Final Fantasy X is considered a classic by some and trash by others. What impact did this JRPG really make? Let's talk. Subscribe for more: / gameranxtv
As a young girl playing this game, growing up in an unhappy household this was my ultimate escape. This game means more to me than I can summarise in words. I idolised yuna who was strong, brave and kind. She was feminine in nature and I really felt like I could relate to her and look up to a character like that. 15 years later it is still one of my favourite games and one of the best soundtracks I have ever listened to.
Its funny, I idolized Tidus as a kid. A father that seemed to pay no mind to his child leaving him behind in a world by himself. The only input being poking at the flaws of that child who was begging for love. Growing up to shake off the shadow left by his father but still lost in a sea of insecurity. To find solace in friends and your own will to be better. Lucky for Tidus he got the opportunity to say what needed to be said to his father before he passes, unlike me who'll never get the opportunity to say what's been on my mind for the last 16 years of my life.
I'm the same, I loved Yuna! She's one of my favorite characters and I really idolized her. I loved her femininity yet epicness. I've been thinking about buying it again on the Switch to re-live old memories. I remember as a kid getting a poster of her included in the game case and I hung it up on my wall and dreamed of cosplaying her lol...... Ok perhaps I still want to cosplay her lol. I'll probably buy it again whenever I can afford the $60 or however much it costs.
The cutscenes in this game were the first time I felt like gaming took a huge leap forward graphically. It was like watching a movie, which was something you did not see in games back then. The music brings you into the game from the very start. The game had massive depth in terms of speccing and general content. The story was immersive as hell, all in all there was no part of the game that felt rushed or lacking.
Someone has clearly never played a Metal Gear game. Kojima has such a good sense for and obvious love of cinematic storytelling that, as admittedly crazy and weird his concepts are, he could've easily become a great filmmaker if he didn't decide last minute in college to switch to game development.
@@tcrpgfan Whilst Metal Gear and Sons of liberty were exceptional nostalgic games, the cutscenes didn't come close in terms of cinematic quality. They were janky at best which is what you would expect in that time period. Metal Gear was great because of the actual gameplay not the cinematics or graphics.
@@BobGnarley. Dude, MGS2 ran at a consistent 60 fps, saying it's janky looking is a lie. On top of that, all the cutscenes were done in real-time with fully voiced dialogue, had extensive motion capture work, and on top of that small touches from the animation staff. FFX doesn't do that very much. And while MGS3 had fewer frames at 30 fps, it's a far more aesthetically pleasing game to look at and features cinematography that's far better than FFX, which mostly relies on fairly standard shots for most of its storytelling run.
I've played both the original and HD remaster all the way through, and nearly 100% the latter. If there is one negative thing to say gameplay-wise, it's that nearly all the sidequests in the game are completely backended and can't really be found until near the end of the game. And all the frustrations with those sidequests can be summed up with one number: 0.0. So yeah, I've played the game. I also know about the quality of the in-game cutscene models being playstation 1.5 levels absolute shit when they weren't focusing on the faces of the characters. I just know MGS2 looked better because it did not pull that shit nearly as often.
I remember when I was a kid I kept a separate save at the scene where Yuna and Tidus kiss so I could load it up and watch the cinematic over and over even when I was progressing the story.
People seem to take the "Ha ha ha ha ha" scene seriously. I think they should rewatch exactly what he was talking about in that scene. Laughing your problems away, even if it doesn't work it could make you feel better. That's what I got from it. Voice acting was on point.
The English and Japan Dub both was awkward in that laugh scene because it was meant to be akward. Even James Arnold Taylor Tidus V.A said the voice direction of that scene should be awkward.
The pilgrimage feels like a real odyssey. The narrative is impeccable. Not a single character is wasted. Each personality plays a critical role in immersing the player deeper into what's at stake. It knows when to take its time. The visuals were gorgeous when they came out. No other game was interspersed so consistently with such cinematic visuals. The gameplay cements the immersion and the soundtrack is the bullet in the back of the head. If you played this game you didn't stand a chance...it was like an existential and philosophical experience if you opened yourself up to it.
It makes it even more so since from early on in the game you thought Yuna was the one fated to die. It's essentially the end of a Dickens novel in video game form.
@bill lamook imo it doesn't ruin it, but it is VERY different. It also has multiple endings, so I think regardless you'll probably be satisfied. Gameplay's great too, so you should at least try it.
bill lamook I LOVED FFX. Loved it. That didn’t sour how much I loved ffX-2. I’ll be honest, I loved ffX-2 more than I loved many of the following games in the series. As a dude who likes playing dude characters in video games, the dress system was fantastic.
When I was playing this on ps2 I had a friend trying to count for me and I got struck, we had to step outside before he told me the number so as not to wake anyone.. I had dodged 191. Number still haunts me to this day.
I got the trophy for it. I have no life haha. Actually there's a pretty easy way to get it in the HD remaster. There's a hole where the lightning strikes at the same spot when you walk into it. I don't know if it was like that in the original though. Never did it back then.
That was certainly a piece of cancerous game design. Trying to get all the Celestial weapons is by far the worst thing about the game and why I dropped it when I earnestly wanted to continue competing in the area battles 100+ hrs into the game. I said screw this and put it down, what were they thinking?
FF6 and 7 will always be the best in the series for me, but 10 got to me emotionally on a whole other level. It feels more like a life memory than remembering some RPG I played
@@bendagostino2217 VII's story is a convoluted mess. No, X had a much better story, and I'm not a huge X fan. VI, IX and X are probably the three I'd consider closest to overall masterpieces between music, gameplay, story and overall knocking the right things out of the park.
Bro ... It's like.....SAME!!! I played final fantasy X from 3rd grade, up in till now, age 25. Caught the remaster on the PS3 and STILL play it. ......... The story is life changing I always said..... It changed my life and who I am.
I truly have no words for what this game meant (means) to me, every time I hear “To Zanarkand” it makes me feel like nothing else, it’s like an overwhelming sadness mixed with nostalgic happiness. FFX isn’t perfect but damn if the story isn’t unique and fun. Thanks for making this video and reminding me just how much a game can make you feel so many feelings
Seeing everybody in the comments expressing how this game made them feel is almost too overwhelming for me. FFX is truly remarkable. I don't have words.
I HATED this game. I'm genuinely confused at all the love it's getting recently. Growing up, I didn't know anyone that had a good time with this game. It was boring, over long, it had several segments that relied on luck to get through. If you wanted to get some of the better items you had to wade through some of the grindiest shit yet in a final fantasy game. The main character was fucking laughable. I played 7, 8 and 9 and had a great time with those. I loved final fantasy when this game came out. But I couldn't finish 10, I hated every minute of this game
what parts relied on luck? XD nothing of the main game really. The only thing is they did have bosses with varying strategies (though that could be overridden just by Aeon overdrive spam)
@@jelitejbzzz I don't understand why people nut over 7. It definitely was groundbreaking for a video game at the time, but it's completely overrated when you compare it to its predecessors. People overhype it because of nostalgia, imo.
Easily in the top-3 of best video games ever made. Story-telling wise, this is levels above what is written in books and shown on TV nowadays. The moment you find out Sin is your father, the moment you find out that you aren't real, it changes everything. No more hope, no more dreams, and a bright future, but the imminent feeling of impending doom and certain death. That moment where you, as the player have to pick up the controller again, not only because the world needs you, but you feel so connected with everyone around you, that you're doing it for them, no longer for yourself. You've gone from hot-shot arrogant and selfish kid to someone that HAS to make a sacrifice, it's a learning experience for many teens and tweens that picked this game up after its release. X-2 was, like getting a post-card from an old friend that you haven't heard from in a while, especially after he had some huge problems in his life, and the developers knew what the game needed, not the same as X, but still enjoyable to revisit the world.
15's the only one of it's kind in the numbered franchise, if you want something close to it you're better off looking to Kingdom Hearts. Crisis Core and Type-0 aren't main line titles but have 'real time combat'.
Hold up let me tell you something FFX is the best game I have ever played. The OST, The battles, Story line, The ending made me cry. It had stunning CGI graphics back in the PS2 days and it still looks great today The amount of content in the game made me play for over 300 hours. Getting all the Aeons, Defeating all dark Aeons, getting all the celestial weapons, maxing out the sphere grid, getting the best armor attachments, and lets not forget fighting Penance which took over an hour to defeat. I even have most of the FFX soundtrack on my phone. I just love how the songs fit with the aquatic theme of BlitzBall. And the story was amazing. We see Tidus go from a whiny celebrity to a mature adult and making the ultimate sacrifice. I have so much more to say about the game but that’s all I’ll say for now. FFX is *ONE* of the greatest games ever made.
You must have only played this suck ass game then. Have you even played Chrono Trigger or FF6? This waz when Square regressed after making classics. They have not been the same since.
@@zey2k FF4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 12, Chrono Trigger, Tales of Phantasia, Tales of the Abyss, Dragon Age, Witcher 3, Dragon's Dogma, Dark Cloud 2, Rogue Galaxy etc are all better than this subpar game so go play them. I threw in some WRPG too. Seriously FF10 is not great. You need to actually play a goo rpg game.
Agreed, the ending was sooo sad, I remember crying like crazy :( Then the songs, till this day there are days when I go and listen "Return to Zanarkand"
Same! It's the reason I got into rpg games as well. I had PS1 and bought ffvii ffviii and ffix but i never got into those games when I was little and just enjoyed action games and sports. When I got my PS2 and played this, changed my views. Lol
Everyone has a different experience depending on which one they started on, I guess. It kinda sets the mood and your expectations going forward. 7 was a good game, but the toxic fandom (*cough* @tom morino) makes it unenjoyable in a social context, in the way that the other parts of the series *are* enjoyable. It isn't as bad as it used to be, but it used to be quite good at ruining the series for the people just starting with it. p.s. tom morino wtf man 'u idiot' go play 5 lol. That's what you sound like. I like FF5. A lot. I don't go around replying to comments like these calling people idiots if they haven't played it though.
I honestly feel the same way. I feel truly connected to the story and characters of ffx. Like i spend a lot of time thinking about how the story and dialogue affects them, how they change, the people they become. It means something to me. Like sometimes i feel like this is an escape from the real world. I have played final fantasy x so many times. I just love it. I feel like I just believe in it. You know, it just connected to my spirituality. I have heard people comment about how spiritual they felt playing this game and connecting to them. Yuna defying yunalesca, auron leaving the world like a totally legendary alpha male badass. Everybody going against the worldwide yevon religion, to fight for spira. To overcome. And to hear Tidus describe all the things he learned and how he grew throughout the game. Its epic. It sometimes truly feels like the greatest story ever told
Of course not every single aspect in the game happened exactly as it did in the far off past and not every detail was put in either . Because it was real, in a different world, on a far & distant ancient planet that doesn't inhabit life anymore. We've lived countless lives , and not just here . this world too will be gone one day then another might be born, connection is everything. Call me crazy but if you take a look deep within yourself and look at life with more depth and curiosity ..your soul will eventually reveal answers to you and you may see things you never thought possible, and things most people wouldn't even open their minds to think about. Fact is stranger than fiction.
I would absolutely love to see the other FF games get updated graphics and voice acting. It would be hard to pick voice actors for iconic characters, but for people like me who lack imagination it adds so much to the game. In my opinion 6 would be the best one to test it with because so many people wouldn't have expectations of it like with 7 and it was a fantastic game.
Square was already on the map since Final Fantasy 6. When they dropped FF7 it had a commercial on TV, which was pretty rare, no FF games had ever had commercials in the US until that one. Then they dropped FF8 with crazy graphics at the time, and then took it to a retro-futuristic RPG style with FF9 and crowned it off with FFX, before they went all Muse and got weird before coming back to FF15.
Seph Vernon, If it weren’t for FFX and Kingdom Hearts, Square Enix wouldn’t be as big as they are today. Final Fantasy X helped perfect the formula that we have today, and Kingdom Hearts allowed Square to garner a larger Western audience with the help of Disney. Though I wouldn’t say FFX is the best Final Fantasy, I would say it kept Square in the game as it’s competitors Capcom and Konami were making Devil May Cry, Resident Evil 4, Metal Gear Solid 2, and Silent Hill 2. So yes, FFX and Kingdom Hearts put Square back on the map.
Ummm child have you never heard of the grand daddy of all jrpg's and arguably the best jrpg to date made by square and enix colab before their merger called Chrono Trigger?
I am no gamer. FFX is the only game I have ever played to completion. That was 2004. I still love this game. I can still feel the emotions of the game just by hearing the opening. My daughter (then 14} brought along the FFX sound track on a long car trip. During that trip I listened to Uematsu and was surprised at the high quality of the music. I started watching my daughter play the game. Then I decided to play myself. It was the story that carried me through. I was surprised at how quickly a player could connect with the characters and the storyline. It was an amazing experience that I still cherish. Btw. I have heard a legend about something called FFX-2. I have seen no evidence of this - only an unworthy imitation called "Barbie Does Spira". I watched about 30 minutes before casting it into the outer darkness.
I was dismissive of X-2 as well but I decided to actually try it out and I can tell you, it has a way of bringing out emotions(not nearly as powerful as X) but still very good
This was my first Final Fantasy. I had played the Kingdom Hearts series and had an interest in knowing why the characters in that game were such a big deal outside of Kingdom Hearts. We were nearly to the end of the PS3 lifecycle and I still only had a PS2; so I picked this game up on Amazon and I binged it so hard. I had never played a game that made me feel the way this game did. Truly a masterpiece; which is why I now own it on every system it has been made available on. Will never be able to sing enough praise about this game.
If my emotions were a balloon, that high five between tidus and jecht at the end made me pop. I’m not even an emotional person either, so if a game, movie, or song hits me like that, I know it’s something special.
FFX was my favorite Final Fantasy. The raw emotion it made me feel as a teen during certain cut scenes was amazing. And the gameplay was awesome. Who else remembers how awesome it was to hear the characters talk for the first time in a final fantasy game?
The single biggest problem with newer Final Fantasy titles is lack of emotional impact in the story, or even rather the story itself, if they're writing ever got as good as it was between 6-10 then the newer FF games would absolutely dominate the market's today. Don't take this the wrong way though, I'm not saying any of the games after 10 didn't have good stories but rather they haven't measured up to what they could be or could have been.
All credit on the downfall to Nomura who always want death at the end. See FF type-0 and FFXV where almost all the main characters died and on a lesser extent FFXIII. HE IS A SHAKESPEARE wannabe but definitely it shows that he cannot pull it off. I am sure most people doesn't fantasize about death. Also square should not have made anymore FF after Sakaguchi left, without his guidance they are just crap. Don't use Kingdom hearts here as it was Disney's IP not square.
Jendl Irlandez For FFXV, Nomura created the characters, then handed over the project to Tabata, who created the story. Tabata killed them. And again with FFX, Nomura just created the characters. Sakaguchi killed them in the story. Nomura created almost all the lore of Kingdom Hearts, not Disney. The only thing Disney really did was loan out their characters. And as far as Nomura’s talent as a character creator, I’d say he’s been more successful than most people even dream of. People are obsessed with his characters. Especially his original characters in Kingdom Hearts. If you’ve ever noticed the motifs between all his characters, you’d know he’s more obsessed with “the power of friendship” than with death.
I think it should have been mentioned that FFX was the first Final Fantasy game that had voice acting, so it made the experience so much more fun and the emotional scenes hit even harder… FFX is one of my favorite games of all time. What an experience 😭❤️
I play this game at least once a year and have ever since it came out it 2001. (Just recently started it again, actually lol) It is one of my all-time favorite games and was the first one to engross me in the story so heavily that I shed tears, both of joy and sorrow depending on the event. I am so thankful for the entirety of the Final Fantasy series, but this one will always hold a special place in my heart
Literally one of my favorite games of all time. I replay it on every system it gets re released for. To zanarkand is still the one of the greatest pieces of music I’ve ever heard in the series
My first FF, played it with my best friend. Life was so easy back then. It remains as one of my favourite games. The Story, the Soundtrack, Charakters, World, Everything was just amazing. Still listening to the OST from Time to time.
I don't know why some people don't get this, and then accuse that game of terrible voice acting, even though the VA work is overall fantastic, especially for a game that old.
It isn’t too deep... it was supposed to be awkward. And it came across as awkward. Just cuz it was intended that way doesn’t change the fact it’s hard to watch and completely ridiculous. Grow up kids.
There is no such thing as a "true" FF game. Final Fantasy is a world of creativity, not a rule setter that says FF has to do the following things in order to be a FF game
This, it was the last one with all the same talent as from the beginning. In a way it was their goodbye, and wrapped up the meta-narrative started with the first game. Edit: Wow, the narrator got this around 2:50!
The entire soundtrack got me hooked to this game, everything was well thought of and the precision of the lore is just impeccable! FFX universe does bring out that stupid bittersweet feeling we can’t get enough of! 10/10 very nostalgic.
This, Dragon Quest VIII, Persona 3/4... PS2 was the JRPG motherlode. Not to mention all the entries from Tales..., Grandia, Wild Arms, Suikoden, etc. Nothing today comes close ☹️
I played this game when I was 12 and I don’t think I’ve ever been able to listen to Return to Zanarkand without getting goose bumps and a massive wave of nostalgia.
I loved FFVII but FFX has a special place in my heart. The story, the cinematics, the challenges, the ton of hours I've put in this game and the soundtrack all bring back memories. Good memories. This is one game that will always be in my top 10 of all time... maybe even a top 5. When it ended I felt sad, like I was missing something in my life. Great game.
I played this game years ago so I don't remember a lot of it. One thing I do remember though is when Tidus sees his dad again and he tells him, "I hate you." That scene stuck with me all this time. I'm not sure why.
My first copy glitched at the underwater ruins (after being captured by the Al Bhed); and the second copy of the game I got glitched near the end, forcing me to battle a neverending cycle of Aeons. lol
My copy would glitch at kilika when Yuna walked out to the water to do the sending. Had to buy another copy. Such an awesome game. Still listen to the soundtrack every now and then.
angelix It was the Thunder Plains for us! We thought our save file was the problem so we ended up playing to that point TWICE and then getting a new copy. Worth the struggle to get to play to the end! Haha I picked up the HD remaster but haven’t played it yet!
Not many games of today can accomplish as strong of an emotional connection with its characters as this game did. I am 28 now, outside of being under 5 years old I’ve cried 3 times. When my first dog died, when my grandparents died, and the ending scene of FFX. I replayed FFX remastered last year and it still gets me. The sound track is engraved into my brain as I have been through the story no less than 20 times since it first was released. My playthrough of FFXV had the entire FFX soundtrack on repeat. Perhaps it is more of my age range that would agree this is among the best games of all time, the younger generation of today weren’t able to experience this masterpiece in the right timeframe.
Dude i am 22 years old i may have not played this game but i have watched all the walk through of the game back in 2010 on youtube, however i did cry at the ending of it.
The fact that you've only cried 3 times in your life up until the age of 28 isn't really a testament to FFX's "amazing" character arcs and development, world building, or whatever; it's much more likely a testament to how sheltered of a human being you are lol. That you'd even attribute the amount of times you've cried to FFX is just plain ridiculous.
Every time I play through this game I prepare for tears. I think I replayed X at least 15-20 times and FFX-2 about 6 or so times through before remaster was released. Unpopular opinion: I enjoyed X-2 almost as much as the first one because of the game play and Yuna's growth. But X-2 didn't get me choked up nearly as much.
Just an amazingly beautiful story. And Yuna has such a beautiful character, right in the feels. The sidequests and extra's are also really challenging and "can" be very enjoyable to do. Allowing you to spend many good hours in the game "did not regret anything". You certainly got worth for the money.
I didn't know it was a meme until years later. All of my friends I played this game with understood why it was in the game. It was definitely funny as a pre-teen but with how much sadness there is and Yuna's impending death, it makes so much sense. Tidus just wants to make Yuna happy and wants to save her from her fate.
At the very least, never played the game a second time. It's got the classic twist effect like in movies such as The Sixth Sense and Book of Eli, when you know the twist is coming, you re-evaluate every scene the second time through, and in this case the writers did keep in mind what will end up happening. Took some years for it to become a meme, actually. I think FFXII had us that bored, we had to snark on old FFs instead.
FF10 was one of the best and certainly the last FF in my opinion. Just because one scene is taken insanely out of context, which is actually meant to be awkward, does not undermine the whole game. It had one the best stories along with some of the best characters and arguably the best music, it had great strategic gameplay; the sphere grid system was top-notch. It got 92 on metacritic same as FF6 and FF7, that puts it on their same level. The only minor downside was that it was a bit linear which some people didn’t like, but that meant it told a much better story. If you prefer gameplay over story in JRPGs then you need to think where your priorities lie. I hope your taste in video games gets better if you dislike this game. FF10 bleeds with emotion, it’s a tragic tale that’s fits the tone of the end of Squaresoft, it feels quite symbolic in fact.
even with the linearity you still had the 99chest omega ruins, the monster arena, ultimate weapons, then the extra bosses in the international or HD remake.
People take it out of context on purpose; I can only assume it's because they relate to the whole reason for the awkward laughing and it makes them feel uncomfortable.
Mi Ke FF12 didn’t have that good of a story compared with the previous Final Fantasy games, the story started off really good but then just declined from there. That being said I think the game had great world design, UI and the gameplay was fun. I think FF12 had the potential to be a great Final Fantasy game, if its original creator/director Yasumi Matsuno wasnt royally fucked over by Square Enix some time into its development. Matsuno is an excellent story teller and director who worked on Vagrant Story and the FF Tactics games back in the Squaresoft days. I have no doubt he would’ve made an excellent game, a worthy successor to Final Fantasy X. He wanted a more mature protagonist, I think it was going to be Basch or Balthier at first, but the execs at the top of Square Enix forced him to put younger characters in the game (Vaan and Penelope) to appeal to a younger audience. Hence, why they have no real purpose in the game. After messing with his vision and falling ill and also feeling very distraught about Sakaguchi and the original FF12 team leaving the company, he decided to leave. Even the creator of Final Fantasy Hironobu Sakaguchi himself said he could not play the game after 30 minutes in or a few hours in (don’t remember), because of what happened behind the scenes to the director and the game itself. Just backs up and provides the evidence why the start was so good and then it tailed off, because that was the part Matsuno worked on. I think it’s a sub par Final Fantasy game with huge wasted potential.
10's linearity wasn't exactly a problem. It threw side quests and hidden treasures often enough to keep it interesting. And then once you got the air ship a lot more discoveries (granted, it wasn't like flying around a map and finding a spot going "huh, I wonder what's here"). 10's linearity was necessary to GRADUALLY explain the world until a point where doing your own thing couldn't hurt the process of narration. Something 13 failed to do (where it threw all the info at you at once and hoped you'd understand and forgive that it still was a stupidly thought out storyline.)
Why is Final Fantasy X a big deal? Hold my beer!!! The story line, the mini game blitz ball, the characters, and let's not forget that bad ass final boss fight. Lol
True as heck. Man, I can't help but picture the whole scene playing out just hearing music from the game. It was that beautiful and memorable. It wasn't just good, it was great.
Ultimate Gattai Interesting... I do have to agree with the fact however...That I cannot think of even one memorable song from FFXV by comparison to other Final Fantasy Soundtracks... You really could put any soundtrack to FFXV, I'm just saying. LOVE the game though!
FF4 to 10 was such an unbelievably amazing streak of games. 12 was also OK, but i feel like 13 and 15 were just major let downs that lost the soul of the series.
15 is a really good game the monsters the fighting style the characters. but the one thing that is missing there is a really good story. The story they have now is good. but it is to rushed.
Robbin Jorritsma I feel like the turn based battle system is what made me enjoy the FF series in the first place. So when they introduced active time battling I lost interest. I’m still getting the FFVII remake though, and it looks like it’s going to have the same basis of fighting as FFXV. I don’t mind, but I feel like FF lost its touch the moment it reached 13.
@@raijoukonishi9868 i know what you mean.. and i can also get into that feeling.. but still my love for the franchise will make me enjoy all there titels.... Correction fuck 14 online MMORPG bullshit xD
I remember my friend said rikku was bae in ffx and I had to burst his bubble by saying she was 15 in 10 cause she was 17 in 10-2, He just flat out said no and I was like I got the original case for 10 and 10-2 that says her age XD. His counter argument was the strip scene their was no way she was 15 XD.
Final Fantasy X is my absolute favorite video game of all time. In sickness and in health, there is always Final Fantasy X for me. Ever since I first played and beat the game in 2004, it has been my favorite to the very day I type this. The reason is that absolutely no other game I have played has had me SO enthralled or SO enveloped into playing it. When I played it, I felt like I actually was Tidus and I was going through this amazing yet unknown and uncharted territory for me. The characters all had distinct personalities, were well-defined yet none of them felt out of place compared to the other, and the development of those characters as the story progressed was amazing. The story line albeit very somber and sad was very enticing and kept me wanting to play more, to learn more and explore more. Again I believe the fact that Tidus not knowing the world he was in and the occasional commentary he would do helped filter everything we as the player may have felt, which helped progress the story at the right tempo (instead of us as the player being chucked into this new world that's already established with no real in-game feel through a character and is almost expected of you to know everything before you ever enter it I.E. Final Fantasy XV) The game wasn't too wild and crazy. It was easy to get into and learn, yet took a while someone to truly master. Simplicity works as long as there's enough going on that keeps it from being boring. The game drove you to want to go further, to learn more about the world and the story, to watch these characters develop and see what would happen next. Everything in this game because of it's relative simplicity was well-executed (minus some of the voice acting lol) and nothing felt out of place. I know I have rambled here, but I love this game just about as much as life itself. Because I played this game at a young age, it's pretty much been in or around more than half of my life to this point. So Final Fantasy X IS life for me. Great video :]
I feel the same way. FFX is so powerful in its visuals and storytelling that it even crosses the boundaries of language. I played it back in 2004 with barely knowing the language, but I believe its story changed my life. I actually started actively learning English with the game, I would finish it and start a new game the day after.
FFX was amazing. I think I was in 6th grade when it came out. The graphics where amazing for the time. The story was compelling. The characters all very likable while still being pretty diverse. And the game play was both fun and challenging. It's my favorite rpg.
I know that Diversity is the big word that companies love to gloat about but nowadays, diversity is just a ploy, it's forced upon you. This game goes to show that you don't need to force Diversity into games and movies, they can be worked into it, I mean for fucks sake, we got a furry in the game and it fit perfectly. It's great, I loved this game, I was born in 1995 so I was like maybe 6-7 when I was playing this game and it was great. I replayed it so many times but only got to beat it like 3 times because my dang Memory Card would corrupt the file from time to time so I had to replay the game over multiple times before binging on it to end it. It's a great game overall.
I was 10 at the time that I first played this game, and tho I didn't knew a thing in english, I remember being so excited about getting home from school and turning my TV on to play it. I really miss those days, and I won't ever forget them and that music that always touches me when I listen to it (To Zanarkand).
Favorite game hands Down. Been playing since I was a little kid and it never gets old. The HD remakes is insane! Haven’t played X-2 much but want to l!
FFX was the first final fantasy game i played, i was still a kid back then and got stuck at the beach with seymor. Now, after the hd remaster came along, i finished every single bit of it, and i still get tears in my eyes hearing the soundtrack, wether it's back to zanarkand or suteki da ne. Truly a masterpiece
Same happened to me with ff8. It's a unique experience when you get stuck near the beginning because you get to know the characters for a long time so when you do get 'unstuck' and the story starts moving along it's pretty exciting seeing familiar characters suddenly change and grow.
I used to play this game from 4 AM to 9 PM every day in the summer, I unlocked everything and leveled all the players to the max. Thanks to the game I'm wearing glasses now
I actually remember Final Fantasy X being the game that got me curious about this franchise. NintendoCapriSun did a let’s play on it long ago and that’s how I learned about it. When I got a PS3, it was one of the games I wanted most.
Played this when I was 9-10 years old and this game will forever be my favorite Final fantasy and top 5 JRPG for me. I just think I have such an attachment to this game since it was also the first I beat and the first game to ever send me on such an emotional rollercoaster. Back when I was so young I wasn't used to the idea of a main character NOT MAKING it or an ending that wouldn't end with yuna and tidus living happily ever after. But throughout all the laughs, the thrills of beating Seymour on Gagazet for the first time, and the many MANY tears that I shed throughout this game.... FFX will forever be special to me! Another SquareSOFT gem!!
Just finished the battle with Yunalesca... amazingly it took me only one go at it this time around. I barely made it out alive, but yeah, it was touch and go there for the last phase of the battle.
Wow, I never thought of that... Tattooing is a big thing in the area I live in, so I have been wondering about getting one. Unsure of doing it, but that Zanarkand symbol would have hidden meaning for me.
In your opinion dude. The game meant a lot to me in my childhood and I connected to it on an emotional level. That was like 15 years ago as a kid and I still don't regret it one bit. Just has to be tasteful enough that it doesn't age badly with your changing interests. Which this symbol is.
I remember the year I found Final Fantasy X, it was the game that introduced me to Final Fantasy and I've played most of the games since, including the online ones. It was SO impressive and revolutionary to me! I absolutely fell in love with it when I watched a friend play through it! I own it now and it's one of my top played games! It DEFINITELY broke the mould while staying true to the FF games! It's amazing!
It was a huge thing to me because it was the first I've seen such beautiful graphic rendered after growing up seeing blocky games like super mario 64. It was the first rpg I ever played with heavy cinematics that it gave me an attachment to each character. And the first game that made me cry with an iconic song. It was my first game i ship the characters, before kingdom hearts
I got this game the day it came out and played it ridiculously long hours but reminds me so much of a good time in my life, and where I once lived. This game was a classic just as much as 7 and 8 had such an aura about the game you literally felt like it was part of you
I remember seeing the trailer for FFX when I was hanging at my mom's work (manager of a GattiTown...basically Chuck E Cheese, without animatronics). I was hanging in one of the unused party rooms watching Cartoon Network on the giant projector screen when the commercial started. I was in tears with how excited I was. The graphics, actual voice overs, a main character that looked similar to Cloud, technology making a triumphant return... everything that was shown off was everything I wanted from ffVIII and ffIX and I couldn't wait to ask my mom to waste her hard earned money on it lol
I would recommend it. As a wee lad when it first dropped i spent many an hour playing it to 100% completion. As an adult with the announcement of the hd remaster I have it for pc and the ps4. The best draw to the game for me was and is Blitzball, some people hate it but i must have played over 400 hours of just blitzball. The fact they never released a blitzball stand alone still saddens me.
Hi i was interested on where would you start if you wanted to play final fantasy for the first time. I have been interested in final fantasy for awhile but didn't know where to start since there are so many.
I didn’t like FFX when I first played it, but as I got older and played more JRPGs I went back and tried the FFX HD collection and LOVED what I played. I’ll always wish I’d had finished the game when I was younger but I’m glad I eventually did finish it
I have still enjoyed some of the Enix titles...but they have definitely lost something since the merger. The true glory days were during SquareSoft era.
Not gonna lie; Of all the other cool things in life that I like - of which people have said got them through really hard times...hearing it about FFX has so many more feels.
This game is a gem, the soundtrack captured the essence of each scene and made even more memorable and the characters were interesting. Although it’s a great game I hated traveling through the calm plains, which weren’t so calm
First final fantasy i played and one of the biggest influences on my development as a young kid, To Zanarkand Theme and the ending theme still make me emotional to this day
even 20 years later, and 2 years after this video was posted, watching tidus hug yuna with a sense of saddness, hurts my heart for some reason. i connected with these characters on such a real level growoing up that i felt a great deal of emotion playing this game. when my mom had cancer this world was my escape. i appreciate this game on a level that i cant quite put into words.
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15 years after playing the game, To Zanarkand still brings tears to my eyes
almog aviv slowly learning how to play it on the piano!
hell yeah ! I just learned it on the piano!
Same here. Took me forever to learn it on the guitar, but man it feels good to play.
almog aviv really ? I’s one of the weakest soundtrack in all the FF series.
Soldano999 it's a great soundtrack , 🖕🏻
As a young girl playing this game, growing up in an unhappy household this was my ultimate escape. This game means more to me than I can summarise in words. I idolised yuna who was strong, brave and kind. She was feminine in nature and I really felt like I could relate to her and look up to a character like that. 15 years later it is still one of my favourite games and one of the best soundtracks I have ever listened to.
I share your passion for this game.... Any chance youre single & living in Southern California?.... jk 😏
@@BEATmyguest31 cringe
Its funny, I idolized Tidus as a kid. A father that seemed to pay no mind to his child leaving him behind in a world by himself. The only input being poking at the flaws of that child who was begging for love. Growing up to shake off the shadow left by his father but still lost in a sea of insecurity. To find solace in friends and your own will to be better. Lucky for Tidus he got the opportunity to say what needed to be said to his father before he passes, unlike me who'll never get the opportunity to say what's been on my mind for the last 16 years of my life.
I'm the same, I loved Yuna! She's one of my favorite characters and I really idolized her. I loved her femininity yet epicness. I've been thinking about buying it again on the Switch to re-live old memories. I remember as a kid getting a poster of her included in the game case and I hung it up on my wall and dreamed of cosplaying her lol...... Ok perhaps I still want to cosplay her lol. I'll probably buy it again whenever I can afford the $60 or however much it costs.
Truth
The cutscenes in this game were the first time I felt like gaming took a huge leap forward graphically. It was like watching a movie, which was something you did not see in games back then. The music brings you into the game from the very start. The game had massive depth in terms of speccing and general content. The story was immersive as hell, all in all there was no part of the game that felt rushed or lacking.
Someone has clearly never played a Metal Gear game. Kojima has such a good sense for and obvious love of cinematic storytelling that, as admittedly crazy and weird his concepts are, he could've easily become a great filmmaker if he didn't decide last minute in college to switch to game development.
@@tcrpgfan Whilst Metal Gear and Sons of liberty were exceptional nostalgic games, the cutscenes didn't come close in terms of cinematic quality. They were janky at best which is what you would expect in that time period.
Metal Gear was great because of the actual gameplay not the cinematics or graphics.
@@BobGnarley. Dude, MGS2 ran at a consistent 60 fps, saying it's janky looking is a lie. On top of that, all the cutscenes were done in real-time with fully voiced dialogue, had extensive motion capture work, and on top of that small touches from the animation staff. FFX doesn't do that very much.
And while MGS3 had fewer frames at 30 fps, it's a far more aesthetically pleasing game to look at and features cinematography that's far better than FFX, which mostly relies on fairly standard shots for most of its storytelling run.
I've played both the original and HD remaster all the way through, and nearly 100% the latter. If there is one negative thing to say gameplay-wise, it's that nearly all the sidequests in the game are completely backended and can't really be found until near the end of the game. And all the frustrations with those sidequests can be summed up with one number: 0.0. So yeah, I've played the game. I also know about the quality of the in-game cutscene models being playstation 1.5 levels absolute shit when they weren't focusing on the faces of the characters. I just know MGS2 looked better because it did not pull that shit nearly as often.
Yup. Watching that river kissing scene was something for 11 year old me.
Game is literally my first love lol. I cried at the end
Me too bro
I did too.
I know, Lulu was the perfect woman
What a sensitive chocolate man you are
I remember when I was a kid I kept a separate save at the scene where Yuna and Tidus kiss so I could load it up and watch the cinematic over and over even when I was progressing the story.
People seem to take the "Ha ha ha ha ha" scene seriously. I think they should rewatch exactly what he was talking about in that scene. Laughing your problems away, even if it doesn't work it could make you feel better. That's what I got from it. Voice acting was on point.
lol It's true, most people fail to realize that he's just trying to make a point about something. (though that laughter IS murder-inducing) ;)
It's literally insane how many people don't understand the laugh is deliberately meant to be awkward...
He laught was suppose to be awkward and forced, because that was how he was felling.
I think many people understand the meaning behind the laugh, but it was just as easy making it a meme.
The English and Japan Dub both was awkward in that laugh scene because it was meant to be akward. Even James Arnold Taylor Tidus V.A said the voice direction of that scene should be awkward.
The pilgrimage feels like a real odyssey. The narrative is impeccable. Not a single character is wasted. Each personality plays a critical role in immersing the player deeper into what's at stake. It knows when to take its time. The visuals were gorgeous when they came out. No other game was interspersed so consistently with such cinematic visuals. The gameplay cements the immersion and the soundtrack is the bullet in the back of the head. If you played this game you didn't stand a chance...it was like an existential and philosophical experience if you opened yourself up to it.
Agreed!
yeah but the end game sucks
vro you feel waka is critical ?
Wakka is like the older brother to Tidus...
The starting companion that shows you the ropes.
vro I don't think anyone could have summed up this game better in a more beautiful, and eloquent way.
It was beautiful.....
And it was heartbreaking.
You can win, you can save the world, you can break the cycle of destruction.....
But at a cost.
Then FFX-3 happen...
It makes it even more so since from early on in the game you thought Yuna was the one fated to die. It's essentially the end of a Dickens novel in video game form.
just watch the ending to ffx-2 at 100%
@bill lamook imo it doesn't ruin it, but it is VERY different. It also has multiple endings, so I think regardless you'll probably be satisfied. Gameplay's great too, so you should at least try it.
bill lamook I LOVED FFX. Loved it. That didn’t sour how much I loved ffX-2. I’ll be honest, I loved ffX-2 more than I loved many of the following games in the series. As a dude who likes playing dude characters in video games, the dress system was fantastic.
This game made believe in true love,so made me a hopeless romantic.
Holy cow, me too!
No, I don't want to dodge 200 lightning strikes in a row.
♪Oh Gameshark codes~ You really were the best~♫
When I was playing this on ps2 I had a friend trying to count for me and I got struck, we had to step outside before he told me the number so as not to wake anyone.. I had dodged 191. Number still haunts me to this day.
I got the trophy for it. I have no life haha. Actually there's a pretty easy way to get it in the HD remaster. There's a hole where the lightning strikes at the same spot when you walk into it. I don't know if it was like that in the original though. Never did it back then.
Holy shit you just about gave me a mini heart attack. I had mentally blocked that out.
That was certainly a piece of cancerous game design. Trying to get all the Celestial weapons is by far the worst thing about the game and why I dropped it when I earnestly wanted to continue competing in the area battles 100+ hrs into the game. I said screw this and put it down, what were they thinking?
the nostalgia of summoning bahamut flying his bad ass in to kill anyone was so special, the aeons were truly special in this game
@Rough Divide if the aeons make you shit your pants.
What the dark aeons did ?
Ah seeing anima use oblivion for the first time.
Shyrow Beats *Rydia summoning Bahamut intensifies*
Best summons out of any ff game
my favorite is valefor, he is so close to yuna, i love the scene where she scapes the wedding riding him
FF6 and 7 will always be the best in the series for me, but 10 got to me emotionally on a whole other level. It feels more like a life memory than remembering some RPG I played
*ahem* final fantasy tactics
I don't understand how people can say 7 had a better story than 10
@@bendagostino2217 VII's story is a convoluted mess. No, X had a much better story, and I'm not a huge X fan. VI, IX and X are probably the three I'd consider closest to overall masterpieces between music, gameplay, story and overall knocking the right things out of the park.
@@nameunknown9320 lol you think its a convoluted mess now...hehe wait until you try out that remake...
6 & 7 > 10
This game is what got me into the series, it was my introduction to Asian culture and idea's. I wouldn't be who I am without having played this game.
Bro ... It's like.....SAME!!! I played final fantasy X from 3rd grade, up in till now, age 25. Caught the remaster on the PS3 and STILL play it. ......... The story is life changing I always said..... It changed my life and who I am.
Stay away from the summoner!
You're a bad man!
You Heathen!
I say this to people and they have no idea what I'm talking about. It's great.
XDDD heard it in that old ladies voice
Me too
I truly have no words for what this game meant (means) to me, every time I hear “To Zanarkand” it makes me feel like nothing else, it’s like an overwhelming sadness mixed with nostalgic happiness. FFX isn’t perfect but damn if the story isn’t unique and fun. Thanks for making this video and reminding me just how much a game can make you feel so many feelings
What does me in is the song "Someday the Dream Will End", but "To Zanarkand" is definitely a close second.
Same, honestly im looking into getting a music box with that theme in it
jim DeCann Please let me know if you do and where I can buy it, thanks!!!
will do. Honestly im not sure why they haven't made one
Watching others play for the first time was also fun for me... i went on twitch a few times
“We’re counting on you, kid.”
-cid
zeraf imza -Shoopuf guy
Seeing everybody in the comments expressing how this game made them feel is almost too overwhelming for me. FFX is truly remarkable. I don't have words.
Same. It's breathtaking
@@Nick-fy8be You're breathtaking!
Imagine growing up and not playing this game.... or not playing this game at all! Ouch!
I HATED this game. I'm genuinely confused at all the love it's getting recently. Growing up, I didn't know anyone that had a good time with this game. It was boring, over long, it had several segments that relied on luck to get through. If you wanted to get some of the better items you had to wade through some of the grindiest shit yet in a final fantasy game. The main character was fucking laughable.
I played 7, 8 and 9 and had a great time with those. I loved final fantasy when this game came out. But I couldn't finish 10, I hated every minute of this game
@@phroedoux exactly. I finally played it this year and was a huge disappointment. Nothing but hype.
what parts relied on luck? XD nothing of the main game really. The only thing is they did have bosses with varying strategies (though that could be overridden just by Aeon overdrive spam)
Wojo your comment is laughable 😂
Right!
And the soundtrack cannot get enough credit. The music during the final battle with Seymour Omnis kicks so much ass.
And when "Otherworld" kicks in.... OH FUCK
Not to mention the "Return to Zanarkand" as well as the rock song at the beginning of the game!
Nol See it’s still one of the weakest FF soundtracks though.
I like a lot of the standard world traversal tracks; Via Purifico, Macalania Woods, etc. The distinctive late '90s synth sounds really take me back.
That song was not by Rammstein. That was Uematsu with vocals by Bill Muir. A guy, I forget his name (Alexander Something) wrote the lyrics.
FFX is not only one of the best games of all time, it's a masterpiece.
False. 7 was
@@jelitejbzzz More like 9
@@mecasunny crazy c'mon 7 and 10 then 9
@@jelitejbzzz I don't understand why people nut over 7. It definitely was groundbreaking for a video game at the time, but it's completely overrated when you compare it to its predecessors. People overhype it because of nostalgia, imo.
@@SelphieFairy What? If FF7 is overrated by nostalgia then that means it's predecessors are also overrated by nostalgia.
Easily in the top-3 of best video games ever made. Story-telling wise, this is levels above what is written in books and shown on TV nowadays. The moment you find out Sin is your father, the moment you find out that you aren't real, it changes everything. No more hope, no more dreams, and a bright future, but the imminent feeling of impending doom and certain death. That moment where you, as the player have to pick up the controller again, not only because the world needs you, but you feel so connected with everyone around you, that you're doing it for them, no longer for yourself. You've gone from hot-shot arrogant and selfish kid to someone that HAS to make a sacrifice, it's a learning experience for many teens and tweens that picked this game up after its release.
X-2 was, like getting a post-card from an old friend that you haven't heard from in a while, especially after he had some huge problems in his life, and the developers knew what the game needed, not the same as X, but still enjoyable to revisit the world.
~FFX was terrible look at that Tidus laughs scene...
Me : You never played it did you?
~No... :(
Me : You poor child.
is ffxv the only one with real time combat?
Nikhil Vishnoi the only mainline game. lots of spinoffs have been realtime.
thanks
15's the only one of it's kind in the numbered franchise, if you want something close to it you're better off looking to Kingdom Hearts.
Crisis Core and Type-0 aren't main line titles but have 'real time combat'.
Paul Lomax combat was beautiful
Hold up let me tell you something
FFX is the best game I have ever played. The OST, The battles, Story line, The ending made me cry.
It had stunning CGI graphics back in the PS2 days and it still looks great today
The amount of content in the game made me play for over 300 hours.
Getting all the Aeons, Defeating all dark Aeons, getting all the celestial weapons, maxing out the sphere grid, getting the best armor attachments, and lets not forget fighting Penance which took over an hour to defeat.
I even have most of the FFX soundtrack on my phone. I just love how the songs fit with the aquatic theme of BlitzBall.
And the story was amazing. We see Tidus go from a whiny celebrity to a mature adult and making the ultimate sacrifice.
I have so much more to say about the game but that’s all I’ll say for now. FFX is *ONE* of the greatest games ever made.
Genji Shimada and until this day, I’m still looking for a jrpg that topples this one.
Chocobo racing and the lightning dodge were some bullshit though
You must have only played this suck ass game then. Have you even played Chrono Trigger or FF6? This waz when Square regressed after making classics. They have not been the same since.
@@zey2k FF4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 12, Chrono Trigger, Tales of Phantasia, Tales of the Abyss, Dragon Age, Witcher 3, Dragon's Dogma, Dark Cloud 2, Rogue Galaxy etc are all better than this subpar game so go play them. I threw in some WRPG too. Seriously FF10 is not great. You need to actually play a goo rpg game.
Agreed, the ending was sooo sad, I remember crying like crazy :( Then the songs, till this day there are days when I go and listen "Return to Zanarkand"
FFX was the first FF of the series that I played. Holds a special place in my heart.
@John Wick Couldn't agree more, man!
Play 7 u idiot lol tho ff x is awesome 7 if u havent played kept me enthralled through the whole game 8 is sick too
@@Mr.Meyhem Wtf?
Same! It's the reason I got into rpg games as well. I had PS1 and bought ffvii ffviii and ffix but i never got into those games when I was little and just enjoyed action games and sports. When I got my PS2 and played this, changed my views. Lol
Everyone has a different experience depending on which one they started on, I guess. It kinda sets the mood and your expectations going forward. 7 was a good game, but the toxic fandom (*cough* @tom morino) makes it unenjoyable in a social context, in the way that the other parts of the series *are* enjoyable. It isn't as bad as it used to be, but it used to be quite good at ruining the series for the people just starting with it.
p.s. tom morino wtf man 'u idiot' go play 5 lol. That's what you sound like. I like FF5. A lot. I don't go around replying to comments like these calling people idiots if they haven't played it though.
This game has my heart. The ending made me cry.
I feel like this game changed my life
I honestly feel the same way. I feel truly connected to the story and characters of ffx. Like i spend a lot of time thinking about how the story and dialogue affects them, how they change, the people they become. It means something to me. Like sometimes i feel like this is an escape from the real world. I have played final fantasy x so many times. I just love it. I feel like I just believe in it. You know, it just connected to my spirituality. I have heard people comment about how spiritual they felt playing this game and connecting to them. Yuna defying yunalesca, auron leaving the world like a totally legendary alpha male badass. Everybody going against the worldwide yevon religion, to fight for spira. To overcome. And to hear Tidus describe all the things he learned and how he grew throughout the game. Its epic. It sometimes truly feels like the greatest story ever told
@@onliner10000 wow dude... I'm speechless... I agree 100%
@@onliner10000 Your home sick huh? ✌️👊
@@jacobedwards3238 I am
Of course not every single aspect in the game happened exactly as it did in the far off past and not every detail was put in either . Because it was real, in a different world, on a far & distant ancient planet that doesn't inhabit life anymore. We've lived countless lives , and not just here . this world too will be gone one day then another might be born, connection is everything. Call me crazy but if you take a look deep within yourself and look at life with more depth and curiosity ..your soul will eventually reveal answers to you and you may see things you never thought possible, and things most people wouldn't even open their minds to think about. Fact is stranger than fiction.
You forgot to mention that is the first final fantasy with voice acting on it.
Squall Ranger actually it isn't. FFVII had voice acting, if for a brief moment. And even that game wasn't the first in the series to do it
Branden Lucero ff7 didn't have voice acting
FFX had the first legitimate voice acting. The games prior had computer generated/synthesized sounds, e.g., Kefka's laugh, and orchestra singing, etc.
I would absolutely love to see the other FF games get updated graphics and voice acting. It would be hard to pick voice actors for iconic characters, but for people like me who lack imagination it adds so much to the game. In my opinion 6 would be the best one to test it with because so many people wouldn't have expectations of it like with 7 and it was a fantastic game.
Bobby Marr it wouldn't be that hard for the mains since dissidia came out
I think this game and Kingdom Hearts put Square on the 2000s map. Good on Square to make such emotionally charged pieces of art.
Square was already on the map since Final Fantasy 6. When they dropped FF7 it had a commercial on TV, which was pretty rare, no FF games had ever had commercials in the US until that one. Then they dropped FF8 with crazy graphics at the time, and then took it to a retro-futuristic RPG style with FF9 and crowned it off with FFX, before they went all Muse and got weird before coming back to FF15.
Seph Vernon, If it weren’t for FFX and Kingdom Hearts, Square Enix wouldn’t be as big as they are today. Final Fantasy X helped perfect the formula that we have today, and Kingdom Hearts allowed Square to garner a larger Western audience with the help of Disney. Though I wouldn’t say FFX is the best Final Fantasy, I would say it kept Square in the game as it’s competitors Capcom and Konami were making Devil May Cry, Resident Evil 4, Metal Gear Solid 2, and Silent Hill 2. So yes, FFX and Kingdom Hearts put Square back on the map.
SquareSoft - Yes. Not Enix. Square-Enix was the death of Final Fantasy
Ummm child have you never heard of the grand daddy of all jrpg's and arguably the best jrpg to date made by square and enix colab before their merger called Chrono Trigger?
Until the 2010's when FFXV is questionable in feeling like a FF game, and KH3 which removed all FF characters dropped them right back off.
I am no gamer. FFX is the only game I have ever played to completion. That was 2004. I still love this game. I can still feel the emotions of the game just by hearing the opening.
My daughter (then 14} brought along the FFX sound track on a long car trip. During that trip I listened to Uematsu and was surprised at the high quality of the music. I started watching my daughter play the game. Then I decided to play myself. It was the story that carried me through. I was surprised at how quickly a player could connect with the characters and the storyline. It was an amazing experience that I still cherish.
Btw. I have heard a legend about something called FFX-2. I have seen no evidence of this - only an unworthy imitation called "Barbie Does Spira". I watched about 30 minutes before casting it into the outer darkness.
I was dismissive of X-2 as well but I decided to actually try it out and I can tell you, it has a way of bringing out emotions(not nearly as powerful as X) but still very good
id recommend not playing X-2 the story should have been left alone, dont let it change your view of the masterpiece of X
Please consider trying Final Fantasy IX. It might not be quite as deep as X, but it has a lot of heart.
Go back to some of the older soundtracks, 10 has good music, but the older games orchestral arrangements are FAR superior.
X2 was awesome!!!!
Ppl just can't handle girly emotions and scenarios.
This was my first Final Fantasy. I had played the Kingdom Hearts series and had an interest in knowing why the characters in that game were such a big deal outside of Kingdom Hearts. We were nearly to the end of the PS3 lifecycle and I still only had a PS2; so I picked this game up on Amazon and I binged it so hard. I had never played a game that made me feel the way this game did. Truly a masterpiece; which is why I now own it on every system it has been made available on. Will never be able to sing enough praise about this game.
So, you saw how badass Auron truly was.
same here, exept I played Final fantasy 10 right before kingdom hearts. both were great.
I literally just beat FFX HD about 30 min ago...loved it. Good grief that ending, right?
It summons onion cutting ninjas into your home.
If my emotions were a balloon, that high five between tidus and jecht at the end made me pop. I’m not even an emotional person either, so if a game, movie, or song hits me like that, I know it’s something special.
Yuna whistling on the airship :,(
The most heart wrenching ending ever.
No game has ever made me bawl my eyes out like that.
It hurts to even see pictures from the end. x-2 tugs at it too when Yuna keeps whistling.
FFX was my favorite Final Fantasy. The raw emotion it made me feel as a teen during certain cut scenes was amazing. And the gameplay was awesome. Who else remembers how awesome it was to hear the characters talk for the first time in a final fantasy game?
This is one of the best games I have played in my life. Video scenes are wicked good! Level up chart was legit! Soooooo well rounded!
I just realized that Tidus is played by the same person as Johnny Test and Obi Wan Kenobi in the clone wars tv show
his name is James Arnold Taylor!
As well as Ratchet in the Ratchet & Clank series. Except the first game.
Oh damn...that laughter..... xD
And Wooldoor Sockbat, let's not forget.
Did not know that!
The single biggest problem with newer Final Fantasy titles is lack of emotional impact in the story, or even rather the story itself, if they're writing ever got as good as it was between 6-10 then the newer FF games would absolutely dominate the market's today. Don't take this the wrong way though, I'm not saying any of the games after 10 didn't have good stories but rather they haven't measured up to what they could be or could have been.
I agree... FF XII was Ok, but the story lacked feelings... And each character's story felt so unconnected
Totally agree!
All credit on the downfall to Nomura who always want death at the end. See FF type-0 and FFXV where almost all the main characters died and on a lesser extent FFXIII. HE IS A SHAKESPEARE wannabe but definitely it shows that he cannot pull it off. I am sure most people doesn't fantasize about death. Also square should not have made anymore FF after Sakaguchi left, without his guidance they are just crap. Don't use Kingdom hearts here as it was Disney's IP not square.
Jendl Irlandez For FFXV, Nomura created the characters, then handed over the project to Tabata, who created the story. Tabata killed them. And again with FFX, Nomura just created the characters. Sakaguchi killed them in the story. Nomura created almost all the lore of Kingdom Hearts, not Disney. The only thing Disney really did was loan out their characters. And as far as Nomura’s talent as a character creator, I’d say he’s been more successful than most people even dream of. People are obsessed with his characters. Especially his original characters in Kingdom Hearts. If you’ve ever noticed the motifs between all his characters, you’d know he’s more obsessed with “the power of friendship” than with death.
All 13 had was Sazh. Lol
It's my favorite game of all time. I love every aspect of it, when I was a child and now.
It's a journey no one should miss♥️
I think it should have been mentioned that FFX was the first Final Fantasy game that had voice acting, so it made the experience so much more fun and the emotional scenes hit even harder… FFX is one of my favorite games of all time. What an experience 😭❤️
FFX is a classic💯💥💥. One of the best games of all time. Got to get back into that grind
Ian Henry UNDOUBTEDLY one of the best games of all time
the last true final fantasy game
@@strawhat9320 Nope, that title goes to FFIX, arguably the best FF of all.
"One of the best games of all time"? I'm not sure how you qualify that statement, but you must hold some tragically low standards.
I loved being able to level up my characters to the point where you can kill the hardest boss in like one or two hits lol
I play this game at least once a year and have ever since it came out it 2001. (Just recently started it again, actually lol) It is one of my all-time favorite games and was the first one to engross me in the story so heavily that I shed tears, both of joy and sorrow depending on the event. I am so thankful for the entirety of the Final Fantasy series, but this one will always hold a special place in my heart
yep it's sitting in my living room just screaming to be picked up again
Same I just finished this year's playthrough
I named my son after Auron. Love that character
awwwww, beautiful name x3
I named my son after Tidus. He wasn't cool enough to be an Auron. Lol
That’s a name I would like to give to my soon-to-born second son but my wife says no :(
Can I have a son/daughter with U, we can name our daughter yuna and our son wakka 😅@@feliciawiesing4944
Literally one of my favorite games of all time. I replay it on every system it gets re released for. To zanarkand is still the one of the greatest pieces of music I’ve ever heard in the series
My first FF, played it with my best friend. Life was so easy back then.
It remains as one of my favourite games. The Story, the Soundtrack, Charakters, World, Everything was just amazing. Still listening to the OST from Time to time.
The laughing scene was suppose to be awkward.
Aamra Kamran So many people didn't get that for some reason.
Maybe it was too deep.
I don't know why some people don't get this, and then accuse that game of terrible voice acting, even though the VA work is overall fantastic, especially for a game that old.
Aamra Kamran
Ofcoures
It isn’t too deep... it was supposed to be awkward. And it came across as awkward. Just cuz it was intended that way doesn’t change the fact it’s hard to watch and completely ridiculous. Grow up kids.
@@dxcSOUL maybe you're the One Who Need to grow up if you didn't understand such emotive and complex scene.
This was the last true FF title as far as i'm concerned.
12 was okay
There is no such thing as a "true" FF game. Final Fantasy is a world of creativity, not a rule setter that says FF has to do the following things in order to be a FF game
12 was dope af
no, final fantasy crystal chronicles was the best, it had the most content and had the biggest replay value
This, it was the last one with all the same talent as from the beginning. In a way it was their goodbye, and wrapped up the meta-narrative started with the first game.
Edit: Wow, the narrator got this around 2:50!
The entire soundtrack got me hooked to this game, everything was well thought of and the precision of the lore is just impeccable! FFX universe does bring out that stupid bittersweet feeling we can’t get enough of! 10/10 very nostalgic.
Man i just miss turn based rpgs... This game was the peak of them
Deffinatley
Try Persona 5 the game is pretty fun.
P5 is awesome, also try Dragon Quest XI it's amazing too
FF10 is still better than P5 in every way
Just sayin ~ no hate
This, Dragon Quest VIII, Persona 3/4... PS2 was the JRPG motherlode. Not to mention all the entries from Tales..., Grandia, Wild Arms, Suikoden, etc. Nothing today comes close ☹️
Final Fantasy X was amazing. I hope someday they make a prequel.
I would lose my mind and my bank account on the super deluxe edition if it were ever made.
the game doesnt Need it
😭Slow down bud I’m trying to hold on to my hopes of that FF7 remake lol.
The same team that made FFX is making FFX-3, a sequel to the story (not like X-2). Forgot which platform, look it up.
X-3 is not offiicial, yet.
@7:23 how did you get those graphics on the sphere grid? Pc mod? I've never seen the sphere grid nodes look like that before
I played this game when I was 12 and I don’t think I’ve ever been able to listen to Return to Zanarkand without getting goose bumps and a massive wave of nostalgia.
same!
Thinking hard about FFX makes me cry. I didn't want the game to end :(
Same!
I feel ya on that one.
made some amazing PS2 days.
Someday the dream ended.
I loved FFVII but FFX has a special place in my heart. The story, the cinematics, the challenges, the ton of hours I've put in this game and the soundtrack all bring back memories. Good memories. This is one game that will always be in my top 10 of all time... maybe even a top 5. When it ended I felt sad, like I was missing something in my life. Great game.
That's pretty much how I feel about most of the entries. Each is good in its own way and it's sometimes difficult to just choose one.
FFX was my first time checking out the franchise. I absulutly loved it as someone who love stories in games. It was a journey I’m glad I took.❤️
I played this game years ago so I don't remember a lot of it. One thing I do remember though is when Tidus sees his dad again and he tells him, "I hate you." That scene stuck with me all this time. I'm not sure why.
I loved FFX! My brother and I had to buy it twice though because our first disc glitched 10s of hours into the game and we had to start over...
My first copy glitched at the underwater ruins (after being captured by the Al Bhed); and the second copy of the game I got glitched near the end, forcing me to battle a neverending cycle of Aeons. lol
My copy would glitch at kilika when Yuna walked out to the water to do the sending. Had to buy another copy. Such an awesome game. Still listen to the soundtrack every now and then.
ryan anderson Thank God for the HD remaster though...no more buggy messes. :3
angelix It was the Thunder Plains for us! We thought our save file was the problem so we ended up playing to that point TWICE and then getting a new copy. Worth the struggle to get to play to the end! Haha I picked up the HD remaster but haven’t played it yet!
I got my ass kicked by Seymour at Gagazet. I was ten at the time. Hindsight, it's so easy now. 😂😂😂
Not many games of today can accomplish as strong of an emotional connection with its characters as this game did. I am 28 now, outside of being under 5 years old I’ve cried 3 times. When my first dog died, when my grandparents died, and the ending scene of FFX. I replayed FFX remastered last year and it still gets me. The sound track is engraved into my brain as I have been through the story no less than 20 times since it first was released. My playthrough of FFXV had the entire FFX soundtrack on repeat. Perhaps it is more of my age range that would agree this is among the best games of all time, the younger generation of today weren’t able to experience this masterpiece in the right timeframe.
I have a complex relationship with my father so seeing Tidus confront Jecht made me well up in tears.
Dude i am 22 years old i may have not played this game but i have watched all the walk through of the game back in 2010 on youtube, however i did cry at the ending of it.
The fact that you've only cried 3 times in your life up until the age of 28 isn't really a testament to FFX's "amazing" character arcs and development, world building, or whatever; it's much more likely a testament to how sheltered of a human being you are lol.
That you'd even attribute the amount of times you've cried to FFX is just plain ridiculous.
Every time I play through this game I prepare for tears. I think I replayed X at least 15-20 times and FFX-2 about 6 or so times through before remaster was released. Unpopular opinion: I enjoyed X-2 almost as much as the first one because of the game play and Yuna's growth. But X-2 didn't get me choked up nearly as much.
I'm 28...ditto
Even the original ps2 front cover had foreshadowing.
How?
Just an amazingly beautiful story. And Yuna has such a beautiful character, right in the feels. The sidequests and extra's are also really challenging and "can" be very enjoyable to do. Allowing you to spend many good hours in the game "did not regret anything". You certainly got worth for the money.
It boogles my mind that there are still people who don't understand the laughing scene.
context
I understand it. It still annoys me.
I didn't know it was a meme until years later. All of my friends I played this game with understood why it was in the game. It was definitely funny as a pre-teen but with how much sadness there is and Yuna's impending death, it makes so much sense. Tidus just wants to make Yuna happy and wants to save her from her fate.
At the very least, never played the game a second time.
It's got the classic twist effect like in movies such as The Sixth Sense and Book of Eli, when you know the twist is coming, you re-evaluate every scene the second time through, and in this case the writers did keep in mind what will end up happening.
Took some years for it to become a meme, actually. I think FFXII had us that bored, we had to snark on old FFs instead.
@@dennisdocherty2713 No you don't, you lying weirdo.
FF10 was one of the best and certainly the last FF in my opinion. Just because one scene is taken insanely out of context, which is actually meant to be awkward, does not undermine the whole game. It had one the best stories along with some of the best characters and arguably the best music, it had great strategic gameplay; the sphere grid system was top-notch. It got 92 on metacritic same as FF6 and FF7, that puts it on their same level. The only minor downside was that it was a bit linear which some people didn’t like, but that meant it told a much better story. If you prefer gameplay over story in JRPGs then you need to think where your priorities lie. I hope your taste in video games gets better if you dislike this game. FF10 bleeds with emotion, it’s a tragic tale that’s fits the tone of the end of Squaresoft, it feels quite symbolic in fact.
even with the linearity you still had the 99chest omega ruins, the monster arena, ultimate weapons, then the extra bosses in the international or HD remake.
People take it out of context on purpose; I can only assume it's because they relate to the whole reason for the awkward laughing and it makes them feel uncomfortable.
Mi Ke FF12 didn’t have that good of a story compared with the previous Final Fantasy games, the story started off really good but then just declined from there. That being said I think the game had great world design, UI and the gameplay was fun. I think FF12 had the potential to be a great Final Fantasy game, if its original creator/director Yasumi Matsuno wasnt royally fucked over by Square Enix some time into its development. Matsuno is an excellent story teller and director who worked on Vagrant Story and the FF Tactics games back in the Squaresoft days. I have no doubt he would’ve made an excellent game, a worthy successor to Final Fantasy X. He wanted a more mature protagonist, I think it was going to be Basch or Balthier at first, but the execs at the top of Square Enix forced him to put younger characters in the game (Vaan and Penelope) to appeal to a younger audience. Hence, why they have no real purpose in the game. After messing with his vision and falling ill and also feeling very distraught about Sakaguchi and the original FF12 team leaving the company, he decided to leave. Even the creator of Final Fantasy Hironobu Sakaguchi himself said he could not play the game after 30 minutes in or a few hours in (don’t remember), because of what happened behind the scenes to the director and the game itself. Just backs up and provides the evidence why the start was so good and then it tailed off, because that was the part Matsuno worked on. I think it’s a sub par Final Fantasy game with huge wasted potential.
You spelled FF9 wrong. FF10 is not FF
You have to have a world map to be FF.
10's linearity wasn't exactly a problem. It threw side quests and hidden treasures often enough to keep it interesting. And then once you got the air ship a lot more discoveries (granted, it wasn't like flying around a map and finding a spot going "huh, I wonder what's here"). 10's linearity was necessary to GRADUALLY explain the world until a point where doing your own thing couldn't hurt the process of narration. Something 13 failed to do (where it threw all the info at you at once and hoped you'd understand and forgive that it still was a stupidly thought out storyline.)
What is the song that's playing while he's talking over it at 0:08?
Can't we just name FFX as THE best FF tittle already?
Why is Final Fantasy X a big deal? Hold my beer!!! The story line, the mini game blitz ball, the characters, and let's not forget that bad ass final boss fight. Lol
Don't forget the music. :'^)
Vincent Alcatraz The best music I've heard in a video game.
You mean that bug that is literally impossible to lose to? LOL
prickly10000 Shhhhhh, forget about that, Jecht was the true "final" boss
True as heck. Man, I can't help but picture the whole scene playing out just hearing music from the game. It was that beautiful and memorable. It wasn't just good, it was great.
I love final fantasy X, I feel like playing it again
Whats the song in the background at 2:50?
FFX was the game that got me into gaming. 4 playthroughs in, with my completionist playthrough in progress.
Final Fantasy 10 has the best music than any other Final Fantasy game in my opinion
13 had great music even though the game sucked.
Ff8 had the best music for me..
That's one aspect I find really unlikeable about FFXV, it's hard to remember the lack of music in that game.
For me FFX and FF8 had the best music.
Ultimate Gattai
Interesting...
I do have to agree with the fact however...That I cannot think of even one memorable song from FFXV by comparison to other Final Fantasy Soundtracks...
You really could put any soundtrack to FFXV, I'm just saying. LOVE the game though!
Ffx is definitely in my books the greatest game ever the story is so perfect and beautiful
ehh
100 percent I agree
Extremely poetic story
FF4 to 10 was such an unbelievably amazing streak of games. 12 was also OK, but i feel like 13 and 15 were just major let downs that lost the soul of the series.
Yeah, I can't get into 15... I keep trying, but man does it drone. Bummer.
15 is a really good game the monsters the fighting style the characters. but the one thing that is missing there is a really good story. The story they have now is good. but it is to rushed.
Robbin Jorritsma I feel like the turn based battle system is what made me enjoy the FF series in the first place. So when they introduced active time battling I lost interest. I’m still getting the FFVII remake though, and it looks like it’s going to have the same basis of fighting as FFXV. I don’t mind, but I feel like FF lost its touch the moment it reached 13.
@@raijoukonishi9868 i know what you mean.. and i can also get into that feeling.. but still my love for the franchise will make me enjoy all there titels.... Correction fuck 14 online MMORPG bullshit xD
5 not that great tbh
What's the bgm in the opening of the video?
Got FFX in 2013 when I was 11. Still play it to this day.
Lulu was bea in this game 😃😃😃😁😚😚
I remember my friend said rikku was bae in ffx and I had to burst his bubble by saying she was 15 in 10 cause she was 17 in 10-2, He just flat out said no and I was like I got the original case for 10 and 10-2 that says her age XD. His counter argument was the strip scene their was no way she was 15 XD.
Matthew Geibel lol
My man.......
Matthew Geibel she’s actually 15
spidermonkey2289 fax fam
Missed out on this but should I get it when it comes out on the switch?
what game is it at @2:56
Final Fantasy X is my absolute favorite video game of all time. In sickness and in health, there is always Final Fantasy X for me. Ever since I first played and beat the game in 2004, it has been my favorite to the very day I type this. The reason is that absolutely no other game I have played has had me SO enthralled or SO enveloped into playing it. When I played it, I felt like I actually was Tidus and I was going through this amazing yet unknown and uncharted territory for me.
The characters all had distinct personalities, were well-defined yet none of them felt out of place compared to the other, and the development of those characters as the story progressed was amazing. The story line albeit very somber and sad was very enticing and kept me wanting to play more, to learn more and explore more. Again I believe the fact that Tidus not knowing the world he was in and the occasional commentary he would do helped filter everything we as the player may have felt, which helped progress the story at the right tempo (instead of us as the player being chucked into this new world that's already established with no real in-game feel through a character and is almost expected of you to know everything before you ever enter it I.E. Final Fantasy XV)
The game wasn't too wild and crazy. It was easy to get into and learn, yet took a while someone to truly master. Simplicity works as long as there's enough going on that keeps it from being boring. The game drove you to want to go further, to learn more about the world and the story, to watch these characters develop and see what would happen next. Everything in this game because of it's relative simplicity was well-executed (minus some of the voice acting lol) and nothing felt out of place. I know I have rambled here, but I love this game just about as much as life itself. Because I played this game at a young age, it's pretty much been in or around more than half of my life to this point. So Final Fantasy X IS life for me. Great video :]
What about FF7??? I thought that game was king of the hill.
I feel the same way. FFX is so powerful in its visuals and storytelling that it even crosses the boundaries of language. I played it back in 2004 with barely knowing the language, but I believe its story changed my life. I actually started actively learning English with the game, I would finish it and start a new game the day after.
FFX was amazing. I think I was in 6th grade when it came out.
The graphics where amazing for the time. The story was compelling. The characters all very likable while still being pretty diverse. And the game play was both fun and challenging. It's my favorite rpg.
well put
I know that Diversity is the big word that companies love to gloat about but nowadays, diversity is just a ploy, it's forced upon you. This game goes to show that you don't need to force Diversity into games and movies, they can be worked into it, I mean for fucks sake, we got a furry in the game and it fit perfectly. It's great, I loved this game, I was born in 1995 so I was like maybe 6-7 when I was playing this game and it was great. I replayed it so many times but only got to beat it like 3 times because my dang Memory Card would corrupt the file from time to time so I had to replay the game over multiple times before binging on it to end it. It's a great game overall.
I was 10 at the time that I first played this game, and tho I didn't knew a thing in english, I remember being so excited about getting home from school and turning my TV on to play it. I really miss those days, and I won't ever forget them and that music that always touches me when I listen to it (To Zanarkand).
Favorite game hands
Down. Been playing since I was a little kid and it never gets old. The HD remakes is insane! Haven’t played X-2 much but want to l!
Lol you should play X-2 Tidus comes back.
ANIMastEr I am waiting for it to come out on switch!!!
FFX was the first final fantasy game i played, i was still a kid back then and got stuck at the beach with seymor. Now, after the hd remaster came along, i finished every single bit of it, and i still get tears in my eyes hearing the soundtrack, wether it's back to zanarkand or suteki da ne. Truly a masterpiece
Same, played when I was a kid and bought it when I got older and finished it. Truly one of the greatest games to be created
Same happened to me with ff8. It's a unique experience when you get stuck near the beginning because you get to know the characters for a long time so when you do get 'unstuck' and the story starts moving along it's pretty exciting seeing familiar characters suddenly change and grow.
I got stuck at sin w/o doublecast. Had to go get that to beat it, then yu yevon was too ez
I used to play this game from 4 AM to 9 PM every day in the summer, I unlocked everything and leveled all the players to the max. Thanks to the game I'm wearing glasses now
I actually remember Final Fantasy X being the game that got me curious about this franchise. NintendoCapriSun did a let’s play on it long ago and that’s how I learned about it. When I got a PS3, it was one of the games I wanted most.
Played this when I was 9-10 years old and this game will forever be my favorite Final fantasy and top 5 JRPG for me. I just think I have such an attachment to this game since it was also the first I beat and the first game to ever send me on such an emotional rollercoaster. Back when I was so young I wasn't used to the idea of a main character NOT MAKING it or an ending that wouldn't end with yuna and tidus living happily ever after. But throughout all the laughs, the thrills of beating Seymour on Gagazet for the first time, and the many MANY tears that I shed throughout this game.... FFX will forever be special to me! Another SquareSOFT gem!!
Anyone else going through Final Fantasy X again???
Imma about to😀
Just finished the battle with Yunalesca... amazingly it took me only one go at it this time around. I barely made it out alive, but yeah, it was touch and go there for the last phase of the battle.
playing the HD remake for the second time now, just killed spherimorph and started collecting the jecht spheres.
im currently playin this game on pc ,finished the game about ten times or more on different platforms
These super aeons suck.
I have the Zanarkand symbol inked on my arm forever, this is the most important game to me
Wow, I never thought of that... Tattooing is a big thing in the area I live in, so I have been wondering about getting one. Unsure of doing it, but that Zanarkand symbol would have hidden meaning for me.
@@witusape don't. Don't ever tattoo a video game onto you. This is coming from someone who loves FFX, don't do that
This is not a bad idea.
@@din6675 it is, actually
In your opinion dude. The game meant a lot to me in my childhood and I connected to it on an emotional level. That was like 15 years ago as a kid and I still don't regret it one bit.
Just has to be tasteful enough that it doesn't age badly with your changing interests. Which this symbol is.
I remember the year I found Final Fantasy X, it was the game that introduced me to Final Fantasy and I've played most of the games since, including the online ones. It was SO impressive and revolutionary to me! I absolutely fell in love with it when I watched a friend play through it! I own it now and it's one of my top played games! It DEFINITELY broke the mould while staying true to the FF games! It's amazing!
It was a huge thing to me because it was the first I've seen such beautiful graphic rendered after growing up seeing blocky games like super mario 64. It was the first rpg I ever played with heavy cinematics that it gave me an attachment to each character. And the first game that made me cry with an iconic song. It was my first game i ship the characters, before kingdom hearts
Wow, the best review of FFX ever. Finally someone who gets it.
I got this game the day it came out and played it ridiculously long hours but reminds me so much of a good time in my life, and where I once lived. This game was a classic just as much as 7 and 8 had such an aura about the game you literally felt like it was part of you
I remember seeing the trailer for FFX when I was hanging at my mom's work (manager of a GattiTown...basically Chuck E Cheese, without animatronics).
I was hanging in one of the unused party rooms watching Cartoon Network on the giant projector screen when the commercial started.
I was in tears with how excited I was. The graphics, actual voice overs, a main character that looked similar to Cloud, technology making a triumphant return... everything that was shown off was everything I wanted from ffVIII and ffIX and I couldn't wait to ask my mom to waste her hard earned money on it lol
I remember the excitement i had when i rented it from Blockbuster when it released. 100% loved this game.
Is it worth playing for someone who's never played a Final Fantasy game before? Well actually I've played one but I don't remember much of it.
Stitch yes it's definitely worth it
I would recommend it. As a wee lad when it first dropped i spent many an hour playing it to 100% completion. As an adult with the announcement of the hd remaster I have it for pc and the ps4. The best draw to the game for me was and is Blitzball, some people hate it but i must have played over 400 hours of just blitzball. The fact they never released a blitzball stand alone still saddens me.
Dear god yes.
It's such a easy enjoyable game.
Absolutely, it was my first final Fantasy game and to this day one of my favorite games of all time.
Oh my god go buy this game now. Its the best game of all time for a lot of people for a reason...
The game is my childhood
Hi i was interested on where would you start if you wanted to play final fantasy for the first time. I have been interested in final fantasy for awhile but didn't know where to start since there are so many.
I didn’t like FFX when I first played it, but as I got older and played more JRPGs I went back and tried the FFX HD collection and LOVED what I played. I’ll always wish I’d had finished the game when I was younger but I’m glad I eventually did finish it
SQUARESOFT = MASTERPIECE
SQUARE ENIX = NEVER MIND
Hans Christian De La Cruz Truer words have never been spoken! Kudos sir!
Omg yes...
I have still enjoyed some of the Enix titles...but they have definitely lost something since the merger. The true glory days were during SquareSoft era.
Lol pleb
yup!
FFX is the best FF in my opinion, and got me thru a really hard time in my life.
JadedSpartan719 Me too
It was truly a marvel. I'll always remember visiting my grandparents and they bought me FFX and my older brother MGS 2. Such an amazing summer.
FFX then was my Isekai back when I was in high school.
FFX was good, but I feel like FFVI eeked it out of first.
Not gonna lie; Of all the other cool things in life that I like - of which people have said got them through really hard times...hearing it about FFX has so many more feels.
This game is a gem, the soundtrack captured the essence of each scene and made even more memorable and the characters were interesting. Although it’s a great game I hated traveling through the calm plains, which weren’t so calm
Damn I might go through and play this remaster again on PC.
I never even beat the game. Used to love it back in the day though
First final fantasy i played and one of the biggest influences on my development as a young kid, To Zanarkand Theme and the ending theme still make me emotional to this day
Amazing video, man.. FFX was my first video game experience, and it'll always hold a special place in my heart.
even 20 years later, and 2 years after this video was posted, watching tidus hug yuna with a sense of saddness, hurts my heart for some reason. i connected with these characters on such a real level growoing up that i felt a great deal of emotion playing this game. when my mom had cancer this world was my escape. i appreciate this game on a level that i cant quite put into words.
I remember playing a demo at a Target when I was 12. This game was immediately my favorite Final Fantasy and it still is til this day.