Written Review: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Now, I'm gonna let you guys know something RIGHT NOW. I've only played two games in this series. I never heard of the series when it first came out on the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES if you will, but that is only because I wasn't born when it came out ( '89 I believe).With this backstory intact, I now bring you to the game I'm reviewing. As the newest installment in the venerable series, I bring you Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies.

Unfinished Games: Final Fantasy X

I have a bit of a confession….I never finished Final Fantasy X. And it’s funny that I haven’t because it was the first Final Fantasy game that I played/bought.

I believe I was in the middle of playing, or finishing, the first Kingdom Hearts game, and that game was action in real time. Final Fantasy X was from Squaresoft just like Kingdom Hearts, so my 10 year old self assumed that they both must play the same. Man was I way off. Actually, now that I think about it, didn’t FFX come out before KH?

Any who, I’m pretty sure I don’t have to go into too much detail about FFX. Even if you haven’t played X you can probably figure out how it plays and the main story (Psst…..it’s “go save the world”), but for the sake of typing more and filling more space I’ll do a cliffs notes version:

Final Fantasy X is a turn based RPG in which you travel throughout the world of Spira fighting the evil forces of Sin. You play as Tidus, a pro blitzball player whom, through a series of REALLY unfortunate events basically time travels to the future. As you play through the game you’ll meet several other people who will help in the fight against Sin. To name a few: There’s Wakka , a blitzball player and devout follower of the Yevon order (his religion basically). Sir Auron the badass, a taciturn former warrior monk. Yuna, the daughter of a High Summoner who defeated Sin to bring about a time of peace and embarks on a pilgrimage to obtain the final aeon and defeat Sin for good. And Lulu, a stoic and self-possessed, but well-meaning Black Mage.