Get ready for the HD remaster, FFX is an amazing addition to the Final Fantasy series!
If you've been waiting for the definitive role-playing game for the PlayStation 2, here it is.
Square's Final Fantasy series is one of the longest running, most prolific, most critically acclaimed lines of games ever. That means each new installment in the series needs to be exceedingly good--since the company has outdone itself on so many occasions, millions of fans expect each new Final Fantasy to be even better than all its predecessors. Whether they truly end up better is the subject of never-ending debate among Final Fantasy fans, but one thing is certain: Each new Final Fantasy game is a momentous occasion.
It's been crystal clear for months that Final Fantasy X would be no exception. Countless screenshots, movie files, and bits of information have propagated all over the Internet, revealing the game's stunning good looks and much of its back story. Of course, it isn't enough for Final Fantasy X to look good--since it's Square's first role-playing game for the PlayStation 2, it's reasonable to expect Final Fantasy X to improve upon every aspect of the series beyond just the graphics. The good news is that, by and large, that's exactly what it does. Overall, Final Fantasy X is a remarkably well done role-playing game that offers plenty of just about everything that's ever been good about the series. At the same time, it takes the series in interesting new directions and refines many of the series' most important elements, such as the turn-based combat and the character-advancement system. Perhaps even more importantly, Final Fantasy X weaves an engrossing, memorable story filled with a number of great characters. Beyond that, it's a very challenging game that's even longer than most any of its predecessors and is certainly longer than most other PlayStation 2 games. If you've been waiting for the definitive role-playing game for the PlayStation 2, here it is.
Recent games in the Final Fantasy series have followed a tried-and-true formula, and for the most part, Final Fantasy X follows it too. That is, like its predecessors, this isn't a game you can play for a few minutes at a time. Much of the game revolves around epic, drawn-out battles between your party of characters and Final Fantasy X's gigantic, villainous monsters. Much of the game consists of your having to watch lengthy noninteractive story sequences, in which the game's plot gradually unravels in the conversations between Final Fantasy X's protagonists. Much of Final Fantasy X is purely optional--though the game will take you no fewer than 40 hours to complete the first time through, you could easily spend twice as long exploring some of its late-game side quests and searching for suitably rewarding secrets. Not every player will be willing or even prepared to spend this much time with the game, and it's more than likely that not everyone will even be able to finish the game, either. So if you're a hard-core fan of the series and are wondering whether Square is loosening the reigns, dumbing Final Fantasy down to make it accessible to an even broader audience, then rest assured that's definitely not the case.
On the other hand, if you haven't played much Final Fantasy before, then don't feel too intimidated by Final Fantasy X. It's easy to get into and includes plenty of good tutorial information built right into the game. As long as you're ready to commit some time and energy to it, then Final Fantasy X is a perfectly good place for new players to get acquainted with the series. Like all Final Fantasy games, this one's plot is completely unrelated to any of its predecessors, although series fans will appreciate all the subtle references to the previous games.
The visual style of Final Fantasy X most closely resembles that of Final Fantasy VIII for the PlayStation, which was the first game in the series to give its characters a more lifelike appearance instead of a cartoonlike one. The hero of Final Fantasy X is Tidus, a teenager all decked out in decidedly garish clothes and sporting bleached, feathered hair. Unlike many Final Fantasy protagonists, Tidus apparently isn't a shy, stoic youth, but rather an outgoing, cheerful person. You might not take a liking to him right off the bat--he's a jock and can be a bit arrogant--but in time, you'll find him to be suitably endearing and to have the same kind of surprising depth that's characterized past Final Fantasy heroes.
They don't make Final Fantasy games like they used to.
And that, how they say, is that.
"Cilg so pymmc Cxiyna Aheq, E fyhd y kuut Vehym Vyhdyco kysa, hud dryd QEEE lnyb. Yht E fyhd y haf Lrnuhu Dnekkan kysa! Cdub kejehk ic cred!"
(Old Al Bhed proverb, unknown author)
I believe that this game will be a legend, if not yet a legend, in the future of video games. It was one of the very first and few games to mix storyline with action and gameplay. How the game goes and you start playing while listening to a story or going through the story is just amazing! It definitely deserves the rating of 9.3 and even more! This game also mixes action, drama, and romance to interest the player for him to play it and get excited to know more and more. The music used, the direction of the storyline, and the characters in the game are amazingly and cleverly chosen. The game just mixes many interests of video game players, and it is such a shame that they did not make a remake of it until now.
The music played in the game was such a way that would make the player interacts with the story emotionally. The song were done by a massive legendary team led by Nobuo Uematsu, a video game composer, and also known for his amazing series of songs for Final Fantasy X. He is also a self-trained musician, and his songs are played in Final Fantasy concerts in Japan. There is a link below that shows him leading an orchestra band to play the song ?At Zanarkand?, which is one of the best songs in the game. The game storyline was directed in a way that it was mixed with the gameplay to be like a movie while playing it, and the game gets so intense in the matter of emotion and action while you go on. Furthermore, Tidus (the main character of the game) loses his parents at a young age and never know where his father is. Also, he experienced some incidents further in the game (don?t want to spoil it up for those who did not play the game) that are so emotionally active. Also at the same time, the action in the game increases and the battles get more and more harder. Another thing that made it succeed was choosing the kind characters that would interest all kinds of players. For example, they included a Kamari to interest players that like playing with characters unlike humans.
Overall the game is absolutely the best game that I have ever played and I think a remake of it would be a huge success of Square Enix.
One of the few games where I cared what happened to the characters. Well written story worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster.
5 Like This game transcends the realm of digital entertainment and enters the domain of art.
8 Like I think that Final Fantasy X has got to be one of my favourites in the series. Near perfection in every category! Even to this day, FFX still has a spot in my heart.
