Is IX the darkest Final Fantasy game? - Page 2

February 3, 2008, 9:30 AM

I never noticed that. Anyways, now that I think about it, yeah, it is dark.

A lot of sad moments happened in that game. Like when Garnet loses her voice, or when 1 city gets destroyed, and etc.

I'm still thinking if this is the darkest FF ever because of FFX.

FFX had a sad ending, Kilika got destroyed (but later on got rebuilt in FFX-2), the temples/yevonite people were evil and betrayers, and etc.

February 3, 2008, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Replica Yuff

A lot of sad moments happened in that game. Like when Garnet loses her voice, or when 1 city gets destroyed, and etc.

One city? O_O Dear me, there were alot more than that:

1. Madain Sari and all the summoners but Garnet and Eiko were killed.
2. The troops in Gizamaluke's Grotto were slaughtered (so it was more like an outpost, but whatever).
3. Burmecia was decimated and very few survived.
4. The entire business district in Lindblum was swallowed up by Atomos.
5. Alexandria was nearly destroyed by Bahamut and the Mistodons.

February 3, 2008, 11:05 PM

Well I really DO need to replay this game because I always thought of it as quite cheery myself because it was so bright & to an extent childish because of the characters but thinking about it & reading through some of these posts it really did have darker undertones

The characters were all really unhappy for one reason or another. Gee these threads make me think too much, although it's been a while since I played it

Although I kind of agree with some of the comments about X being dark especially when you find out Yuna has to sacrifice herself for the greater good and Tidus & all his memories are just dreams
The deception of Yevon aswel was quite a shocker. I actually felt rather betrayed by that >>
Everybugger seemed to be an unsent

February 4, 2008, 12:38 AM

I wouldn't say X was the darkest. Considering what was going on, there didn't seem to be that much destruction as there should have been. We got a strong sense of hope at the end of the game. And Yuna chose to be a summoner. It is not like she was forced. A lot of the melodrama made it some of the more depressing moments in this game seem forced.

If we were to take Aerith on the other hand... She never chose to be an ancient and was forced to sacrifice herself for the planet.

VI, VII and IX were the darkest Final Fantasy games for me.

February 4, 2008, 2:35 AM

Naw, not really. Sure, they used souls to remake Terra, and there is evidence to show that other planets have died altogether, but it isn't exactly dark.

February 4, 2008, 3:25 AM

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Originally Posted by The Dreadnought

Naw, not really. Sure, they used souls to remake Terra, and there is evidence to show that other planets have died altogether, but it isn't exactly dark.

You didn't even pay attention to IX when you played it, did you?

People always look at the stylized characters and pretty fantasy setting and go "LIEK OH MY GAWD SO CUTE THERE SO HAPPY WHAT A CHEERFUL GAME I WANT MAI EMO ANIMU CHARACTERS WITH SPIKY HAIR AND 6 FOOT LONG SWORDS COMPENSATING FOR SMALL WEEWEES BACK!"

And nobody ever mentioned anything about other planets dying or whatever. Christ, I've listed enough reasons to prove that this game even beats X as the darkest FF. But just to reiterate that (because it IS darker than X), here ya go:

Death is accepted in Spira. Sure, Sin comes from time to time and wipes out a village or two. But it's accepted as normal. And when people die, they can be sent and go to the Farplane. In IX there is no Farplane. So when Brahne goes on her military campaign and genocide and people are slaughtered, what happens to the dead? Their souls get cycled through the Iifa tree and become mist. Mist either spawns monsters in the overworld, or is turned into black mages. And I suppose if the assimilation took place, it would enter the genomes.

And it's not like the death is exactly toned down. Just walk through any place the black mages attacked and soldiers will be strewn across the ground, buildings will be in rubble or on fire, etc. It's not a very happy game. It IS, however a HOPEFUL game. There's a difference.

February 4, 2008, 9:35 AM

Hell no IX isn't all that dark compared to VI, VII and and X imo. I personally believe that VI is the darkest game in the series by far.

Its a very dark game right from the get go. I mean you see Terra being mind controlled, Kefka then poisoining the water at Doma - killing off all Cyan's friends and relatives and then the attack on Castle Figaro.

Not to mention all this stuff happens at the beginning of the game and is only the tip of the iceburg.

Far more worse stuff happens later in the game like Celes opera scene and some of the stuff in the World of Ruin ie mainly the scenes with Shadow.

February 4, 2008, 4:24 PM

How the heck in Celes's opera scene dark?

X was pretty much just an emo fest to the point where it was greatly shoved down your throat

Besides, when the characters die, they get sent to the far plane, which is basically like a heaven. And people can still see their lost loved ones if they go to Guadolosom.

Maybe we should make a list of all the grimmer details in the FF games?

February 4, 2008, 11:24 PM

Well honestly in My opinion i think that Final Fantasy IX was in fact the most Hopeful game becuase like throught out it you kept losing garnet *dagger* and you never gave up and kept going but yes it did have a strange aura of death.

February 5, 2008, 12:18 AM