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Final Fantasy X
PlayStation 2
Released On: Dec 17, 2001
8.9
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 53 Critic Reviews
92
94% Positive
50 Reviews
50 Reviews
6% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 53 Critic Reviews
92
94% Positive
50 Reviews
50 Reviews
6% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Sure Blitzball and the Upgrade system irk me a bit but the absolute perfect presentation and plot are worth these minor aggravations. This is the first MUST HAVE RPG on the PS2.
A memorable, fantastic adventure that falls short in key areas that could have benefited from fine-tuning—namely control tweaks and unpolished graphics...The last must-have title of 2001.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,921 User Ratings
8.9
89% Positive
1701 Ratings
1701 Ratings
7% Mixed
127 Ratings
127 Ratings
5% Negative
93 Ratings
93 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,921 User Ratings
8.9
89% Positive
1701 Ratings
1701 Ratings
7% Mixed
127 Ratings
127 Ratings
5% Negative
93 Ratings
93 Ratings
Probably the best final fantasy game made. You can sink hundreds of hours into this world. Great combat, soundtrack, story and leveling up system.
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The best game of all time. It's so fun Great story great sound tracks Great characters.
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With its great character design, cool story and spectacular battle system, its one of my favorite games of the series.
Yes, this game slowly creeps under your skin and doesn’t let go.
The English voice-overs (a first for the series) are a mixed bag because some words are translated oddly and the voice acting from the Tidus character could be better. The music, on the other hand, is extremely well done.
We've seen the Final Fantasy epic take us on a memorable journey, but now it all seems like it's been done before. 10 is good, great at times, but it is no longer original.
The best game of all time. It's so fun Great story great sound tracks Great characters.
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Probably the darkest game in the entire franchise. Covered over by a lot of smiles and good intentions. Fitting for the times it was released, really. S
not in my top 5. Probably won;t replay for many years. Original release version of the skill trees forces characters into specific roles. HD release later at least fixes this. Some major character twists at the end make an otherwise crazy disjointed story make sense. Did not care to play through 95% of the game with a narrative told to you and the story loosely following that, and then find out how it really is at the end of it all. Not the franchises best work, certainly not the best story telling.
Blonde water soccer kids english voice in the original release is so
unpolished it made me cringe multiple times. Possibly one of the worst VA directing jobs in memory. Was the entire script done in one take?
Overall the game is worth playing, just only in the HD remaster version. The downsides do not outweigh the upsides. Worth experiancing.
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The game is fun and has great graphics but it has a painful amount of cutscenes that are also painful in length.
The story is decent but it's hard to keep interest when cutscenes are cutting into your playing time.
The game is a classic and a must have for PS2 RPG collectors. Just be sure to set aside some time to watch as much as you get to play.
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Not a good game. More like an interactive movie with the occasional gameplay. Basically, it’s the precursor to what would be done with Final Fantasy 13: mindless gameplay, overly cliche characters, melodramatic and ridiculous story, bad writing, interminable cutscenes, uninspired dialogue, cheap boss battles, overdone skill treee that’s tedious and only offers the illusion of freedom, too much corridor syndrome and low replay value. Play Final Fantasy 12 instead. A much better PS2 Final Fantasy game.
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All in all, passable gameplay, good graphics for it's time and an interesting (if silly) premise, but the game does the worst sin an RPG could do by completely destroying any sense of immersion and wonderment almost immediately. It does this with what seems like a minor issue, but what (for me, at least) turned me off this world right off the bat: absolutely atrocious voice acting. For me, this very simple act of switching to voice acting but not maintaining quality is totally unforgivable. The main characters of Tidus and Yuna are unfortunately the worst of the bunch, though it doesn't help that every single character is a flat stereotype. No character is likeable, and Tidus I can only describe like every other negative review here: annoying, whiny and douchy.
The English translation feels very clunky and unnatural. Japanese games seem to have a problem with this, for some odd reason. This is something that has existed in every Final Fantasy game, but not until I actually heard it with my own ears did I realize how bad it was. I can forgive some offences (silly plot and character design, mainly), just because by now it is a more or less an established staple of these games, but breaking my immersion with the voice acting and the bad characters left me with no sense of personal involvement, which was enough for to really turn on the game. Not having relatable or likeable main characters in a game of this genre is unforgivable.
This combined with the overabundance of cutscenes (unskippable, BTW), uncreative and linear level up system, and the early signs of hallway-itis (brought to it's absolute apex with the perhaps even more horrible FFXIII) make this game that breaking point where the Final Fantasy series seemed to veer off a cliff for me. And I have greatly enjoyed every FF so far, even the divisive VIII.
FFX has set a dangerous example because since it's release and subsequent success, Square Enix seem to be putting all their focus on world and creature design and cutscene animation, with the actually relevant things (character writing, plot and an explorable game world) becoming nothing more than afterthoughts. So basically style over substance. A shame.
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Summary Final Fantasy's first game on the Playstation 2 is the first to use voice acting and a massive leap in the cinematic approach to storytelling. Stop reading and go play.
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation 2
- PlayStation Vita
Initial Release Date: Dec 17, 2001
Developer:
- SquareSoft
Publisher: Square EA
Genres: