Some parts of the game requires a good bit of luck, some bits of the game requires a good bit of patience… And sometimes, it’s a case of knowing what is where. I got the best items I could, stealing specific items (but skipping them if it took too long to get). Having said this, the game is still notoriously lengthy, as it was over four discs! The game is always a fantastic trip down memory lane for me, so it’s one of the games I will continue doing a Let’s Play of… Some day! In the meantime, I wanted to see how good my Final Fantasy IX knowledge was. The Steam version offers you the ability to skip cutscenes, which reduces the amount of time required to complete significantly.
Solving the problem of an unreliable clock So, when the Steam version came out, some big changes were made. The NTSC version of the game was easier, but still wasn’t what we’d consider easy. As such, to get the Excalibur II was genuinely a feat for anyone running the PAL version. The clock kept running, which also included the cutscenes. There was a problem with the PAL version of the game, the version we got over here in the UK. Having said this, that didn’t make it an easy feat, as it was a trick few people knew. With this knowledge, people found an exploit with the clock, to allow them to get Excalibur II fairly easily. The PlayStation had an internal clock, which would keep track of the in-game time. When Final Fantasy IX came out on the PlayStation, way back in 2000, the game was effectively the last game to truly push the platform to its limits. In the short amount of time I’ve been playing, I’ve realised just how easy it is by contrast to the originals. But, for the first time, I thought I’d attempt this via the Steam version of the game, marking the first time I’ve attempted it. If you knew the game in and out, then you could get through this pretty easily. You had to rely a little bit on luck, but a whole lot of knowing what to do. 12 hours to get to the end of the game – How hard can that be? Very, when cutscenes were a part of the issue, but Steam helps us achieve this previously nearly impossible task. You should logically be able to visualise how it can be done – and this is a challenge that caused many Final Fantasy players nightmares in the past.
It should be difficult to achieve, but yet easy to conceive. Value Score: 9.7/10 Game: Final Fantasy IX Genre: RPG Publisher/Developer: Squareenix/Squaresoft System: Steam (PC) Total Score: 97/100 Value Score: 9.A challenge should be plausible, not impossible.
Game: Final Fantasy IX Genre: RPG Publisher/Developer: Squareenix/Squaresoft
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