FF9 Remake - What Are Some Changes You'd Like To See?

[@charliegriffey7773]

From a story perspective: Make Beatrix and Blank actual party members. And improve trance mode.

[@UnTizio100K]

Beatrix was supposed to be the 9th party membrr in the original and I can see why given her story development and why she would be against Kuja. But Blank? He has a cool design but apart from that he doesn't feel more involved in the story than Marcus or Cinna.

[@sindelio]

Is that the dude who gets petrified? Maybe we could save him later and then he joins. Issue is his identity being similar to Zidane, sjnce ff9 employs a soft class system, having hnique characters is better for the experience. Beatrix and Steiner are also similar, however she is so cool that we might get away with her in the party. Trance needs to be fully reworked imo as well

[@charliegriffey7773]

@@sindelio allegedly he was supposed to be another party member and take Amarants spot which is why there was next to no development for Amarant.

[@UnTizio100K]

​@@sindelio Blank already gets saved by Marcus in the original, although it happens off-screen and later he reappears.

[@charliegriffey7773]

@@UnTizio100K I read somewhere where Blank was intended to be the final party member but the scrapped it and that's why Amarant has virtually no development. Also why Amarant's design has similarities to Blank.

[@fernyhcorral18]

Make Beatrix a playable character that's would be awesome

[@tmwk__]

She was playable, just not permanent.

[@71xyjop]

I found the shift in Kuja’s character from trying to destroy the Crystal to saving the party from Necron to be quite sudden. Perhaps the remake could show more a growing relationship between Kuja and Zidane wherein they identify with each other as some sort of siblings, that could lead to a better buildup towards the final battle and ending.

[@eddy5097]

The thing about the FF9 card game is that a lot of ppl compare it to FF8s and 8 had beautiful artwork for their cards and the size was ideal...then we went to 9 and the cards were so tiny and blurry... on the old TVs FF8s cards just looked better

[@richardlayman4223]

No forced trance mode. Using items in trance mode depletes the gauge, stop that. As for encounters they could have a no encounters armour as a steal or in a chest later in the game. Rework the rng in the card game, any card can lose to any card with shitty luck. The active time events could be accessed at a mog so they won’t be missable.

[@UnTizio100K]

I like everything listed here. Plus, having the trance gauge be depleted only with trance-related actions could lead to some interesting tactics like having Steiner tank during trance by simply defending and having cover.

[@TravaillesDuChanson]

Changes or additions, is to increase the focus on guest party members such as Marcus, Cinna, and Blank who are temporarily playable... also I think they should make Beatrix a permanent party member. Also in DQ VIII I still think they should add more characters to the party. I think Marek should have also been a permanent party member. Bangerz would have been cool to participate when going to search for Jessica and Ishamari would have been fun.

[@Matt-fy5vx]

The God damn 1000 rope jumps gate keeping the plat.

[@takerweapon1]

I wouldn't mind seeing it receive the Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy treatment in terms of action combat, expanded world, expanded content, voice acting, expanded lore, and expanded story. It doesn't have to be three parts however the minimum should one to two parts. Newer additions could also include airship gameplay and combat especially since the world is at war between two major empires and more music in it. It also has to be on multiple platforms on day one like PS5, XBOX Series X, PC, and whatever Nintendo will call their next gen console.

[@youtubeperson199]

All ff games with be exclusive to ps first . its been like that since og ff7 ff8 ff9 ff10

[@elvangulley3210]

No action combat no

[@mykbrooks598]

Just quality of life improvements. The option for increased exp and gold. The only thing that drove me nuts about the combat was the speed. It needs to get sped up. Big time. New game plus would be cool.

[@EpicLoser-ge5wz]

People argue that Trance was "a surge in emotion" and that's why it wasn't controllable. But it was taken from Terra, who learned to control it.

[@TheSarste]

I am in total agreement with everything you mentioned. My personal thoughts are that there were a few missed opportunities throughout the game. - When the party splits into pairs to defeat the 4 guardians before going to Terra, you only complete Zidane and Quina's fight. It would have been so much more interesting and challenging if you were able to fight all 4 bosses with the specified pairs. - Beatrix would have been a welcome addition to the party later on in the game. It would have been nice to explore her relationship with Steiner a bit more. - Freya and Fratley's story could have done with fleshing out a bit. Same with Amarant. That's just off the top of my head. Might think of more later!

[@JT-Barney]

Top of the list for me is a reworked Trance system 😁

[@michaelfox8309]

We need a sequel after the Animated Series and FFIX Remake. Final Fantasy IX-2

[@gauche7249]

It needs 4 changes imo. The way stats increased in the OG is based on the equipment you have equipped when you level up. If you grind early game your gear is crap so your stat gains are crap since it's determined by the gear you're wearing. That's why some people end up super weak late game. Change the jump rope minigame. Change how you get the ultimate sword, im not a fan of having to rush through the game in a time limit to try and make it to the last disc or get locked out of it,I like to enjoy games and take my time. Change the active time events. Put like a little crystals at the top of the screen showing how many events are available in each area you're in. If you want to do them then you can see how many is there but it still lets it be optional if you don't want to do them. Also I enjoy new game + things. Maybe make Beatrix and Blank party members but in a new game + like the story changes minimally. First play through you have steiner second play through Beatrix and steiner kinda swap where Beatrix joins in the beginning instead of steiner. I love new game+ that makes slight changes on second playthroughs or alternative options on a second play.

[@_iao_]

i think the ending and later sections will change extensively. at the time of original production, the development staff remarked how much potential the game had to continue onward but were severely restrained by time (the game was entirely developed in under 2 years). the ending underwent many revisions until it reached the official one. there were even talks of sequels or spinoffs within that world because by the time they reached the end of production, they realized there was still so much more they could explore. since it was the game chosen amongst the series to be remade, i imagine part of the reason is to capitalize on that potential. not just to have new ending that better suits the story, but to set up for more material (including the anime).

[@Metro4466]

I hope the most that Zidane's design or voice acting is nothing like in Dissidia.

[@zackkeogh3515]

I'm pretty sure you didn't see all the Active time Events because there's at least one tied to being on track to getting the Excalibur II.

[@DoctorCarth]

Upgraded graphics/environments. Fleshed out systems and characters. Keep it turn based. Save up trances like limit breaks.

[@shirrenthewanderer414]

If I could change ONE thing... it would make bosses actually hard, and make Stealing easier so i don't spend boss time stealing, and for GODs sake PLEASE make status buffs last longer.

[@ETHomerin]

Looking forward to IXR is really different from looking forward to VIIR. I always thought of IX as an epic fairytale, whereas VII is an epic story. IX would probably be a remake project when a given staff would feel like they had more freedom than a story like VII where anything can trigger a serious reaction for the players. They won't be walking on egg shells with IX lol Necron did have a lot of mixed reactions. I liked it because when a being like that shows up, you can never trust even what it says about itself. It claimed to be born of Kuja's despair, but that can mean a lot of things. One interpretation I've had lately is that Necron was the Crystal's threatened state, and Kuja's assault on it prompted this reaction, forcing the party to remind it of what it means to live. In this sense, 'born' would mean 'brought out.' If the Crystal is the source of everything, then it could have a crazy or rabid side that is usually kept in check by itself. In other words, God is the Devil. But whatever Necron truly is, teasing its existence in IXR could be pretty cool. Zidane could appear on the darkened Hill of Despair alone earlier on in the story for a brief moment. Maybe when Dagger isn't talking and he's worrying about her.

[@kylemason01]

Mine would be set up Necron narratively instead of a dump at the end. Maybe we hear his voice or spirit throughout the game or maybe he could be set up as being a Terran. Trance deffo needs some adjustment. Freya and Amarant need more story. Gives us the cut elemental dungeons as playable sequences with each two person parties instead of just the boss with Zidane and Quina. The card game needs to be adjusted alot. Maybe they could use some of that queens blood magic in someway. The frog minigame could so with some extra work as deffo could the jump rope minigame. Beatrix being playable would be cool if she became part of the party.

[@Avanti1talia]

I'd like the first part of the game to be broken up a little--it's extremely story heavy and it feels like an hour or so before you get into actual gameplay. I'd also like to have the 4 guardians and their temples fleshed out as full, explorable areas. A big gripe I had with the original game was also that after the first 1-2 continents, the rest of the world was almost pointless... totally scarce. Finally, I'd like the ending portion of the game to be reworked. If the Active Time Events could be modified, that'd be great. In some instances, you'd have your ATE, then you go through it, and the second you get back to your character, there's another. And this would in some cases repeat with 3 ATE's in a row, and it's pointless to go back to your main character, if you're going to immediately interrupt again.

[@xavierninetwofourfiveone6901]

The chocobo mini game in the forests. Change it or get rid of it. The 1000 jump ropes jumps too.

[@jedirayden]

Chocobo Hot and Cold was one of my favorite mini games in all of FF. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bronwynecg]

HD’ifying the background a la Memoria Project and that’s it.

[@atomicfurball]

The 1000 jumprope

[@autumnnnnnnnnnnn]

Hattte it! Maybe like just 100

[@eddy5097]

Excellent Video on FF9 thanks for asking ppl their opinion n talking about them

[@michaelfox8309]

Yes!! We should be able to use our Trance attacks anytime. Not on the Ragtimer Mouse hahah jk. I know you can’t fight Ragtimer. We need more back story on Necron as well. We more of a backstory on Amarant. One more thing, get rid of the jump rope challenge. It’s the only trophy I haven’t unlocked on the PS4 HD version

[@leftymu]

The way I have considered I'd handle trance in a remake is to have it reduce to something like 75% if it gets completely wasted, and depending on how much of the gauge you use, reduced to 50% or 0. This way it's easy to build it back up but isn't OP and you get your money's worth. It's easy to say you should get to keep it, but even if it's annoying, what they were going for was trance's actual plot relevance; the instances in the story of Mog and Kuja activating trance are actually important. I wouldn't change that much about FFIX, like the card game, but I think FFIX is terrible at explaining things. It almost goes out of its way to NOT explain the card game. Alleyway Jack gives the fundamentals, and the shopkeeper in Dali has a message on the wall about it, but they never talk about the numbers on the cards, and I think a couple of NPCs suggest to "play and find out" or "I'm not telling". The tutorials are actually mostly good, but for whatever reason most people can't stand to read a few bullet points of information. The menu explanations for items and abilities are needlessly poor, I think for one the help Moogle just says "see for yourself" lol. There are certain things that were cut for time, like the section where you visit the four shrines was supposed to feature all four parties fighting their bosses, but got cut down to just Zidane, that could be added in a remake and that would be cool.

[@Global.YouTube]

The spells in ff9 have CT like fft. If you use a high level spell, it takes time to cast. It makes the game feel slower but it was designed that way.

[@jeremymclaughlin5380]

Get rid of that stupid timer for Steiner's ultimate weapon so we can emjoy the story. No one wants to rush through a FF game button mashing all the story to get a weapon; nor do they want to watch all the story without getting all the best gear.

[@davidkozak9289]

Sometimes I don’t think voice acting always makes a game better, I’m not sure why but I’m particularly not very fond of the voice interpretations of Vivi and Zidane thus far

[@DashingDavid]

@@davidkozak9289 I imagine it’d be different voice actors than we’ve had so far

[@k2d271]

Snappier combat. No 4x speed bullshit. Cut content. No down-glow like turning Squall into a 14 year old.

[@CAUCASIANCASPER3]

Don't put the achievement or trophy when you have to jump rope 1000 times that was frustrating

[@veghesther3204]

Not much keep the PS4 remaster GOD mode cheat intact but change it so that you NEVER START EVERY fight in TRANCE mode once IT unlocks keep it turned based ie NOT like the FF7 remake at all and still have it playable on the PS4/Switch and NOT be PS5 only.

[@stevenbobo6464]

I think the updated version of Final Fantasy 9 lets you have to be able to control when to transform or go into trance mode. Dragon quest 8 and dragon quest 12 have a similar system in the games but it's more controllable.

[@Metro4466]

I've thought about this before, here are some of my thoughts -More comprehensive battle system (many of the spells just flat out doesn’t work or miss 90% of the time), could be totally new battle system, even action system -No random encounters, similar implementation as in Chrono Cross -Trance system rework, control over triggering it and more interesting trance abilities -Freya’s story could be continued in disk 3, especially cutscenes with Beatrix and Amarant -Amarant’s story could be extended, even through more scenes with Lani -Voice acting -The Lore in Disk 3 is actually pretty convoluted and not that interesting, too much lore dumping especially by Garland -Secondary World Map in Terra, noy so big though but 5ish hours extra content -The relationships of people are one of the strengths in the game, expand the dynamics of Amarant and Lani - Freya and Fratley - Garnet and Brahne - Zidane and Kuja - Vivi and Steiner -Zidane’s story resembles too much Vivi’s arc and Goku’s arc, needs rework -Writing and script could be more polished -Zidane’s personal stakes could be improved -The love story could be improved a lot -Tetra master could be modified and clarified -Kuja and Brahne could be improved as villains and currently too one dimensional as a characters -Kuja doesn’t fit the game and he doesn’t seem like the manipulator they aimed for, he could manipulate Beatrix in some twisted way for example -Tweek Kuja’s and Eiko’s visual design -Way to make the story more profound? And the themes to hit harder -There is too much I Want To Be Your Canary in the Ending and Beginning -Least selling FF since SNES era due to visual style, adjust it -Too many cutscenes with exact same structure (Cleyra, Lindblum, Alexandria, Iifa), destination you know, Brahne/Kuja comes, new summon, destruction, bye - maybe could do more from the NPCs perspective (maybe which you know from ATE) -Minor Disk 3 story restructures -Like FF3 and FF4, every character is somehow resurrected to beat the “true” final boss that came out of nowhere, which is the epitome of death? Implement Necron better -Make Garland more significant and maybe he made a deal with Necron or smt -Zidane is supposedly angel of death, really never felt even close to being that way -Every other person didn’t even realize that Vivi stopped, or 50% of the players who saw the ending -Let Vivi discover his manufacturing number and how to make more Black Mages in additional scene in Dali -Explain the Crystal in the main logo better and the 2 planets, Nobody who finished the game can even explain those symbols -Rework rope minigame and others -Zidane won't look or sound anything like Dissidia

[@true_gamer39]

The same exact game better graphics, 60 fps , that's it .....dont 💩 like they did ff7 ...don't have zidane going to multiverse to save Garnett only to find out he doesn't know what multiverse he's in 😅

[@youtubeperson199]

The same treatment ff7 is getting that's what I want . I don't want the same game with better graphics that I can go and buy now and play now whats the point

[@elvangulley3210]

No that's dumb stop ruin8nh great rpgs not every game has to be a shitty button masher