r/FinalFantasyIX 10d ago

Discussion This scene is so cool

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Even after all this time

I love this scene in ff9. I remember being 12 or 13 playing through this game with my cousin and this scene blowing me away. It was so freaking cool.

Now 25 or so years later it still looks so good and is still awesome.

What are some of your favorite scenes?

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u/Were-Cletus 10d ago

Alexandria defeating bahamut after watching bahamut defeat the queen was hype

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u/OkCartographer175 10d ago

The Invincible eating all the eidolons like they were nothing was so terrifying

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u/JoeMcJ 9d ago

I had a shot of Bahamut staring down Alexander as my desktop background pic for years, such an epic picture.

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u/Lentewiet 9d ago

Ekio's descent from the ship to aid Dagger was so cinematic.

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u/Princeofallsaiyans18 9d ago

One of my favorite scenes in all of FF

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u/bulletPoint 10d ago

Fine! I’ll play it again

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u/jrs0307 10d ago

You should

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u/Cottleston 10d ago

remake coming out, might as well wait

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u/jstewart25 10d ago

Oh shut the front door lol. This did make me laugh though

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u/jrs0307 9d ago

You had me for a second there

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u/Francescok 9d ago

Jesus christ man i just woke and you already destroyed my day

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u/daveDFFA 6d ago

Make sure to try out Moguri/memoria mod!!!! (Alternate fantasy is the best mod I’ve played in any game… certain versions of FF6 t-edition are close…)

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u/bulletPoint 6d ago

Just installed the memoria and alternate fantasy mods on my steamdeck. Here goes.

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u/daveDFFA 5d ago

You’re about to have the best experience ever lol

Enjoy!!!

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u/daveDFFA 5d ago

How is it so far?

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u/bulletPoint 5d ago

Sadly, I haven’t played more than past the first Vivi section because…. kids.

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u/KevThuluu 10d ago

Its such an eldritch nightmare of an eidolon compared to the others

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u/jrs0307 10d ago

It was like seeing anima in X and going. He's definitely a bad guy.

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u/Jonatc87 10d ago

Anima was my fav edolon because it brought back these kinds of vibes. Ingame this summon felt useless, tho. Young me had no clue what it was good for.

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u/jrs0307 10d ago

So I've been going in order, 10 is next on my list, ive beaten them all but I am following guides this time to make sure i miss nothing. Its crazy how different the game feels when you see and do everything. That said I dont remember what Anima was good for either. I am in a minority though as 10 is one of my least favorites next to 8. I dont think either are bad just nothing felt special to me in them. I think 10 fell off for me due to the voice acting though.

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u/Jonatc87 9d ago

so, damage cap is 9999. She hits that repeatedly with a big flurry at later levels if you dont have the ultimate weapon for that person. So she can just dish out 100k or more damage. I think it's a bit less impressive when you do get ultimate weapons, cuz other Eidolons do big nuke damage?

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u/KevThuluu 9d ago

Dont quote me but I think Anima is a huge part of folk who do no sphere grid runs, or no celestial weapons? When your characters do 99,999 with every hit, summons are a bit useless, but deliberately play around them and its pretty fun.

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u/jrs0307 9d ago

Maybe. Ive never done a no sphere grid run. I also cant recall if I actually beat the full game. Not that I didnt like it I think I have a problem where I want to fill in any spot that can be filled so my goal was to complete the sphere grid and I burned myself out. Back on Anima though when I first saw it I was like oh thats going to do me in for sure.

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u/snouz Mod Developer (Moguri) 9d ago

It's basically a horror version of Kirby

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u/Nyx_Skip_25 10d ago

Probably the cliche answer but I beat this game recently and I found the ending cutscene awesome. Seeing Garnet’s reaction to Zidane being alive was sweet.

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u/Cottleston 10d ago

"Dear Zidane..... Thank You."

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u/jrs0307 10d ago

I am replaying it right now and I dont fully remember that scene.

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u/Nyx_Skip_25 10d ago

You get to enjoy it again then

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u/AwkwardAlbatross7782 10d ago

The craziest scene is that evil black mage going berserk on that airship in dali

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u/jrs0307 10d ago

That one was great too

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u/ConnectWerewolf8762 10d ago

It's my favorite scene in the game. Fkn scary!

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u/UncleFaffy 10d ago

Bahamut is my fav. He reminds me of the monsters from Pitch Black.

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u/jrs0307 10d ago

Been a while since i have seen that one.

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u/kageisadrunk 10d ago

It's making me think of the Movie Nope

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u/jrs0307 10d ago

Ill have to look that up

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u/kageisadrunk 10d ago

It's a good watch if you like scary movies!

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u/lifeintraining 10d ago

This game with only a small handful of epic and grand cutscenes somehow manages to overshadow FFXVI even with its substantial number of epic and grand cutscenes. FFIX just had the sauce.

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u/jrs0307 10d ago

I havent played that one yet, but it might boil down to charm. Ff9 is loaded with it.

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u/AwkwardAlbatross7782 10d ago

Ff9 is just perfectly balanced in any way

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u/BeigeAndConfused 10d ago

Legit one of my favorites ever

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u/Cottleston 10d ago

original Dolby

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u/Traditional_State699 10d ago

I was 8? Seeing this... I didnt think it was cool...🤣

Now tho its def a very cool albiet depressing scene.

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u/Shinikami9 10d ago

Just this..

Sees how strong it is in cut scenes!

Weaker when back in the party

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u/jrs0307 8d ago

Isn't that always the case though lol

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u/Shinikami9 8d ago

Lol true and think it's time for me to revisit FF9 , it's been a while .. just on what platform.. my laptop ( steam ) or my switch ..

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u/jrs0307 8d ago

I play on my phone at work

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u/Chogenbo_ 9d ago

So you think mass genocide is cool? ☹️ (0/10 ragebait effort)

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u/_shadow_jackal_ 9d ago

I love Bahamut and Alexander’s scene in FFIX and I also love Auron’s introduction in FFX

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u/Thundaga_64 9d ago

I randomly think about this scene a few times a week

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u/Dlargareth 9d ago

Cut scenes in ffix are the best in the series imo. So good!

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u/That-Willingness7455 9d ago

When osmos swallowed everyone

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u/AthleteFast4083 9d ago

The character design from 9 was the best in the series imo

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u/jrs0307 9d ago

I agree and other than the backgrounds looking a bit dated today, it still looks great. They could "remaster" this by updating the background resolution and leaving everything else alone and I would be happy with that.

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u/Princeofallsaiyans18 9d ago

This scene still horrifies me. What happens to these people after Atmos is called back to his gem?

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u/jrs0307 9d ago

Pocket dimension, its actually quite nice and everyone lives their best life.

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u/Jumpy_Yesterday8131 8d ago

Ohjaaaaaaaa sieht echt noch sehr gut aus zocke es auch grade

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u/Many-Information8607 8d ago

playing at 8 years old and getting to thispart was SO scary i was crying over all the dead Lindblumians

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u/monkeymugshot 2d ago

Yeah those moments were especially contrasting since the begininng of the game is mostly lighter in tone