I thought the game was very straight forward though I don't really understand how the crystal played a role because I thought they would play a similar role as in FFI. Guess not.

I can't say I hate it nor loved it but I did enjoy it very much. I thought it was the graphically best looking FF game.

i always did like this one, not as much as VI or VII, but i thought it was good. maybe since it resembled the earlier games, the negative reactions could have come from people who didn't play any before VII. i did find it odd, however, that the last boss kind of came out of nowhere.

I loved this game, excluding the original tactics, its my second favorite FF ever. And, really, I think the only people who didn't like it were the ones who never really got into it enough and stayed on the surface. I loved this game, because the graphics are better than some PS2 games, the storyline was awesome, the characters and growth system were out of the park, and it was(i think anyways) the first one to really go deep into the different races thing. I mean, the others had them, but they weren't really all that big on it. if I'm wrong, its probably because I've only played parts of V and VI and all the way through VII through X-2 and XII.

I think ff9 was a fantastic game, the charcaters, the storyline and etc was fantastic. people are just over rating ff7 too much.

Well I can compare a few things with FFVI and FFIX...-

1) Kefka & Kuja both betrayed those they were working for (Emperor Gastahl & Queen Brahne).

2) After betraying their kings / queens they gained unimaginable power. They both destroyed their world and you were left to play through the "Aftermath" of things (except in Kuja's case, he destroyed Terra, came back to Gaia and darkened/blocked the world with the mist), Kefka simply destroyed it and moved the continents with his power. They both accomplished the same task although the outcome is slightly diffrent.

3) Emperor Gestahl & Queen Brahne both obtained the power of the Espers by using Terra and Garnet. Keep in mind Terra and Garnet are practically the same. They have no recollection of their past untill later on in the game and they both have a great affinity towards the Espers (Terra was half Esper, Garnet is a part of a Summoner Tribe).

4) Gastahl & Brahne were both good till they became power hungry for the Espers power.

5) Amarant (Bounty Hunter), Shadow (Mercenary) - Occupation = Same shit.

6) Celes & Beatrix also play the same roles regardless of the fact that Beatrix is a temporary/guest character.

I think there were other similarities... but I cant remember them at the moment