Ahhhh another 9 fan! My fiancee continues to refuse that more of us exist. She actually introduced me to it. I've had an odd experience with Final Fantasy games so far--with KH being my first exposure to them, and then literally everyone insisting that 7 and 8 were the best. I'm... not a big fan of 8. 9 is actually more my speed and I'm sad more people don't like it. I'm not the best gamer in general, but 9 has a pretty good learning curve, and the story is a lot of fun.

I was also told for years that 10 was really bad and 10 is actually very dear to me now. I cried a lot and Tidus being a good character is probably a hill I would die on. Making my way through X-2 now.