management can be a problem over long stretches. I 
was borderline on moving this up to "difficult".
Difficult
Soulsesque

Grind
Nothing to grind
Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
Isnt necessary to progress
Average grind level - If there was an intermediate level between this and the 
next, I would. Definitely need to grind at several parts, but this is Final 
Fantasy so it is not surprising.
Too much grind
You‘ll need a second life for grinding

Story
Story?
Text or Audio floating around
Average
Good
Lovely
It‘ll replace your life - This was an ambitious story. Viewpoints/narrators 
frequently shift. Many themes are explored at once. Comedy, tragedy, romance, 
action, adventure, whatever you would want is here. Many characters play 
substantial parts. They nailed it. The magic is here. Perhaps not the best 
story ever told, but an overwhelming success. 

Game Time
Long enough for a cup of coffee
Short
Average
Long - Finished in 55 hours in a leisurely but not completionist first 
playthrough.
To infinity and beyond

Bugs
Never heard of
Minor bugs -- Some battles don't load randomly in this port. Probably a 
problem with Steam.
Can get annoying
ARK: Survival Evolved
The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs