I decide not to begin the grind immediately. Now that the whole map is open to me I can get a bunch of other things done before its too late, things like side quests and a whole bunch of shopping. I pick a point on the map and just head there to see what there […]
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#ThrowbackThursday: Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 33
A Rather short update this week, maybe I should have included this last week, but the point I was at seemed like a good cliff hanger. Anyway, there’s a couple of reasons for this, as I write, I’ve had hardly any time with the game, partially because I’ve been playing Persona 5 Royal and partially […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 32
Zidane is awoken by a soldier who tells him that Lady Hilda has called a meeting in the Conference Room. However, before I go I decide to check in with Mogki, I don’t have any letters for her but she does want me to deliver one to Kumool. I then decide that I’ll go and […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 31
Inside Mount Gulug I find an old shanty town that is basically abandoned. Wraiths give me a few problems here, they can cast death which puts a 10 move countdown over a characters head, once it reaches 0 that character dies, another move they use: Devils Candle casts berzerk on the targeted character and as […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 30
Part 30! And I’m still not at the end of disc three, I’m 60 hours in too, though How Long To Beat suggests I’m taking a long, long time to get through this (not to mention I started back in July!). In fairness, it’s not my main game and I am taking notes almost constantly, […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 29
Zidane, Freya, Steiner and Dagger all arrive back at the palace with the Gulug Stone, from elsewhere Kuja states that he wants to speak to Zidane alone. Steiner says he thinks this is a trap and whilst Zidane agrees he sees little choice in going alone. Inside Kuja’s quarters, Zidane is shown a cell in […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 28
My memory card actually tried to tell me it was corrupted prior to me playing this week, thankfully I got it working again, though I’d actually had the game in sleep mode. I didn’t lose a whole lot of progress, it seems I’d last saved just prior to the fight against Ark. So, I re-did […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 27
The Hilda Garde I takes off and flies me beyond the Outer Continent to the Forgotten Continent. Onboard, Zidane tries to engage the Black Mages in conversation, but just like the ones on the airship when we left Dali, they all ignore his questions. Zorn and thorn appear and tell him the mages only respond […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 26
After heading east I find several quicksand pits, so I begin to examine them and am thrown into a battle with a seriously difficult Antlion that not only packs a serious punch but also blinds my entire part. I weather the storm, having to revive Vivi and Eiko in the process. Ultimately I use Eiko’s […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 25
I’m going to start by saying that I totally expected to have had this playthrough wrapped up by now, but taking notes and typing up has definetly added to the play time. The hunt for the third and final ingredient that I need to create the potion needed to cure Cid, or at least Doctor […]