Final Fantasy X
The latest RPG from Square comes under the spotlight.
I have been waiting for this game for too long. This game, or rather, the promise of this game is the main reason why I bought a PS2 in the first place. Final Fantasy has been with the Playstation right from the start, it is one of the main reasons why the consoles have been such a huge success. FF VII blew people away on its release, it was a fantastic looking game and it also played like an absolute dream. When VIII was launched it raised the bar even further, many said it wasn’t as good as VII, but no one can deny that the game was a fantastic achievement. In Final Fantasy, you live the character’s lives. You feel their passion, you become one of them, and most people are truly saddened when they finish the game. They are that good. So then, it’s only fair that we all expect amazing things from number ten. This game should, by all rights, blow us all away, just as VII did when it made the jump from SNES to the PS1. Final Fantasy X should be a killer title. So then, let’s see what Square have lined-up for us this time….
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So what’s the story then? Well, I will give you an outline, but I refuse to go into depth, as that would ruin it for you. So, here we go. Ahem. We start by watching our hero, Tidus, playing at a Blitzball (think of underwater volleyball with punching) match in his home city of Zanarkland, when suddenly a huge whale/evil force/thing, called Sin, attacks the city. Tidus survives and with the help of a mysterious fellow called Auron, takes on Sin. He fails and gets sucked into a warp. The city gets destroyed and Tidus is thrown 1000 years into the future. He awakens to find that the future is in peril too…. And what follows is the normal Square-style quality plot; hero with mysterious past, world in danger, huge monsters, silly trousers. You get the idea. But onto more important matters…
The first thing that will strike you about this game are the graphics. They are quite simply incredible, beautiful even. From the very first glorious cut-scene (more on those later) to the actual in-game graphics themselves, nothing is wrong. We are talking poetry in motion here my friends, console RPG’s have never looked this good. As you can see by the sumptuous screenshots, everything is high-res and smoothed over, these are looks to die for, proving once and for all that the PS2 is not short on graphics processing power. It is also the first time that the backgrounds are not pre rendered as well. Yes, they are polygons! As for the character and monster design (in a graphical sense) everything is wonderful, the characters have great facial expressions and fluid movements, whilst the baddies all look as disgusting as a flying bird-lizard-thing should. Fantastic stuff.
So then, what of the characters? After all, you will be assuming their role for the foreseeable future; you should really know something about them. They seem like a well-balanced bunch, giving you a nice mix of hard hitters and magicians. The hard-hitting physical characters are Tidus; the blitzball pro who is the main character, Wakka; a blitzball player, who uses his gaming equipment instead of weapons, Auron; a mysterious swordsman who is always stern and serious and Kimahri; a Ronso (a blue lion-man) with the ability to learn any enemy attack. Of course, it is Final Fantasy, so there are mages. This time we have Yuna; a spirit summoner who is expected to defeat Sin. We also have Lulu, Yuna’s guardian, who is skilled at black magic and has a very strange idea of battle dress. Finally we have Rikku, who is in the middle, she is skilled at using machines and is vital later in the game when you make your own weaponry. As I said, a nicely balanced bunch.
Much of the game, plays like a standard RPG. Wander around, chat to the locals, solve a few puzzles, kill a baddie etc. It’s all fairly meat and potatoes stuff. Nothing really groundbreaking, but I wasn’t really expecting it to be. That I will leave to Final Fantasy XI. But the game was never really designed to focus on the walking around; it’s the battles and plot that really pulls in the punters…
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This game is certainly not worthy of a 90%. The Final Fantasy series reached its peak on the SNES, back when a roleplaying game was an actual game and not a bunch of pretty movies bound together by combat sequences. Back in those days, combat was not the bloated mess of cutscenes it is now too...it was actually FUN. This series needs to step into the 21st century and actually deserve the title RPG (which, if i remember, stands for ROLE PLAYING GAME). Sure, it makes a great movie right now, but its suppose to be a game! True RPGs (anything by Bioware...) incorporate a NON LINEAR story... i dunno, i am tired and bored of this same old crap.
FFX is worthy of 90% for many reasons. Firstly because it is a beautiful game in regards to it's graphics and music (not in anyway justification in itself). Secondly because the game is so immersive, you will lose yourself in the plot and you will feel for the characters when misfortune looks upon them. I agree that the series has become somewhat diluted since the SNES, but it still dosen't mean that this game is not worthy of it's score. A beautiful, stunning trip into another world. But, then again, it's all down to personal preference I suppose...
I´ve got the game-simply perfect
to Ben Jackson- are you crazy?? onli 90%???????
Your answer made no sense whatsoever. I said nothing about being "anti" technology, i enjoy many of todays 3d dazzling games. What i am saying is that I like games, not interactive movies - i thought they all died in that mid 90s rebel assault 2-era movie/video game time... apparently squaresoft doesnt think so and continue to make these movie/games.
best game in the land
no codes
i think that final fantasy images are fantastic to look at!
What happens after you put the destruption sphere were it belongs and wheres the BESAID SPHERE?
me wants ff-x iso, now : /
I LOVE FINAL FANTASY X. I think that it is soo good like the movies and every thing. I think tidus it HOT. I also like FFX-2 that is also really good.
Um, Why do you people like final fantasy so much? I dont get it, I think its a ripp-of; Unless your blind then you might have reallised that just about every single FF game has the same: currency, monsters, items ECT. Exect for the story I dont see anything new, Also.... Why do you need the Al-bhed primers? Rikku is al-bhed aint she? Can't she translate for tidus or something?
this game is one of the best ! one thing thow i knew every thing. i sort of looked like yuna but more philipeano. one outher person looked like tidus michel le.
i mean micheal le
pardon you JujubeeMan this game is over 100% and it gets a 100/100.magen this i have the same hair style as yuna before i played the game. Well it is probaly better then any game you played. and it is not crap!!!!!!!
Por alguém saberia me dizer qual o tamanho em Gbs do dvd do Final Fantasy X???
Esse jogo é um sonho!!
well, at the start it's really confusing,but 3 hours into the game you really get into the story line and want to know whats gonna happen next, whos gonna die?
But if played to many and your the sort of this person then.......best this game is not for you.
But is a real fun jouney.
Great game 4 and a half for me.
legal,ta legal esse mas tem q ser mais precisso. mais esplicativo
so do you know where you can find any isos for this?
uhhhhhhh
Try Torrentsearch engine for FFx Iso
Well dont dl it if u dont have orignal Game
or its illagel.Unless u dont give a care.
Oh and it gonna take long time to dl torrent
if u dont have DSL or Cable internet
this game looks cool!!
hi people i play yuna im thinking email me soo we can talk ok bye alll and buy vii ull love it if u dont want it play ffx-2 ok bye all
I love love love ffx and ffx-2 but the problem is that i dont think thats enough so i want to find put what the email is for the people who made ffx and ffx-2 and tell them that they should make an ffx-3 and ffx-4 because people absolutly love ffx and ffx-2.
I love love love ffx and ffx-2 but the problem is that i dont think thats enough so i want to find put what the email is for the people who made ffx and ffx-2 and tell them that they should make an ffx-3 and ffx-4 because people absolutly love ffx and ffx-2.
make final fantasy x-3 with wakka little brother yuna and tidus as the main people of the story you know what i mean