FINAL FANTASY Ⅸ [iPhone]

Just to preface - I loved this game as a kid and I went into playing this version with high hopes. Let's get the negative out of the way first. 1. I wish the resolution was wide so it fit the screen better. Minor gripe. 2. Sometimes the audio is weird. Sometimes during battles the sounds of attacks and spells don't play and all you hear is the battle music. This is kind of distracting. Positives - it's exactly how i remember it from my childhood but in s portable version. The upgraded character models are amazing and the higher res backgrounds look nice on a phone screen. Everything is kept true to the original game on the PSOne which is great because it was near flawless. I really appreciated the 'cheats' especially when I got to the end of the game and just wanted to focus on leveling my characters all the way up and accessing all their abilities.

Let me preface that I'm running this game on an iPad Pro 9.7 and using a Nimbus mfi controller. After getting everything up and running this game runs really well and just what I expected. The backgrounds have not aged well over the years but for some reason they almost have a blended pastel kind of look to them. The real improvement comes in the character models and how much cleaner they are. You can actually see Steiner's goofy stare. They have also upscaled the menus in high resolution and the result is that character portraits look fantastic and way better then running the old PSone version.

I’ve only played the game for a couple of hours, but am really enjoying it so far. It translates great to the mobile platform, and Square Enix finally got the controls right for a mobile Final Fantasy Port. It’s a vast improvement over Final Fantasy VII for iOS. The backgrounds have lost quality, but the pixel difference for 3D rendered characters is like night and day compared to the original. They did a lot of work here, really cleaned up the game, and it looks great. I think the dialogue has changed a bit, but am not entirely sure. Is this the version/translation that was previously only available with their super deluxe complete collection a year or two back? Anyone know?

About 3 hours in, the game port is excellent. Controls are much better than most other iOS RPGs, especially ports. 3D rendering of the characters is fantastic. There are a few things to get used to with the new controls, but all in all it's great. The only thing I've encountered at this point that I'd change is scrolling in the abilities/equipment lists, but the annoyance is minor and not enough to warrant a 4-star review; if there were partial-star ratings, it might be 4.75, but even still, it's a great port.

So excited about this! First let me say how amazing it is that what was once a 4 disc game on ps1 now fits on a smart phone. So far I've only played through the first act but this game is everything I remembered. Sure the graphics aren't HD but they never were. I don't notice any difference from what I recall of the original. I'm guessing this would be better on an iPad but for iOS, The controls work well for what they are.

Finally on iOS, this is a great port with really good controls and high res geometry and shaders thrown in for good measure! The only downside of this is that it shows up the low res backgrounds.

Ok first ill be completely honest.
1st- most people wonder is it worth the 20bucks..

I haven't played this game since ps1 days and they did a wonderful job with porting this game to the iPhone. The updated characters look really good and they've done a great job with the touch screen controls. I also love being able to use the continue feature from the main menu when coming back to the game. I'm not so worried about saving constantly in case the game needs to restart after not playing for a while.

I played the first final fantasy as a child when it first came out 20+ years ago (I just dated myself a bit) and have played all the rest up through 10. Final fantasy 9 is by far my favorite of the series. It has a great story, decent battle mechanics, and, to me at least, the best mini game ever in chocobo hot and cold. If you've never played the game, it is definitely worth purchasing.

This was my favorite FF from back in the day. Playing a ported version of this game reminds me why I loved it so much. It's how I wish newer FFs were especially in regards to the turned based system. I've read about some people have performance issues (no pun intended). I'm playing on an iPad Air 2 and I do have the occasional crash. That's to be expected tho. I just save often. It remedies that problem. Other than that I have had zero problems and even with that given issue, I still have nothing negative to say. This is the best FF SquareEnix made and I do recommend you play it again.

Keeping it simple, I have not stopped playing this game since ever since I purchased it. Brings back the good old days!

You may ask if this game is worth it. I'll answer that with I purchased this game last week already have nearly 20 hours on it. So many awesome memories!!

I'm so happy this game came to iOS! This is by far my favorite game in the series. Square ENIX did a great job cleaning up the graphics around all the characters. The characters look very crisp, clear

Okay so yes this game is awesome. I've always loved and been looking forward to this for some time. Everything is great but i have a few complaints. 1) no screen rotation. Please add this i would love to play with headphones in but on iphone 5s the headphones get in my way with current screen. 2) airship and gold chocobo are often difficult to fly. I end up going every direction except the one i want. Playable but could improve. 3) game restarts too soon when switching to another app for a moment. Otherwise game is great and plays wonderfully. No bugs or glitches encountered. No crashes. No slowdowns.

I've played this game after playing seven and eight. I really enjoyed both of them seven more just because it was my first and I had a great story but I also enjoyed eight in the battle system and all

Night and day better controls over the ff7 port. Playing on a 6s+ and only see frames drop very rarely on battle scenes. Controls are awesome and integrated with touch. And looks like they spruced

Okay so not everyone would say it's the best final fantasy game but for me this was the first one I paid back in 2000 when it was out for PSone. I love how they upgraded the graphics! It looks gorgeous and the cheats they added on are pretty neat. Game plays well on my 6s plus and air 2. Also love you can save it to the cloud and play it in both device. Over all happy with this game purchase and everyone who never got to play this Final Fantasy should really give it a try!