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Maybe this is one of the symptoms an FF-game has, that the start can confuse you when you're playing it for the 1st time.

But none of them confused me as much as the one in IX. Whole the time I didnt know it was a play and I thought that Cornelia and Leo were real personages of the game. I totally didnt know where everything was at. Other confusing factors were that starting FMV and the kidnapping. I was like hey wait what are they doing now -_- and why medeo doesnt do any damage!

Luckily on my 2nd attempt that became quite clear.

Anyone else got confused quite a bit at IX's start.
 
Well, that's quite understandable, 'cause I was confused for a bit too until they Zidane and Blank started doing the 'swordfighting' scene and I knew that it wasn't all real, and that it was a play.
 
i wasn't confused by the storyline, i understood that, it was pretty simple really compared to some other FFs...like XII.

the only thing i didn't get was the fact that Medeo didn't take of any damage O_O but then i realised it was probably special effects that would make the play look better for the audience ^_^
 
Must have been cuz I'm belgian and not native English speaking.

I didnt understand the expression "Marcus,break a leg".

I thought wtf why does he have to break his leg xD
 
The start of the game was excellent ur sorta thrown straight into the action, the sword fightin game was excellent.
i always knew it was a play lol
but i was a bit boggled by sfx and why medeo and the other attacks dealt no damage, but hey that was like 7 years ago
 
I wasn't confused at all. It all explained in the very beginning - their plans and how they would kidnap Princess Garnet. And the whole set-up was so obvious...that everything was just a play. (The audience pretty much gave it away ;))
 
I knew it was a play too, but the "stage magic" still threw me off. I kept going "Dammit why isn't it working!"
 
when i start playing FF i was so confused that i did not know what i was doing in the game.
 
haha yeah i was pretty confused by the whole SFX command you could do. but what was confusing about the kidnapping? i think i understood that pretty well my first time through.
 
I think that FFIX is actually a contrast to the opening of say FFVII. That's a game that throws you in at the start right into the action, with not much explanation. FFIX sets its stall out more, giving you some background info about what's going on. It's probably the least confusing opening I've seen in the series in many ways.

Both approaches to the opening work well in different ways anyway.
 
I always knew it was a play.
I like IX:s beginning.It was nice that you could play with all main characters in the first hour and it kept you wandering how they all will meet.
 
I loved the beginning and it's what got me hooked on FF games. I knew it was a play simply because it's mentioned so many times throughout the first 20 minutes of the game: Queen Brahne, Baku, Puck to Vivi, Zidane and the rest of Tantalus (I mean, that was their job besides being thieves).

Great start to a great game.
 
Aerith Gainsborough said:
the only thing i didn't get was the fact that Medeo didn't take of any damage O_O but then i realised it was probably special effects that would make the play look better for the audience ^_^
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Lol, same here! But yeah I knew what was going on at the start, I wasnt confused. It was a great way of starting the game off and I loved the mini sword fighting game.
 
I can't say I mistook the characters in the play for genuine playable characters. I knew it was a play because -well- I actually read the text before that happened. :monster:

Wasn't as climactic as some of the other installations' entries, but it was already.
 
I didnt find the beginning confusing at all and I quite enjoyed it. It was definitely one of the most fun beginnings to a FF game...actually the whole first disc is fantastic, it does an excellent job of pulling you right into the game.
 
I think I sort of knew it was a play and I was playing my part, but I was real confused about Medeo not taking away HP :P
 
It let you play as 3 of the 4 main characters and had a great way of showing their differences.

It did a pretty good job of explaining what was going on and I wasn't confused at all. In response to the Medeo doing no damage thing, I tried it once, did 0 damage and then just started normal attacking :cool:
 
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