Are you a Completionist?

[Freya]

@ Freya - You didn't find side quests in VII? Try the chocobo breeding and racing. That might actually be my favorite side quest ever, and you can get some really powerful stuff for having done it. Or go get Vincents story and final weapons from the hidden waterfall. Of course there's the rest of the Gold Saucer to play around in, and a few other things, like the Old Man, or the battle at that mountain south of Midgar, or defeating the Weapons. All in all I thought VII had the best side quests.

Ah, I've really forgotten to mention this. >_o I hate breeding chocobos. I don't see any sense in doing it. It seemed to be too complicated. I tried it in IX, you had to dig for some treasures and such. And it was just too much for me, it was boring and I didn't see any reason to do it. You can enter a few other places, okay, but that's it. Nothing more about it. .,."
About Vincent's story: I heard from a friend of mine that there was more about Vincent in the game and I was eager to find it out... but I didn't find that waterfall O_o It was too well hidden for me. ^^"
I know, this must sound stupid but... I didn't want to play games in the Gold Saucer, and as for the rest.. didn't find it all. =D" (Except, of course, for the Weapons, I mentioned them in my first post here.)
I need a hand to guide me through all those side quests, they have to be more obvious. ^^"

[Yesha]

Ah, I've really forgotten to mention this. >_o I hate breeding chocobos. I don't see any sense in doing it. It seemed to be too complicated. I tried it in IX, you had to dig for some treasures and such. And it was just too much for me, it was boring and I didn't see any reason to do it. You can enter a few other places, okay, but that's it. Nothing more about it. .,."
About Vincent's story: I heard from a friend of mine that there was more about Vincent in the game and I was eager to find it out... but I didn't find that waterfall O_o It was too well hidden for me. ^^"
I know, this must sound stupid but... I didn't want to play games in the Gold Saucer, and as for the rest.. didn't find it all. =D" (Except, of course, for the Weapons, I mentioned them in my first post here.)
I need a hand to guide me through all those side quests, they have to be more obvious. ^^"

I enjoyed breeding chocobos, LoL! It's not that compLicated, you shouLd try it out.. especiaLLy, of course in FFVII.. 'coz I don't know a thing about FFIX since I haven't pLayed it..

I got aLL kinds of chocobos in FFVII, which are great, I even tried my best to get them to Rank S.. LoL! But that takes time and a Lot of money, since you have to buy and buy different nuts for them.. :-)

I aLso enjoyed the GoLd Saucer! I tried to pLay aLL the games avaiLabLe there.. Like, the shooting game, snowboarding (I think), and the motorcycLe.. :-)

[Xanatos]

Ah, I've really forgotten to mention this. >_o I hate breeding chocobos. I don't see any sense in doing it. It seemed to be too complicated. I tried it in IX, you had to dig for some treasures and such. And it was just too much for me, it was boring and I didn't see any reason to do it. You can enter a few other places, okay, but that's it. Nothing more about it. .,."
About Vincent's story: I heard from a friend of mine that there was more about Vincent in the game and I was eager to find it out... but I didn't find that waterfall O_o It was too well hidden for me. ^^"
I know, this must sound stupid but... I didn't want to play games in the Gold Saucer, and as for the rest.. didn't find it all. =D" (Except, of course, for the Weapons, I mentioned them in my first post here.)
I need a hand to guide me through all those side quests, they have to be more obvious. ^^"

I know, breading chocobos in FF VII was pain in the ass and quite annoying, but there is a positive side in that. When you succeeded and obtain Golden Chocobo you can get the most important materia in the game...KOTR, Mime, Quadra Magic and HP<->MP. And if you thought that game is quite easy, with these materia the game becomes ultra easy...quite stupid if you ask me.

Digging treasures in IX was also important, you can obtain Zidane's and Garnet's strongest weapon and some useful items. When you obtain golden chocobo you'll have also access to Chocobo paradise and you'll have opportunity to fight the strongest boss in the entire game - the fearsome Ozma.

Vincent was my favorite character in the game even tho I discovered him accidentally, the same thing was with waterfall when I was exploring with that submarine.

Fighting weapons was important in some way, beating Ultima Weapon gained you access to the Ancient Forest if you didn't have Golden Chocobo already, and with beating Emerald and Ruby you gain opportunity to complete Kalm Traveller quest which is also positive thing because you get Golden Chocobo without annoying breading and three Master Materia which can make some thing much easier.

And the same like you I didn't played those games in Gold Saucer, not even once.

Playing sidequest can be fun and useful, I don't say that they're always fun but by solving the harder ones you can always get some nice stuff. As for hint's I'm not sure but I think that there are always some, the only thing is that you need to explore little bit.