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Final Fantasy IX Steam store page is up. Releasing before FF15

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ashecitism

Member
update:
Human_me said:
The release date has changed.
It's now Early 2016.
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lashman said:


FINAL FANTASY IX
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■Description
Selling over five million copies since its release in 2000, FINAL FANTASY IX proudly returns on Steam!
Now you can relive the adventures of Zidane and his crew in PC !

■Story
Zidane and the Tantalus Theater Troupe have kidnapped Princess Garnet, the heir of Alexandria. To their surprise, however, the princess herself yearned to escape the castle.
Through a series of unusual circumstances, she and her personal guard, Steiner, fall in with Zidane and set out on an incredible journey. Meeting unforgettable characters like Vivi and Quina along the way, they learn about themselves, the secrets of the Crystal, and a malevolent force that threatens to destroy their world.

■Gameplay Features
・Abilities
Learn new abilities by equipping items. When fully mastered,these abilities can be used even without equipping items,allowing for nearly endless customization options.

・Trance
Fill your Trance gauge as you sustain hits in battle. When fully charged, your characters will enter Trance mode, granting them powerful new skills!

・Synthesis
Never let items go to waste. Combine two items or pieces of equipment together and make better, stronger items!

・Minigames
Whether it's Chocobo Hot and Cold, Jump Rope, or Tetra Master, there are plenty of minigames to enjoy when you're not off saving the world. You can even earn special item rewards!

■Additional Features
・Achievements
・Seven game boosters including high speed and no encounter modes.
・Autosave
・High-definition movies and character models.
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M

McDougles

Member
How can Final Fantasy X | X-2 be on both PS3 and PS4 first, but FFIX debuts on Steam earlier?

Either way, excited for both!
 
S

Son Of D

Member
No Encounter as well. Good to hear. I bet one of the achievements is Excalibur 2 so these cheats can make it less of a nuisance to get.
 
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Blade30

Unconfirmed Member
Dragon's Dogma: DA, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy IX this month...

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System Requirements

Minimum:
OS: Vista /7/8/8.1/10
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz or higher
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS or ATI Radeon HD4650 or higher
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 20 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectSound® compatible sound card（DirectX®9.0c or later）

Recommended:
OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32bit / 64bit)
Processor: Core i5 2520 2.5GHz or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 20 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectSound® compatible sound card（DirectX®9.0c or later）
 
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Nottle

Member
Hope it's a good port. Glad they are putting in a speed up mode. I've played IX a year or 2 ago but don't really remember much about its weird side quests. I played vii recently, does it have side stuff that is similar to that? To get those achievements I did probably 10 hours of grinding at the end of 7. Does 9 do that, are there super bosses?
 
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Razmos

Member
I really want this but I'll probably just wait for the PS4 version, there will be one right? Is VIII even on PS4 yet for that matter?
 
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Flarin

Member
・Seven game boosters including high speed and no encounter modes.
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YES! This game has haunted my backlog for over a decade because of the damn encounter rate. I will absolutely be getting this so I can finally complete my love for arguably the best entry in the series.
 
F0rneus

F0rneus

Tears in the rain
Nottle said:
Hope it's a good port. Glad they are putting in a speed up mode. I've played IX a year or 2 ago but don't really remember much about its weird side quests. I played vii recently, does it have side stuff that is similar to that? To get those achievements I did probably 10 hours of grinding at the end of 7. Does 9 do that, are there super bosses?
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There's one superboss, and it's hard as shit.
 
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bede-x

Member
I'm in, but only if it can be played offline indefinitely. No more of that "Steam Cloud required" crap.
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
Razmos said:
I really want this but I'll probably just wait for the PS4 version, there will be one right? Is VIII even on PS4 yet for that matter?
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Kagari said:
Considering how well FF7 seems to have done it wouldn't be all too surprising.
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As far as I can tell, their goal is to bring all the Final Fantasy games to PS4, PC, and iOS/Android.

Of course the last one might take a while given they shut down the streaming service you could use to play Final Fantasy XIII on mobile.

The order in which they arrive to various platforms seems to vary based on their scheduling plans and where it's easiest to port them to first.
 
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Nzyme32

Member
Maybe this will be the point at which I start trying out final fantasy games. I have no idea where to start with them. I gave up on bothering with 7 since it was spoiled for me and that turned me off wanting to try. I have 13 but haven't got round to it, and know that it isn't considered a great place to start
 
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Hektor

Member
Nzyme32 said:
Maybe this will be the point at which I start trying out final fantasy games. I have no idea where to start with them. I gave up on bothering with 7 since it was spoiled for me and that turned me off wanting to try. I have 13 but haven't got round to it, and know that it isn't considered a great place to start
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It's really irrelevant which game you use to start. They have no ties at all. Not even by gameplay, nowadays.
 
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Fireblend

Banned
Nzyme32 said:
Maybe this will be the point at which I start trying out final fantasy games. I have no idea where to start with them. I gave up on bothering with 7 since it was spoiled for me and that turned me off wanting to try. I have 13 but haven't got round to it, and know that it isn't considered a great place to start
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IX is the best. If you don't like it, you'll know FF isn't for you. If you do, you can try VI and some of the older ones since that's where it draws its inspirations from (and stop cuz every other post-SNES FF isn't that good).
 
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AgeEighty

Member
Hrm. I want to be stoked it's coming so soon, but part of me is worried at the quick turnaround time on this, even knowing that the date of the announcement has no bearing on when they started working on it.

Please, Square-Enix. Don't screw this game up on PC. It's one of the best experiences I've had in gaming.
 
J

Joey Ravn

Banned
Oh, yeah! January is looking amazing. I think I made the right choice this gen.

... by staying a PC gamer for all of my 27 years :p
 
L

LurkerPrime

Member
Is it going to require a Squre-Enix account? Will it have borked music? Why is it 1/5 the size of GTA5?

These are the things I need to know.
 
B

Blood Diamonds

Banned
■Additional Features
・Achievements
・Seven game boosters including high speed and no encounter modes.
・Autosave
・High-definition movies and character models.
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fuck yes :") slay a bit Square
 
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AgeEighty

Member
Joey Ravn said:
Oh, yeah! January is looking amazing. I think I made the right choice this gen.

... by staying a PC gamer for all of my 27 years :p
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I mean, you could've played this game 15 years ago if you hadn't, but I'm not looking to get into a debate... just pointing out the obvious.
 
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Novum_Veritas

Member
The announcement was pretty quickly and for this month as well, most of here estimated February or March the soonest.
Been ages I've played it, guess I will replay it with this release.
 
N

novablue

Banned
No window store, no buy. I've been spoilt with the fact "I can play now my favourite games without the use of Steam", can't go back now.

Lol, I'm only joking around. I may get it later in the future. I heard this FF is actually the best one, is that true?
 
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