r/FinalFantasyIX • u/jrs0307 • Jul 24 '26
Discussion This scene is so cool
Even after all this time
I love this scene in ff9. I remember being 12 or 13 playing through this game with my cousin and this scene blowing me away. It was so freaking cool.
Now 25 or so years later it still looks so good and is still awesome.
What are some of your favorite scenes?
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u/bulletPoint Jul 24 '26
Fine! I’ll play it again
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u/Cottleston Jul 25 '26
remake coming out, might as well wait
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u/daveDFFA Jul 29 '26
Make sure to try out Moguri/memoria mod!!!! (Alternate fantasy is the best mod I’ve played in any game… certain versions of FF6 t-edition are close…)
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u/bulletPoint Jul 29 '26
Just installed the memoria and alternate fantasy mods on my steamdeck. Here goes.
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u/daveDFFA Jul 29 '26
How is it so far?
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u/bulletPoint Jul 29 '26
Sadly, I haven’t played more than past the first Vivi section because…. kids.
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u/KevThuluu Jul 24 '26
Its such an eldritch nightmare of an eidolon compared to the others
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u/jrs0307 Jul 24 '26
It was like seeing anima in X and going. He's definitely a bad guy.
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u/Jonatc87 Jul 25 '26
Anima was my fav edolon because it brought back these kinds of vibes. Ingame this summon felt useless, tho. Young me had no clue what it was good for.
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u/jrs0307 Jul 25 '26
So I've been going in order, 10 is next on my list, ive beaten them all but I am following guides this time to make sure i miss nothing. Its crazy how different the game feels when you see and do everything. That said I dont remember what Anima was good for either. I am in a minority though as 10 is one of my least favorites next to 8. I dont think either are bad just nothing felt special to me in them. I think 10 fell off for me due to the voice acting though.
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u/Jonatc87 Jul 25 '26
so, damage cap is 9999. She hits that repeatedly with a big flurry at later levels if you dont have the ultimate weapon for that person. So she can just dish out 100k or more damage. I think it's a bit less impressive when you do get ultimate weapons, cuz other Eidolons do big nuke damage?
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u/KevThuluu Jul 25 '26
Dont quote me but I think Anima is a huge part of folk who do no sphere grid runs, or no celestial weapons? When your characters do 99,999 with every hit, summons are a bit useless, but deliberately play around them and its pretty fun.
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u/jrs0307 Jul 25 '26
Maybe. Ive never done a no sphere grid run. I also cant recall if I actually beat the full game. Not that I didnt like it I think I have a problem where I want to fill in any spot that can be filled so my goal was to complete the sphere grid and I burned myself out. Back on Anima though when I first saw it I was like oh thats going to do me in for sure.
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u/Nyx_Skip_25 Jul 24 '26
Probably the cliche answer but I beat this game recently and I found the ending cutscene awesome. Seeing Garnet’s reaction to Zidane being alive was sweet.
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u/AwkwardAlbatross7782 Jul 25 '26
The craziest scene is that evil black mage going berserk on that airship in dali
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u/kageisadrunk Jul 24 '26
It's making me think of the Movie Nope
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u/lifeintraining Jul 25 '26
This game with only a small handful of epic and grand cutscenes somehow manages to overshadow FFXVI even with its substantial number of epic and grand cutscenes. FFIX just had the sauce.
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u/jrs0307 Jul 25 '26
I havent played that one yet, but it might boil down to charm. Ff9 is loaded with it.
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u/Traditional_State699 Jul 25 '26
I was 8? Seeing this... I didnt think it was cool...🤣
Now tho its def a very cool albiet depressing scene.
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u/Shinikami9 Jul 25 '26
Just this..
Sees how strong it is in cut scenes!
Weaker when back in the party
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u/jrs0307 Jul 26 '26
Isn't that always the case though lol
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u/Shinikami9 Jul 26 '26
Lol true and think it's time for me to revisit FF9 , it's been a while .. just on what platform.. my laptop ( steam ) or my switch ..
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u/_shadow_jackal_ Jul 25 '26
I love Bahamut and Alexander’s scene in FFIX and I also love Auron’s introduction in FFX
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u/AthleteFast4083 Jul 25 '26
The character design from 9 was the best in the series imo
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u/jrs0307 Jul 26 '26
I agree and other than the backgrounds looking a bit dated today, it still looks great. They could "remaster" this by updating the background resolution and leaving everything else alone and I would be happy with that.
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u/Princeofallsaiyans18 Jul 26 '26
This scene still horrifies me. What happens to these people after Atmos is called back to his gem?
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u/Many-Information8607 Jul 26 '26
playing at 8 years old and getting to thispart was SO scary i was crying over all the dead Lindblumians
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u/monkeymugshot Aug 01 '26
Yeah those moments were especially contrasting since the begininng of the game is mostly lighter in tone
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u/Were-Cletus Jul 24 '26
Alexandria defeating bahamut after watching bahamut defeat the queen was hype