Basically the only way to beat the blitzball story match again the Luca Goers is with the Jecht shot. In the very short amount of time you have in the second half before Wakka comes in to replace Tidus, you have access to the Jecht shot. It is the only thing with a high enough shoot score to get past their goalie.
@ikumo4864 i always relied on getting a lucky sphere shot early and then getting control of the ball and hiding in the aurochs goal behind keepa. The Jecht shot is essentially a sure point but can only be used once due to the 120 hp cost whereas sphere shots only cost 90 and you can squeeze in two of them during the match.
@@owangejewice Lucky u lil cuum succer. I have always known who i am . Its just there are so much trust issues in rap game . Intervire is just amuse and ´´´fuk minfd´´
I will never be able to express what my eyes thought watching the cinematic cutscenes. When they invaded the wedding from the air ship I reloaded maybe 10 times.
I brought my PS2 over to my friend's house (4 of them who lived together) and gathered them in the living room just to show them that cutscene. We watched it like 10 times. It's/was mind blowing.
I'm finally gonna complete it for the first time this year. Started this game so many times (vita, ps2, now switch) but moved around so much in foster care never ended up beating it. Almost don't want it to end tho haha
Me too, and I was early 20s. The bit with Yuna at the very end is incredibly delivered: "The people and the friends that we have lost, or the dreams that have faded... ...Never forget them"
It took me 8 years to beat it. Not because it was hard, but because every rime I got to zanarkand I stopped and started over because I didn't want it to end.
It's kind of funny how "the laughing scene" has become a sort of benchmark for me when deciding whether to respect a persons opinion about the game since if a person says it's bad they either A) Weren't paying any attention to the story or B) Haven't actually played the game at all. So props for defending it.
Idk , I thought when they were on the kilika ship making small talk and they just bust out laughing was far more aqward .. how's the weather oh its nice , tidus giggles , Yuna giggles because tides giggles and then they just Crack up .. I'm sitting here controller in hand what just happened.. the laugh out loud scene made a little more since then that one. Especially since this was their 2nd time meeting
@@dakotamabry1645 I personnaly just see the Kilika ship part as follow, they want to talk, they don't know how to properly start the conversation (reminder that this is the first moment they really talk between each other without any other character being involved in the conversation), Yuna attempt by bringing the most boring subject ever, and then they both realise they're just being awkward and there is no reason to be shy and laughed at that before actually starting a real conversation.
I played/beat it when it came out in 2001 on the PS2 and then I picked up the switch port for my 30th birthday....I gotta say, the thing that stuck out to me is all the things that flew over my head when I was 10 years old. Like the overall feeling of sadness/death throughout the game. Also I dont know if this is something other people notice, but props to Yuna's VA for always sounding like she's about to cry.
Interesting - on the contrary to me it was the opposite. From the opening scene and the immediate grand sense of dread that it brought, it really grabbed me emotionally.
She really is. And the first time playing, you think it's because she knows how dangerous this mission is. Then the replays you know it's because she knows it's her last time in all these locations and meeting all these people.
One aspect of Wakka's backstory you missed was that when Chappu went off to join the Crusaders, he left behind the sword Wakka gifted him for his quest and tried to fight Sin with an Al Behd machina weapon instead. Yes, Wakka associates Sin with the practices of the Al Behd in general but he also saw them as having tempted Chappu as well and he's deeply afraid that Chappu died because of that transgression against Yevon.
I was about to comment this as well. I was under the impression Wakka was heavily zealous due to losing his brother whilst his brother was using machina hence why he has such high disdain against machina.
Tidus taking that running jump, tearing himself from the world where his friends and love of his life are, makes me tear up every time. Even at 52. But that low five he then exchanges with Jecht makes everything right! We did it, dad. It was impossible, I hated you, but it had to be done and we did it. All in that one second. Absolute masterpiece.
BLITZING IS LIFE BLITZING IS LOVE BLITZING IS MY EVERYDAY SPORT WHEN I WAKE UP I BLITZ WHEN I GO OUTSIDE I BLITZ NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE WHEN IM BLITZING BLITZING MAKES ME HAPPY BLITZING FEELS GOOD TO DO BEFORE I EAT I ALWAYS BLITZ BEFORE I GO TO BED I ALWAYS BLITZ BLITZING WILL NEVER CHANG IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE THING TO DO I LOVE TO BLITZ AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!!!
Fuck yes, I was about to comment that Blitzball was wayyyy more than the narrator said it was. I had the FFX guide book which showed the stats of all the blitzball players you could attain throughout Spira and I built my dream team and man it was so so fun. And if I remembered correctly, Besaid’s keeper actually had the best stats if he got levelled up
People clown on it real hard, but to this day I still think it's one of the better examples of good voice acting. The laugh scene gets memed on out of context all the time, but Tidus' inner voice being deeper because he's recollecting, Auron's masterclass and overall pretty nice cast playing around with the tension... That thing was damn good.
The voice acting was actually fantastic when you take into consideration the fact that it's a japanese game from the early 2000's. The standard for english dubs of japanese games at that time was really bad. Western games already had good voice acting then.
I think the VA was reallly really good for the time tbh. The awkward laughs are meant to be awkward. Apart from some speed issues due to the ADR process i think all the main cast actors did a great job. The dialogue was actually pretty good too.
I really have to trust the game design on this one. My first attempts have just failed to grab me. Instead of confusion, I felt disinterested. I think that's the gamble devs face when making that decision. It's like in movie making. Some movies throw you into the deep end, so you can feel the satisfaction of learning to swim on your own.
This time me. FF8 was my first. X my 2nd or 3rd. But X is by far my favorite just because of its workd. I cant explain but the whole vibe, color scheme, music. All of it, just screams positivity. To me
Ehh they pushed it too hard honestly. It was the new square teams first run mostly on their own and they just didn't have the writing talent the old guard did.
I personally love ff10 because, like superbutterbuns said, "Your first final fantasy is more than likely your favorite"(All the replies are really being like "bet" lol), and 10 was mine. I'd only been a pokemon kid up till that point, and it was my first experience as a jrpg. Sure, it was mostly a linear game, and sure, the voice acting wasn't the best, but to me it was and still is amazing in so many other ways, like the God tier music(I usually get teary eyed whenever I hear To Zanarkand), the fun battle system, and the interesting levels of the sphere grid. It is in by no means a perfect game, but one of my favorite games of all time I'll always hold dear to me
my first ff was 4. but in all honesty, its far from my favorite. same with 6 which i played after and i love, but also not in my top 3. if i had to pick my all time favorite it would probably be a toss up between 5 and tactics. with 10 close by.
People love FFX because the story and thematic elements make it, arguably, the best and most emotional JRPG story ever written. And this is coming from someone who likes X-2 better than X... X's story is just.. perfect. The duality of Tidus and Yuna, how the story of their fathers interlock into the narrative... How the end of Yuna's journey - which is supposed to end in her death and is hidden from Tidus - flips on its head to turn into the erasure of Tidus, which he hides from Yuna... All culminating in one of the very best endings of any story, not just a game story, EVER. It's JRPG story perfection. It really is.
so - how do yo like x-2 so much? Not being an ass, I want to get into it, but I find the game tedious and can't get more then 2 hours in - any tips for how to get into it/enjoy it/mindset to 'sync' up with the game? Sounds like I'm trying to dog you, but seriously, I WANT to get into the game, and give it a try - but they changes too much, imo
Seriously! The moment Yuna decides her fate, turning on Yunalesca. Destroying the one method to kill Sin in hopes of a better one. So summoners could stop sacrificing their lives in vain. Turning your back on religion to forge your own way forward....And even though she was successful, she still had to give up the person she loved for the world. Yuna has one of the best storylines in final fantasy. Ever. Amazing heroine.
I like that in their duality, the main protagonists' character arcs achieved something of a reverse flow. Tidus spent his whole life rejecting his father, and the pilgrimage ultimately brought him acceptance that allowed him to escape a potential future as Sin. Whereas Yuna spent her whole life dutifully trying to honor Braska, and it was ultimately through rejection of his path that brought about her salvation. Both followed in the footsteps of their fathers, but they each had to swap how they approached loving their fathers to break the cycle.
A thing people`ve been yearning to somehow be implemented into FF-XIV for years now, shows how beloved Blitzball as a concept still is to this day, 20+ years later, even though some absolutely despised it in FF-X.
Me too! Sometimes I play the game exclusively for Blitzball. It is a fine way to blow a few hours. It is weird how I always hear about people referring to how much Blitzball is hated, but I never hear of anyone actually hating it. It is like people just assume that others hate it and that assumption becomes spread as an actual fact.
I can’t share the sentiment unfortunately, I fucking hate Blitzball, there’s so much RNG that it feels like winning is essentially luck it should’ve been purely skill based and in its state feels like a blight on an otherwise perfect game especially when trying to go 100%. Sorry to go on rant I just really had to get it off the chest.
FFX is an incredible game in almost every way. One especially outstanding aspect is the soundtrack and world design, which are really unlike anything else I've experienced. In most games, especially modern games, you can trace back the influence easily to either real life or to popular works of fiction. Clive Rosfield and his pet frost wolf are obviously inspired by Jon Snow and his pet dire wolf. Rosaria and Sanbreque look a whole lot like medieval France. But who are Tidus and Jecht based on? What real places resemble Zanarkand or Guadosalam? Which other games involve a professional athlete going on a religious pilgrimage? These questions are hard to answer because FFX is such a complex and unique work of art. Don't get me wrong I love FFXVI too, but FFX was really doing something special.
That's what made X special! A lot of it is influenced by Thailand/Indonesian island regions and culture. Which is rarely shown in media let alone videogames. The turn against Machina was very Dune Butlerian Jihad. But X still had a unique vision to it. X is so special in its own way.
Jecht = Hercule Satan? Alternately he could just be a response to complaints that FF characters are too effeminate. Everything's at least loosely based in something, but yes it definitely feels like they went the extra mile to make Spira feel like a unique living world of its own. Even the Crusader and Blitzer costumes are very distinctive. My favorite FF setting and I wish we could return to it someday.
Jecht is anyone who is a popular father that is a jerk and Tidus is their child expected to live up to them. Zanarkand resembles a lot of large cities with lights on all night with a large sports field and endless feeling roads. Guadosalam is probably something from a culture we don't recognize. As for the professional athlete pilgrimage one, it very likely has been done just again not something you or I know of. If you sit down and seriously think you should be able to answer some of your own questions, but we don't tend to think about these things we take them at face value much like the endless cycle of sacrifices to Sin.
Tidus technically is based off Susano’o. Think the myth of the sun god being dispelled from Heaven (Zanarkand) and he goes on a quest in the mortal realm where he’s humbled, defeats a terrible sea monster god called Orochi (Sin), and once redeemed, returns to Heaven. The difference is the character is written with so much care, he becomes detached from the original inspiration, and everything else you mentioned about the world is spot-on. It’s not a copy-paste of real-world towns and neighborhoods, and choosing a combo Okinawa, Tibet, and Indonesia as inspirations (plus PI cultures) makes it stand out amongst med-Euro fantasy clones. And the layers!! This story has one of the best iterations of the “Evil Church” trope, the characters all act and talk in a way that shows us the world they live in, ugh. I could go on.
@@BlackXSunlightInteresting, I never heard of that origin before. Glad it's not another rip of Sun Wukong. Man I wish there was a FFX-3 that went into that more.
I remember the first time I played this game as a kid (or watched my brother play) and I was stunned. The opening cut-scene with sin and Auron during the blitzball tournament took me by storm. And DAMN is Auron just to damn cool!! I really wish that they could have remaked this games graphics to the point like ff7 got.
trick for Lulu 's crest is to play in the darkroom (or at night ). Do not look to the TV directly. press dodge whenever there is a flash light up the room. Do not need to focus on the TV will help less the fatigue of your eyes. This is how i did it.
There's specific spots where the lightening will always strike too. Turn sound off, and be pressing the button basically AS you're walking onto the spot. Took two tries. First 35. Second 205.
The jump was so drastic it's otherworldly and cannot compare, imagine you're in love playing from lego blocks graphics to a full blown 3D cinematic with voice acting the next day. 😂
the laughing scene is unironically one of my favorite scenes in all of FF. you got a guy who just found out a heavy truth about his dad, cheering up someone else who is down. peak character writing imo idc what any say. ff10 is a masterpiece
It gets taken out of context a lot for the memes. But the laugh WAS meant to be goofy, awkward, and embarassing. Clips don't usually include the part where bystanders start looking at them and Yuna's like "bro, stop." But shortly after she's like: "yknow what? screw it!" then she starts doing the laugh with Tidus They look at each other... and actually start laughing at themselves. 😂 Its a sweet coming of age moment for two young adults whose had to deal with people's expectations their entire lives because of their parents' legacies.
Final Fantasy X was my first game ever; not just RPG or turn-based. Ever. For that reason alone, it is a very special game to me. I was twelve at the time, and the instruction on how to judge the strengths and weaknesses of enemies, what buttons to push, agility vs. strength...all that stuff was the first I'd ever considered any of those mechanics, and so the tutorial phase was so very valuable and necessary for me at that time. Now, when I replay it, it's a very long, annoying process, but I think the devs were aware that, at the time, a lot of people would be playing this for the first time. The surface-level story is innocent enough that a fairy-tale has the same level of maturity needed to understand the basic pieces, which means that, even with the M rating, plenty of children would have been able to play the game, meaning that the explanation would have been necessary. Now that I'm older, I understand a lot more about the themes in the story. One point that you made that I'd like to contend with is that Seymour is "much like any other villain". The story doesn't do a very good job of highlighting it, I think, because they made him too creepy and focused on that aspect, but Tidus and Seymour are very similar as well; not only did his mother become a fayth; she was to be his final aeon, but I think something went wrong, since you can summon her as Anima. (It's not really explained, that aspect) But also, he had a whole heap of expectations laid on him as just a child as well. As the child of both human and Guado parents, he was lifted as a symbol; the one child who would forge a new peace between the two races. His mother, when she sacrificed herself for Seymour when he was only a child, reinforced the message to him. He was crying to her, begging her not to do it, and she told him how important he was, and that her sacrifice as his final aeon would bring the two peoples together. And, being only a child, of course he failed. The guilt and grief brought him back as a fiend, and twisted his mind. It's easy to miss, because of the marriage plot and stuff, but there is a lot of character development for Seymour in there. Thanks for the video. I am so excited to see love being given to this game, even so long after its release.
Any summoner can summon any aeon if they make a deal with the respective Fayth. The aeon is just a form the fayth (basically, a real person's soul trapped in a statue) takes on. Yuna meets the Anima Fayth (Seymour's mother) and she agrees to help Yuna defeat Seymour. There is even a bonus scene if Yuna summons Anima in her final fight against Seymour. Seymour feels betrayed and he should: his own mother is fighting to stop him.
Not only is Tidus young, but he is also something of a spoiled nepo baby. There are real life celebrities in our world that are twice or three times his age and just as immature as early game Tidus. Like Zidane before him, he ends the game in a much more mature, selfless, likable person. This should inspire all of us to grow ourselves daily, rather than grow too comfortable with our own immaturity.
FFX is my first Final Fantasy game played and beaten all the way through. Overall liked it the first time, but had some aspects I didn't like. Although after doing a second playthrough, I grew to love it, including Tidus more (who I kinda didn't like at first) which helped make me feel how strong his relationship is with Yuna. And while the combat is overall simple, there's still a lot of challenge. While I did get all aeons, I only got like half of the ultimate weapons though. But the one thing I definitely loved both first and second playthrough is the themes of faith and rebellion. To be able to question what you're being taught, and be able to stand up against authority for a better future. Personally I loved FFXV more for the emotional bonds between the main characters, the exploration, and themes it tackles, even if its story is not at its best. But FFX is definitely a great game and a good starting point! Only beaten X and XV, and played some but not all of VII and I.
20 years after playing for the first time I still have teary eyes when I see the revelation of Yuna's death scene. The directing of the scenes can be weird sometimes but in this scene, it was a masterpiece. No music, small talks, the build up goes until Rikku says"Yunie will die you know?" and then Revealed truth plays... Everyone repressed emotions about Yuna's death burst out, the reality of the situation cannot be hidden anymore and every facade is dropped. That scene is so beautiful.
OMG this reminds me of my best days...Imagine doing Lulu's 200 lightning dodges. First I had to bring my ps2 inside my room. Second, turned off everything that emits light other than the screen. Three crank the volume up to the highest level. Fourth made sure that my hand was dry. Fifth a heart attack medicine, almost took it lolz, the racing heartbeat that almost gives me a heart attack from 150+. Last and most important I had to inform everyone not to bother me and put a " DO NOT DISTURB" sign on my door just to be sure.
Nam, I've followed your videos for quite some time now and I just want to say that I really appreciate your work, your practical approach to games and your way to add humor to your videos. FF10 is far from being my favorite (I'm more of a 9 diehard fan) but as always your video was very entertaining to watch from a critical point of view and the bit of Tidus's relationship with Jecht also affected my own personal life like it did yours. Have a good one and stay awesome, I love your content. Merry christmas, everyone.
I love your defence of Tidas but as an older Millennial (I am 35), what you said about FFX being treated as "Kiddy Shit" is wrong. That attitude towards video games really changed in the 90's, in part because of FF7. The marketing around FFX was massive when I was a kid and the game was heaped with praise, there was also a dedicated teenage fanbase of this game and this world. FF was taken seriously because it was seen as the "Art-form" of video games, especially 7, 8, 9 and 10. They were all marketed hard and deserved all the praise they got. I read the themes of this game differently. I think for Square, this game was very much about the legacy of FF7 and the pressure on Square to produce a game with that same "Lightening in a Bottle". In a way, Square was very much both Tidas and Jetch. They had succeeded in making video games mainstream with FF7's MASSIVE success (and it really was massive, I had never seen a video game commercial before FF7 and the Playstation era) and for a lot of people at Square, that legacy was really crushing to live up to, they were expected to make masterpieces. Square also took on new staff at the time, as this was the beginning of Squaresoft turning into Square Enix and I imagine the people coming on must have felt like Tidas, coming to this company that made FF7, the pressure for this game to be great must had been hard on the Dev Team. Remember both 8 and 9 (although 9 is a masterpiece and my personal favourite game in the series) both under performed compared to 7. Thats what I read into it, its about the legacy of 7 and the effect it had on the company as a whole, both for new staff (Tidas) and old staff (Jetch).
Slight spoilers to people that haven’t played/completed the game I am actually currently playing FFX rn. I just got….the little orb thing of Jecht in the special forest. And this game is amazing. I love it. I played FF7R as my first FF game and when looking up a next FF game I noticed that FFX might be the most consistently loved game. Either in the top 3 or 4th place on peoples list. Got the HD remaster on PS4 and amazing. Music: Tidus theme, to zanarkand, hurry, and more(both versions) have been main stays on my ost collection Combat is so awesome Story and pacing is amazing World design is amazing This game is…..it. College is busy so it takes me a while to play but I spend so much time thinking about what I may do next, what I want my stats to be Real quick about combat: 1. Valefor has been the clutch summon, she always dodges when needed and Energy Ray is great because non elemental 2. So I think I may be a big under leveled(?) because I play in a region/stage, do to the next and immediately the enemies just smoke my party! This forest area is really hard and I used so many healing items. But. I really like that the combat is hard sometimes(not sure if that is intentional design so if anyone is reading, give me your thoughts) To Nam if you are reading this: I like your videos a lot. When I finish FFX, I will be back to this video to hear your thoughts, which I imagine will be pretty fun and cool. To everyone else: what FF game should I play after FFX? I have been thinking bout FF1 and FF8 as a potential next game. Honestly both games for no reason😅 FF1 is the beginning and FF8 seems cool(also seems to have good blue magic and I find blue magic awesome)
you could maybe give ff12 a shot? it was the next final fantasy game i played after ffx and the grind is as much as a hard ass at least haha. if you havent tried persona you could check those out too, they got the same turn based jrpg thing going on.
10 is the middle ground between new and old final fantasies, so I'd say 7, 8, or 9 before going into the prior sprite based ff games, but it's all up to you regardless
I love FF8, it gets a lot of undeserved hate imo, mostly because the combat can take a while to understand and most of that understanding comes through optional tutorials similar to the blitzball tutorials. But FF8 has one of the best stories in the series imo and it holds a special place in my heart so I think it would be a great next FF game for you!
The ambience, setting and atmosphere of 10 is top tier. Its contradictory in the best of ways and every element of the game seems to play off eachother splendidly. The tropical setting and fun characters almost make it seem like a silly, happy go lucky romp but then the melancholic soundtrack kicks in or the group comes across some devastation caused by sin or the usually silly conversations turn to discussions over yunas potential fate should she defeat sin. Its bittersweet all the way through and even more so on replays when you already know how it ends. Imo 10 is a masterpiece sans the voice acting but tbh even thats not that bad. Even the infamous tidus laugh works for the seen its in as hes intentionally being loud and silly to cheer up yuna. Its honestly a very heart warming scene that showcases his fun, corny, and kind personality beneath the scars left behind by his father. Hope that wasnt too long winded for people to read. Lol.
Agreed. The dichotomy of the whimsical setting and beautiful scenery is completely offset by the darkness that builds and builds underneath everything. The first Sin attack and Sending made me step back and be like "uh... Wait" lol
I've been hitting my second playthrough of Bauldar's Gate 3 hard recently. And I kept finding it fascinating that the devs of that game were able to have the story continually move forward, both narratively and physically in the game world, without leaving major characters behind. They always found reason why those major characters are moving with the player and still present. Then I find this video and remember my hundreds of hours in ffx and realize Square managed to do it decades ago lol
It's really an underrated aspect of good stories. Yes, the plot and characters can be individally good, but in an excellent story they should be heavily and personally invested in the progressing story.
I call this game a "life lesson" game. It's humbling, it's friendship, love, accepting death, grief, hope, and life as a whole in one game. It's a game that makes you think and feel. Not to mention the cutscenes. My jaw dropped seeing those for the first time
I am a little mad that the ps2 version looks visually better than any of the remasters. I bought the X/X2 bundle for the switch and i was like wtf am i looking at.
In regards to blitzball and the lightning bolts, I traded chores with a friend of mine when the remaster came out. We agreed that he'd do my blitzball, and I'd do his lightning bolts. It didn't take either of us very long to get our respective parts done for each other, and that was awesome haha.
The beauty of the Sphere Grid is you can choose how deep you go. Level 1: Stay on character paths for plot builds. Level 2: Cross build characters Level 3: Clear the grid Level 4: Rebuild the grid At the last teir the resulting party you get is horrifyingly powerful, you can get Yuna and Lulu just bitch slapping enemies into oblivion.
Facts. I believe this is the only FF game where you are in full control of how powerful you become and how hard the game is in turn. FF13 and the crystarium was also a good system by having you capped until you progressed certain parts of the story so you are never overpowered.
very true i always like crossing yuna into lulu's for some extra magic spells and for duel casting. and i liked putting auron with a mix of tidus and wakka to boost his durability and overall power. and with kimahri liked to give him all the best from each grid to really make him be the jack of all trades he is meant to be as a blue-magey/dragoon fighter ^_^
FFX has virtually zero haters, simply because the devs at SquareSoft poured their heart and soul into crafting the absolute finest quality videogame, almost as if their own lives depended on it. This is the classic example of not chasing money but instead, chasing your passion, and we see the result with the best FF game of all time!
Thank you for being the only person on the internet that understands the laughing scene was suppose to be awkward because they were forcing themselves to laugh. After the awkward laughs, Tidus and Yuna share a real laugh when they realize how ridiculous it all was. The actors did an incredible job portraying that and it's a shame most ppl don't even realize the brilliance of that scene imo
ffx was my least favourite - couldnt be bothered to finish it. Bad voice acting, bad story, horrible battles and I felt bored the whole game. This is the game where I learned to hate voice acted scenes - just a huge waste of time
I also connect with Tidus due to issues with parents. My own mother was abusive, and while my dad isn't a bad guy we have a hard time connecting as he is of the typical boomer mentality of "Welp, the kid's not dead so I guess I have done my parental duty." I always felt like I was asking my father for guidance and it seems like he never figured out life and was just as lost as me so he never had any advice to give.
Just an incredible game. The world and lore is so well thought out. The characters feel so intergrated into the world. And its just an emotional journey with lots of twists and weight to it. It just a phenomenally designed game. Great vision and a high level of polish and production values. Immersive throughout.
I played both FF3(6) & FF7 as a child but didn’t get into rpgs until ff8 or 9. By FF10 I was starting HS and ready to immerse myself in this world. The dark, melancholic atmosphere contrasted by a bright & colorful island flair really resonated with me due to my recently discovered carribean heritage. The story was captivating with its religious undertones too. Then there was that damn music….I still listen to the OST to this day. Frequently.
It's so weird that people don't see the context of the laughing scene. It's like those people are accustomed to be spoon fed what is happening. Preferably by Maechen, haha.
It's insane how good this game still looks if you think about that it released over 20 years ago. Even the characters are somewhat "okay ish". And yes, at the time I went all in and I challenged myself to beat all the "black Aeons?" + Penance. To do that you need to unlock the entire Sphere Grid for all characters meaning: you need to unlock ALL of the empty spots. Reason: To defeat Penance? you need all stats of all party members at max (if I rememeber correctly 255) I hated dodging the lightning 999999 times... PS: Kimahri can be OP.
I only won the Blitzball match against the Goers ONE time when I was in high school and I'm pretty sure I only pulled it off bc The Jecht Shot is pretty busted in that minigame lol
Should also be mentioned that the Dark Aeons in all HD releases become available to fight after Yunalesca and they are placed in certain areas that can be a pain in the ass if you missed something. Also my issue with X is that it feels really damn grindy and tedious. The grinding for unlocking all the superbosses, grinding for unlocking the full potential of the Celestial Weapons, grinding to make the best items, grinding for the bonus stuff- you get the point. It honestly gets to you after a while. It's my best friend's favorite FF and she has a massive shrine dedicated to it. As for myself, I like it but it's not a personal favorite. I have my issues but I can see why she loves it.
X isnt my favorite final fanal fantasy, but I love it and it is one of my favorites. Great story, beautiful and memorable locations, lovable characters and fun gameplay. X has my favorite end game content of any final fantasy. It's very time consuming but I enjoy the mini games for celestial weapons, the monster arena and farming for dark matter etc to make the best armor and destroy the dark aeons.
I will NEVER understand the love for this game. I thought it sucked then. And I still thought it sucked every single time I tried to give it another chance. This was THE game that killed Final Fantasy for me. I was so disheartened by all the ways in which this game utterly ruined and bled all of the heart and soul out of why I used to love this franchise, and I will NEVER understand it's popularity or the love for it. No matter how many times I watch retrospectives like this or try to go back and give it another chance for myself, I just can't understand what makes anyone like this game. It's characters are awful. Truly some of the most one-note, one dimensional characters in the entire series. The voice acting? God awful. The game has no heart or soul to it's presentation at all. The character design has become a PARODY of the character design that's plagued the series since Nomura took it over. The exploration and world of the game was absolutely ripped out. The heart and soul of the exploration, the freedom, everything that makes Final Fantasy worlds fun and engaging, ripped out like a still beating heart and smashed with a hammer until it no longer beats. Reduced to a non-interactive, linear map. Every walking section in the game reduced to locked down hallways where you trudge like a trained circus seal to waddle from Point A to point B, receive a bland, overly long, badly acted, pretentious cutscene, and progress a little further to underwhelming battles and lackluster bosses. Walk, rinse, repeat, walk, rinse repeat. This was the game that, in all areas, made me hate Final Fantasy, eradicated my one time love of it and reduced it to a soulless joke of it's former self. I still cannot muster memories of any real positives about this game. Even the soundtrack, a staple of Final Fantasy greatness, is so boring and unmemorable here, the only musical track from this game that still sticks out to me, to this day, is the initial buttrocky, cartoonish screamo dreck the game opens with and closes with as it's final, unmemorable terribly disappointing glorified cutscene boss battle. All these years later, and I cannot muster a single positive thing to say about Final Fantasy X, nor can I see or understand where anyone else's love of this miserable exercise in soulless boredom comes from. I just cannot understand the love for this game, and no matter how many times I hear other people try to explain it, I can never agree on any of it. This game is just bad. And I will never get it. I will never understand why people love it. Nothing in this video helped either, because every reason given just feels like bizarro-world ramblings of a game I've clearly never heard of, because the game this video talks about in very little way at all resembles the game called Final Fantasy X that I played on my Playstation 2, so many years ago that swore me off the series and it's downward spiral since.
Nah lol, the pronunciation is officially tee-dus. It's derived from Tida which is pronounced Tee-da, and means the sun, not the tide (hence his sigil being the sun).
Ah, Probably the most Overrated FF in history next to FFXIII which really didn't deserve any sequals, FFXII is much better, just like FFVIII is even better, why because the story line is really boring filler in FFX. and what isn't even any good, and fills like filler, Blitzball is horrible, only one Summoner I hate that shit in FFIX too, then there's the horrible character designs for most characters except for Auron, and Rikku, the rest look very bad, and there personalities were also not very interesting.
Great video homie! Awesome editing, love the humour and pacing. Your personal tangent about Titus' relationship with his father struck a pretty deep chord, and it's good to feel that but of vindication towards those feelings of resentment, even if that vindication comes from a fictional narrative at the end of the day. Fantastic work, keep doing what you do because it's damn great!
Also, I wanted to throw in my two cents. I see a lot of people focusing very heavily on the concept of religion is evil, but most people focus strictly on Wakka and the Measters to prove this point. IMO, the story behind this level of corruption isn't religion is evil, but those who fear to lose power is the main selling point when you broaden the worldview. To say the religion is evil is to say ANYONE who followed/follows the religion is evil as well, but that's not entirely the case. For example, no one brings up the war thousands of years ago between Zanarkand and Bevelle; two entities who demonstrated their strength to the world through their use and advancement of machina. After the war ended with Zanarkand being the losers, a narrative had to be written to control the masses and to ensure NO ONE could contest Bevelle and it's State power in the use of machina. Enter Yevon's teachings. Yevon's teachings are specifically tailored to control the masses in a perpetual struggle session to hold each and every person accountable for their "sins", whatever that may be, except the State--Bevelle. Who constantly contradict the teachings using State approved machina in the temples, their military branch, and Blitzball themselves. This is where the teachings are used to curtail those who would try to master or understand machina, the Al Bhed, who set the example of pro-2A where the citizens must have equal power to the State. But by using the narrative, they can weaponize Spira's hatred of not only machina, but the Al Bhed in conjunction. Putting more faith within the State and giving the State the ability and moral justification to enact State level discrimination to the point of State sanctioned genocide. And you see the result of what happens when this power that was centralized to the State is then challenged and decentralized to the People. It broke the corruption of the State(Bevelle), not entirely, as well as their monopoly of using Sin's wrath to amass blind followers and receive funding from the people of Spira who thought Yevon's teachings would one day rid the world of Sin, and ended the perpetual struggle sessions that justified discrimination against an ethnic group whose own military might dispatched Sin where the State failed. Only for the Al Bhed in FF X-2, to literally become Spira's leading entrepreneurs in a free market.
I still dont know who the fuck Teedus is...weird ive looked at the main characters name a lot... Ive never seen it spelled with 2 E's or a long E...How do Titus make "Teedus" just curious...game makers should have learned English before just making up words. That is all.
The creators made it with the video's pronunciation in mind. It means sun while Yuna means moon... But both pronunciations have meaning. Maybe you should learn Japanese before playing a jrpg.
It's only weird to someone who doesn't know any other language than English lol. In French, Spanish, Italian, hell any latin-based language I think, it would naturally be pronounced with a 'tee' sound. On top of that it's derived from the original name which has the 'tee' pronounciation, in Tida.
I'm glad that I didn't have most of this game spoiled, so I was able to enjoy most of it without knowing what would happen. I don't play games much nowadays but I think I must've liked this game a little since I put over 100 hours into it lol. I only wish I could experience it again for the first time :(
I don't agree with a lot of your analysis in this story. That being said, I love your videos and your talent to relate complex stories to communal real scenarios. I am a fan and support you my dude. Also, you have a real talent for writing, video making and editing. Keep it going.
Because it was the last True final fantasy game. Going away from turn based was a mistake. The games arent the same, they might as well have just made a new series if they were going to change the core gameplay.
Funnily enough, after FFX they went back to the ATB system which the classic games had. I have issues with some of the modern games, but they have nothing to do with not being turn-based and more to do with exploration, pacing, characters, rpg elements (FFXVI especially lacks rpg elements and customisation imo). Those have nothing to do with them having more fluid combat than the classics. And I say this as a fan of the more classic system, who would like to see it come back in some form. FFVII Rebirth for example has all the strategy that was possible in the classic games if not more, is there anything missing? I refuse to believe Final Fantasy can't be 'true' Final Fantasy merely because they dare let the characters move around during a fight and have them seamlessly transition between exploration and combat mode. I find that to be ridiculously reductive, especially if all the other elements that make a Final Fantasy game are there. The games are no less 'true' Final Fantasy just because you don't like it when they evolve a certain aspect. One could also say FFX isn't a true FF because they ditched the open overworld that was present in every game before it, as well as the ATB system that was in most of them. You could also say FFVII or FFVIII for example aren't 'true' FF due to ditching the high fantasy setting. Hell, I sometimes feel FFXII has more in common with the classic FF games than FFX does, despite me preferring FFX.
I was with you for most of it, but screw the flat-out lie at the end! The "last time Final Fantasy was a traditional RPG"? Since the very first game, Final Fantasy has been a series of innovation. Go play Dragon Quest if you want to play Square's traditional line, don't pretend Final Fantasy is something it isn't! You only view X as the "last traditional" one because that's when you entered the series.
in my personal opinion to put it short: because they put a heavy focus on the importance of summons and they made it RIGHT! other ff games used summons as a mean of extra or a minor story plot or they made it so grand and important, that they overshadowed the characters. 10 has the perfect balance of the characters being the main focus, but everything else that we love about final fantasy is equally important and well portrayed in the story. with that said: 10 has the worst mini games of all final fantasy games, but the somber main story is still carrying far beyond it, while other final fantasy games only get plus points because they have enjoyable minigames which elevates the title.
you almost said everything that i always praise about this game. one thing that is missing is during the early 2000's era, there was a lot of romance movies out in america as well, that's why you can see the charles angel on ffx-2, no doubt ffx was also trying to find the mold of the current story telling culture during its time. and speaking of story, the story a lot resembles journey to the west as well, the sense of loss and not being real going on a journey and delivering xyz. you can see in the interview of the devs in ffx they said they were looking into a lot of asian cultures to influence the game. this game is the BEST game of all time because of the story. now i'm just awaiting a proper remake of it... maybe in 20 years.
I will never understand why this game was popular, its very mid, same as 7 was. There were plenty of rpgs in this era that had more variety, more depth and better stories as was the case with 7 aswell. The nostalgia overload of both games is just giving people confirmation bias.
Dude. I have yet to get 0 sec on the chocobo mini game. So I have never got Tidus last weapon. Now I crafted one that is equal to it so I can do everything else. But never completed the crystal version cause of that last challenge on that mini game. I have spent over 80hrs in that one mini game and can’t do it. So there is that. Lighting challenges wasn’t that bad. If you know the trick it actually takes less time than any other challenge. I do see the point that all you do is the same thing over and over again for 15-20min. But still isn’t as bad as you made it seem (I do agree it sucks when you get to 95 or 99 and get hit. But the last three time I played it. I got it on the first go).
I tried to play it three times, gave it several hours and I just can’t see the appeal, the characters are lema, the dialogue is really bad and doesn’t world design is way to linear, it’s extremely overrated, I’d say any entry from 5 to 9 is better.
I always found the character models in the original 10 to be far better than the remaster, the remaster faces just don't look natural at all lol especially Tidus' face. Still love the game though and if I could play the original I would.
You forgot to mention that one of the summon has an attack that instantly 1 hit kill all enemies (yes, even bosses), with no counter. It's the most broken thing I have ever encountered in any video games. It honestly feels like a cheat code and invalidates everything else in the game.
I remember beating 10, I was playing during the weekend and couldn't finish it before sunday was over. So i left it on over night. I had to wait to finish it on monday which i was not suppose to be doing but i eventually did it
The primary reason the gameplay is easy is because the focus of the game is its story. This has been the case since FF6, the game is geared towards the story. It's not because they're trying to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The more difficult you make the game, the longer the player has to wait between bits of story. That said, the game is as difficult as you make it. If you grind, the game gets easier, this guy looks very over levelled to me so it's no suprise the game is easy.
I think another reason was it had lots of asian culture influences that made it unique. all other FF have European setting which isn't bad or wrong, but sometimes something different is good
I'm surprised that you never beat the Goers. If you just play defense and learned the Jecht shot, you can use it in the 2nd half and win either 2 or 1-0
Neat video on my favorite game of all time! I don't agree with every point made (Yuna isn't passive but instead self-sacrificing which matters as it informs us of why she became a summoner [it wasn't foisted upon her an din fact her father and friends didn't want her to become one since they knew what it would require of her and is a great example of why she isn't actually passive], FF after X is still great even if it's different experiences since that's a part of the FF identity [constant change] to me) but overall I think you captured why the game is so beloved. It's written with plenty of nuance, interesting characters that subvert expectations while fulfilling others, a beautiful world with rich lore and a story that includes the best romance in FF history both in terms of writing and progression as well as its relevance and integration with the plot. Plus it's just a fun game to tinker with and play without being overly difficult unless you want it to be. I really don't know what more someone could want from a JRPG that FFX doesn't deliver on.
FFX looks good, sounds good, plays smoothly and had a lot of depth for the time. It's easy to pick up and play, and even easier to follow if you get into it. The story covers quite a bit of ground too, there is a something for everyone feeling to FFX.
Glad people moved on from Spoony's way of looking at this game nowadays. The amount of damage that video had done to FFX's reputation was just criminal.
I agree with this. Not to mention that's coming from a guy that sucked it up very hard to Final Fantasy XIII, which wasn't better if you asked me. Good thing people moved on from that idiot's opinions
13 looked pretty, but that's about it. It was linear and with heavy summon inclusion into the plot, so I guess I should have liked it? But somehow it was just plain bad. Endless lore backlogs instead of natural exposition and also the battle system didn't vibe with me. Music was also a big downer. And for the life of me, I never want to her a single alternation of "make my wiiiish come true"
@@sh1yo7 I tried to like XIII, but just couldn't even if i forced myself into it. Now most people might say "But X is also a hall simulator" but at least X had cities and NPC's to interact in the meantime instead of waiting for 20 hours of gameplay to get to XIII's "Good part" of the game. I also agree that the story should've been told naturally instead of just going to the Datalog in order to understand or follow the plot, the game's pretty but only looks can get you so far. I haven't touched the game since 2013 or so and i still have my copy of it looking brand new and i have zero intention to go back to it for the forseeable future.
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Basically the only way to beat the blitzball story match again the Luca Goers is with the Jecht shot.
In the very short amount of time you have in the second half before Wakka comes in to replace Tidus, you have access to the Jecht shot. It is the only thing with a high enough shoot score to get past their goalie.
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First ´´modern´´ FF game is X
@ikumo4864 i always relied on getting a lucky sphere shot early and then getting control of the ball and hiding in the aurochs goal behind keepa. The Jecht shot is essentially a sure point but can only be used once due to the 120 hp cost whereas sphere shots only cost 90 and you can squeeze in two of them during the match.
@@owangejewice Lucky u lil cuum succer. I have always known who i am . Its just there are so much trust issues in rap game . Intervire is just amuse and ´´´fuk minfd´´
I will never be able to express what my eyes thought watching the cinematic cutscenes. When they invaded the wedding from the air ship I reloaded maybe 10 times.
I brought my PS2 over to my friend's house (4 of them who lived together) and gathered them in the living room just to show them that cutscene. We watched it like 10 times. It's/was mind blowing.
Dang, you really fought the red carpet multiple times for the scene? That's some dedication, though not unwarranted.
I cried when I completed it. I didn’t want it to end
I'm finally gonna complete it for the first time this year. Started this game so many times (vita, ps2, now switch) but moved around so much in foster care never ended up beating it. Almost don't want it to end tho haha
I don't blame ya I played er 7 times back to back
Me too, and I was early 20s.
The bit with Yuna at the very end is incredibly delivered:
"The people and the friends that we have lost, or the dreams that have faded...
...Never forget them"
It took me 8 years to beat it. Not because it was hard, but because every rime I got to zanarkand I stopped and started over because I didn't want it to end.
I cry every time I play it
It's kind of funny how "the laughing scene" has become a sort of benchmark for me when deciding whether to respect a persons opinion about the game since if a person says it's bad they either A) Weren't paying any attention to the story or B) Haven't actually played the game at all.
So props for defending it.
Agreed. PLUS the scene plays out *the same fucking way in Japanese* . The Japanese Va literally does THE SAME THING. My gods.
Idk , I thought when they were on the kilika ship making small talk and they just bust out laughing was far more aqward .. how's the weather oh its nice , tidus giggles , Yuna giggles because tides giggles and then they just Crack up .. I'm sitting here controller in hand what just happened.. the laugh out loud scene made a little more since then that one. Especially since this was their 2nd time meeting
@@dakotamabry1645 I personnaly just see the Kilika ship part as follow, they want to talk, they don't know how to properly start the conversation (reminder that this is the first moment they really talk between each other without any other character being involved in the conversation), Yuna attempt by bringing the most boring subject ever, and then they both realise they're just being awkward and there is no reason to be shy and laughed at that before actually starting a real conversation.
I always feel like, people who don't understand the laugh scene, must be socially inept, there's a reason it plays out the way it does.
You can know the intent of the scene while still thinking it was bad
I played/beat it when it came out in 2001 on the PS2 and then I picked up the switch port for my 30th birthday....I gotta say, the thing that stuck out to me is all the things that flew over my head when I was 10 years old. Like the overall feeling of sadness/death throughout the game. Also I dont know if this is something other people notice, but props to Yuna's VA for always sounding like she's about to cry.
You know how right you are? That veiled sadness that we see as obvious would easily fool anyone close. It’s so understated, and just perfect.
Interesting - on the contrary to me it was the opposite. From the opening scene and the immediate grand sense of dread that it brought, it really grabbed me emotionally.
She really is. And the first time playing, you think it's because she knows how dangerous this mission is. Then the replays you know it's because she knows it's her last time in all these locations and meeting all these people.
One aspect of Wakka's backstory you missed was that when Chappu went off to join the Crusaders, he left behind the sword Wakka gifted him for his quest and tried to fight Sin with an Al Behd machina weapon instead. Yes, Wakka associates Sin with the practices of the Al Behd in general but he also saw them as having tempted Chappu as well and he's deeply afraid that Chappu died because of that transgression against Yevon.
I was about to comment this as well. I was under the impression Wakka was heavily zealous due to losing his brother whilst his brother was using machina hence why he has such high disdain against machina.
I think Wakka is one of the best written characters in the franchise.
Tidus taking that running jump, tearing himself from the world where his friends and love of his life are, makes me tear up every time. Even at 52.
But that low five he then exchanges with Jecht makes everything right!
We did it, dad. It was impossible, I hated you, but it had to be done and we did it.
All in that one second.
Absolute masterpiece.
Nothing breaks me more than the low five. I'm gettin misty eyed just thinking about it.
I sometimes just launch ff x and just listen to the menu theme it almost feels like time travel
I get stuck on the menu for a while whenever I launch the game
Bro…..Me too!
bro there is youtube you know....
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Fucking gem of a comment
I actually love it too
I remember I waste hours and hours playing it before I progress the story
Fuck yes, I was about to comment that Blitzball was wayyyy more than the narrator said it was. I had the FFX guide book which showed the stats of all the blitzball players you could attain throughout Spira and I built my dream team and man it was so so fun. And if I remembered correctly, Besaid’s keeper actually had the best stats if he got levelled up
Bro you even went and blitzed the comments
People clown on it real hard, but to this day I still think it's one of the better examples of good voice acting. The laugh scene gets memed on out of context all the time, but Tidus' inner voice being deeper because he's recollecting, Auron's masterclass and overall pretty nice cast playing around with the tension... That thing was damn good.
The voice acting was actually fantastic when you take into consideration the fact that it's a japanese game from the early 2000's. The standard for english dubs of japanese games at that time was really bad. Western games already had good voice acting then.
I think the VA was reallly really good for the time tbh. The awkward laughs are meant to be awkward. Apart from some speed issues due to the ADR process i think all the main cast actors did a great job. The dialogue was actually pretty good too.
@@Patient-957Capcom had a worse voice acting in megaman x4
I disagree, but the voice acting isn't that bad as people say...
@Isa-wy6zy yeah the voice acting gets better further into the game but at the beginning i can't blame people for not taking Tidus seriously
One of my favorite things about FFX is that the authors made us feel what Tidus felt when he was thrown into an unknown world
I really have to trust the game design on this one. My first attempts have just failed to grab me. Instead of confusion, I felt disinterested. I think that's the gamble devs face when making that decision. It's like in movie making. Some movies throw you into the deep end, so you can feel the satisfaction of learning to swim on your own.
This time me. FF8 was my first. X my 2nd or 3rd. But X is by far my favorite just because of its workd. I cant explain but the whole vibe, color scheme, music. All of it, just screams positivity. To me
@@KevinGonzalez-hs7so positivity in the face of death. It's admirable
Yep, every time i hear zanarkand music i feel sad.
Ehh they pushed it too hard honestly. It was the new square teams first run mostly on their own and they just didn't have the writing talent the old guard did.
I personally love ff10 because, like superbutterbuns said, "Your first final fantasy is more than likely your favorite"(All the replies are really being like "bet" lol), and 10 was mine. I'd only been a pokemon kid up till that point, and it was my first experience as a jrpg. Sure, it was mostly a linear game, and sure, the voice acting wasn't the best, but to me it was and still is amazing in so many other ways, like the God tier music(I usually get teary eyed whenever I hear To Zanarkand), the fun battle system, and the interesting levels of the sphere grid. It is in by no means a perfect game, but one of my favorite games of all time I'll always hold dear to me
Tactics was my first and I hated it because I could never figure it out... 7 was my second and while it was good 10 is unbeatable
7 was my first while 10 is my fav (actually they're probably tied)
Dissidia was my first FF, and My favorite is 6
my first ff was 4. but in all honesty, its far from my favorite. same with 6 which i played after and i love, but also not in my top 3. if i had to pick my all time favorite it would probably be a toss up between 5 and tactics. with 10 close by.
Idk, my first was 13-2 and... yeah not my favorite
People love FFX because the story and thematic elements make it, arguably, the best and most emotional JRPG story ever written. And this is coming from someone who likes X-2 better than X... X's story is just.. perfect. The duality of Tidus and Yuna, how the story of their fathers interlock into the narrative... How the end of Yuna's journey - which is supposed to end in her death and is hidden from Tidus - flips on its head to turn into the erasure of Tidus, which he hides from Yuna... All culminating in one of the very best endings of any story, not just a game story, EVER.
It's JRPG story perfection. It really is.
You hit the nail on the head. You are absolutely right.
so - how do yo like x-2 so much? Not being an ass, I want to get into it, but I find the game tedious and can't get more then 2 hours in - any tips for how to get into it/enjoy it/mindset to 'sync' up with the game?
Sounds like I'm trying to dog you, but seriously, I WANT to get into the game, and give it a try - but they changes too much, imo
Seriously! The moment Yuna decides her fate, turning on Yunalesca. Destroying the one method to kill Sin in hopes of a better one. So summoners could stop sacrificing their lives in vain. Turning your back on religion to forge your own way forward....And even though she was successful, she still had to give up the person she loved for the world. Yuna has one of the best storylines in final fantasy. Ever. Amazing heroine.
I like that in their duality, the main protagonists' character arcs achieved something of a reverse flow. Tidus spent his whole life rejecting his father, and the pilgrimage ultimately brought him acceptance that allowed him to escape a potential future as Sin. Whereas Yuna spent her whole life dutifully trying to honor Braska, and it was ultimately through rejection of his path that brought about her salvation. Both followed in the footsteps of their fathers, but they each had to swap how they approached loving their fathers to break the cycle.
You have not played many JRPG`s then havn`t you?
Ah, I loved Blitzball, hundreds of hours from that alone. It was also pretty cool how you could recruit NPCs from all over the world.
Ah yes, swim swim ball is best :D
A thing people`ve been yearning to somehow be implemented into FF-XIV for years now, shows how beloved Blitzball as a concept still is to this day, 20+ years later, even though some absolutely despised it in FF-X.
We're not alone lol hash tag ff blitzball all stars the game lol
Half kidding
Me too! Sometimes I play the game exclusively for Blitzball. It is a fine way to blow a few hours. It is weird how I always hear about people referring to how much Blitzball is hated, but I never hear of anyone actually hating it. It is like people just assume that others hate it and that assumption becomes spread as an actual fact.
I can’t share the sentiment unfortunately, I fucking hate Blitzball, there’s so much RNG that it feels like winning is essentially luck it should’ve been purely skill based and in its state feels like a blight on an otherwise perfect game especially when trying to go 100%. Sorry to go on rant I just really had to get it off the chest.
FFX is an incredible game in almost every way. One especially outstanding aspect is the soundtrack and world design, which are really unlike anything else I've experienced. In most games, especially modern games, you can trace back the influence easily to either real life or to popular works of fiction. Clive Rosfield and his pet frost wolf are obviously inspired by Jon Snow and his pet dire wolf. Rosaria and Sanbreque look a whole lot like medieval France. But who are Tidus and Jecht based on? What real places resemble Zanarkand or Guadosalam? Which other games involve a professional athlete going on a religious pilgrimage? These questions are hard to answer because FFX is such a complex and unique work of art. Don't get me wrong I love FFXVI too, but FFX was really doing something special.
That's what made X special! A lot of it is influenced by Thailand/Indonesian island regions and culture. Which is rarely shown in media let alone videogames. The turn against Machina was very Dune Butlerian Jihad. But X still had a unique vision to it. X is so special in its own way.
Jecht = Hercule Satan?
Alternately he could just be a response to complaints that FF characters are too effeminate. Everything's at least loosely based in something, but yes it definitely feels like they went the extra mile to make Spira feel like a unique living world of its own. Even the Crusader and Blitzer costumes are very distinctive. My favorite FF setting and I wish we could return to it someday.
Jecht is anyone who is a popular father that is a jerk and Tidus is their child expected to live up to them.
Zanarkand resembles a lot of large cities with lights on all night with a large sports field and endless feeling roads.
Guadosalam is probably something from a culture we don't recognize.
As for the professional athlete pilgrimage one, it very likely has been done just again not something you or I know of.
If you sit down and seriously think you should be able to answer some of your own questions, but we don't tend to think about these things we take them at face value much like the endless cycle of sacrifices to Sin.
Tidus technically is based off Susano’o. Think the myth of the sun god being dispelled from Heaven (Zanarkand) and he goes on a quest in the mortal realm where he’s humbled, defeats a terrible sea monster god called Orochi (Sin), and once redeemed, returns to Heaven.
The difference is the character is written with so much care, he becomes detached from the original inspiration, and everything else you mentioned about the world is spot-on. It’s not a copy-paste of real-world towns and neighborhoods, and choosing a combo Okinawa, Tibet, and Indonesia as inspirations (plus PI cultures) makes it stand out amongst med-Euro fantasy clones. And the layers!! This story has one of the best iterations of the “Evil Church” trope, the characters all act and talk in a way that shows us the world they live in, ugh. I could go on.
@@BlackXSunlightInteresting, I never heard of that origin before. Glad it's not another rip of Sun Wukong. Man I wish there was a FFX-3 that went into that more.
The tropical environment, the ost and the story sells ff10 to me xD
I remember the first time I played this game as a kid (or watched my brother play) and I was stunned.
The opening cut-scene with sin and Auron during the blitzball tournament took me by storm.
And DAMN is Auron just to damn cool!!
I really wish that they could have remaked this games graphics to the point like ff7 got.
They're doing 9 now so hopefully 10 is next omg that'll be my happiest day I'll fucking call off work all week to play it.
The rumour I heard that is it's coming in 2026@@anthony6929
I also remember when my brother brought it home. The graphics and overall presentation were mind blowing at the time.
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Agreed on that.
Those were the good times =)
they already did a remaster with upscaled models and graphics.
trick for Lulu 's crest is to play in the darkroom (or at night ). Do not look to the TV directly. press dodge whenever there is a flash light up the room. Do not need to focus on the TV will help less the fatigue of your eyes. This is how i did it.
There's specific spots where the lightening will always strike too. Turn sound off, and be pressing the button basically AS you're walking onto the spot. Took two tries. First 35. Second 205.
@@guyledouche7939 Opposite of Drakengard 3
The jump was so drastic it's otherworldly and cannot compare, imagine you're in love playing from lego blocks graphics to a full blown 3D cinematic with voice acting the next day. 😂
the laughing scene is unironically one of my favorite scenes in all of FF. you got a guy who just found out a heavy truth about his dad, cheering up someone else who is down. peak character writing imo idc what any say. ff10 is a masterpiece
And for reasons he's not privy too at the time.
It gets taken out of context a lot for the memes. But the laugh WAS meant to be goofy, awkward, and embarassing. Clips don't usually include the part where bystanders start looking at them and Yuna's like "bro, stop."
But shortly after she's like: "yknow what? screw it!" then she starts doing the laugh with Tidus
They look at each other... and actually start laughing at themselves. 😂
Its a sweet coming of age moment for two young adults whose had to deal with people's expectations their entire lives because of their parents' legacies.
@@johnmcternan4157 There's like 4 layers of subtext that are all compelling. It's a *really* good scene.
Final Fantasy X was my first game ever; not just RPG or turn-based. Ever. For that reason alone, it is a very special game to me. I was twelve at the time, and the instruction on how to judge the strengths and weaknesses of enemies, what buttons to push, agility vs. strength...all that stuff was the first I'd ever considered any of those mechanics, and so the tutorial phase was so very valuable and necessary for me at that time. Now, when I replay it, it's a very long, annoying process, but I think the devs were aware that, at the time, a lot of people would be playing this for the first time. The surface-level story is innocent enough that a fairy-tale has the same level of maturity needed to understand the basic pieces, which means that, even with the M rating, plenty of children would have been able to play the game, meaning that the explanation would have been necessary.
Now that I'm older, I understand a lot more about the themes in the story. One point that you made that I'd like to contend with is that Seymour is "much like any other villain". The story doesn't do a very good job of highlighting it, I think, because they made him too creepy and focused on that aspect, but Tidus and Seymour are very similar as well; not only did his mother become a fayth; she was to be his final aeon, but I think something went wrong, since you can summon her as Anima. (It's not really explained, that aspect) But also, he had a whole heap of expectations laid on him as just a child as well.
As the child of both human and Guado parents, he was lifted as a symbol; the one child who would forge a new peace between the two races. His mother, when she sacrificed herself for Seymour when he was only a child, reinforced the message to him. He was crying to her, begging her not to do it, and she told him how important he was, and that her sacrifice as his final aeon would bring the two peoples together. And, being only a child, of course he failed. The guilt and grief brought him back as a fiend, and twisted his mind.
It's easy to miss, because of the marriage plot and stuff, but there is a lot of character development for Seymour in there.
Thanks for the video. I am so excited to see love being given to this game, even so long after its release.
Any summoner can summon any aeon if they make a deal with the respective Fayth. The aeon is just a form the fayth (basically, a real person's soul trapped in a statue) takes on.
Yuna meets the Anima Fayth (Seymour's mother) and she agrees to help Yuna defeat Seymour. There is even a bonus scene if Yuna summons Anima in her final fight against Seymour. Seymour feels betrayed and he should: his own mother is fighting to stop him.
Not only is Tidus young, but he is also something of a spoiled nepo baby. There are real life celebrities in our world that are twice or three times his age and just as immature as early game Tidus. Like Zidane before him, he ends the game in a much more mature, selfless, likable person. This should inspire all of us to grow ourselves daily, rather than grow too comfortable with our own immaturity.
I love how he and Yuna help eachother to grow
Damn, Chapu landed the baddest mage in Spira & died fighting sin. Smh, cruel world.
FFX is my first Final Fantasy game played and beaten all the way through. Overall liked it the first time, but had some aspects I didn't like. Although after doing a second playthrough, I grew to love it, including Tidus more (who I kinda didn't like at first) which helped make me feel how strong his relationship is with Yuna. And while the combat is overall simple, there's still a lot of challenge. While I did get all aeons, I only got like half of the ultimate weapons though. But the one thing I definitely loved both first and second playthrough is the themes of faith and rebellion. To be able to question what you're being taught, and be able to stand up against authority for a better future. Personally I loved FFXV more for the emotional bonds between the main characters, the exploration, and themes it tackles, even if its story is not at its best. But FFX is definitely a great game and a good starting point! Only beaten X and XV, and played some but not all of VII and I.
us FFX fans needed this video. thank you for putting my thoughts into words perfectly. ive never enjoyed a game like this game and its story.
20 years after playing for the first time I still have teary eyes when I see the revelation of Yuna's death scene. The directing of the scenes can be weird sometimes but in this scene, it was a masterpiece. No music, small talks, the build up goes until Rikku says"Yunie will die you know?" and then Revealed truth plays... Everyone repressed emotions about Yuna's death burst out, the reality of the situation cannot be hidden anymore and every facade is dropped. That scene is so beautiful.
The only fumble with that scene is the damn al bhed evacuation alarm yelling gibberish every 2 seconds in the background
@@PlotsAndPoints ack man a dory ha
@@Cold_Zero_The_Wisematador kamach kamach :'D at least that's what is sounded like to me back in the day
@@sh1yo7 I know it's not what Cid says (he's just saying "everyone under!" in Al Bhed) but I can't hear anything else than "I'm annoying ha!"
@@armorvil I should listen to the announcement again, time for another playthrough :D
OMG this reminds me of my best days...Imagine doing Lulu's 200 lightning dodges. First I had to bring my ps2 inside my room. Second, turned off everything that emits light other than the screen. Three crank the volume up to the highest level. Fourth made sure that my hand was dry. Fifth a heart attack medicine, almost took it lolz, the racing heartbeat that almost gives me a heart attack from 150+. Last and most important I had to inform everyone not to bother me and put a " DO NOT DISTURB" sign on my door just to be sure.
Nam, I've followed your videos for quite some time now and I just want to say that I really appreciate your work, your practical approach to games and your way to add humor to your videos. FF10 is far from being my favorite (I'm more of a 9 diehard fan) but as always your video was very entertaining to watch from a critical point of view and the bit of Tidus's relationship with Jecht also affected my own personal life like it did yours. Have a good one and stay awesome, I love your content. Merry christmas, everyone.
I love your defence of Tidas but as an older Millennial (I am 35), what you said about FFX being treated as "Kiddy Shit" is wrong. That attitude towards video games really changed in the 90's, in part because of FF7. The marketing around FFX was massive when I was a kid and the game was heaped with praise, there was also a dedicated teenage fanbase of this game and this world. FF was taken seriously because it was seen as the "Art-form" of video games, especially 7, 8, 9 and 10. They were all marketed hard and deserved all the praise they got.
I read the themes of this game differently. I think for Square, this game was very much about the legacy of FF7 and the pressure on Square to produce a game with that same "Lightening in a Bottle". In a way, Square was very much both Tidas and Jetch. They had succeeded in making video games mainstream with FF7's MASSIVE success (and it really was massive, I had never seen a video game commercial before FF7 and the Playstation era) and for a lot of people at Square, that legacy was really crushing to live up to, they were expected to make masterpieces. Square also took on new staff at the time, as this was the beginning of Squaresoft turning into Square Enix and I imagine the people coming on must have felt like Tidas, coming to this company that made FF7, the pressure for this game to be great must had been hard on the Dev Team.
Remember both 8 and 9 (although 9 is a masterpiece and my personal favourite game in the series) both under performed compared to 7.
Thats what I read into it, its about the legacy of 7 and the effect it had on the company as a whole, both for new staff (Tidas) and old staff (Jetch).
FFX greatest game ever made
Slight spoilers to people that haven’t played/completed the game
I am actually currently playing FFX rn. I just got….the little orb thing of Jecht in the special forest.
And this game is amazing. I love it.
I played FF7R as my first FF game and when looking up a next FF game I noticed that FFX might be the most consistently loved game. Either in the top 3 or 4th place on peoples list.
Got the HD remaster on PS4 and amazing.
Music: Tidus theme, to zanarkand, hurry, and more(both versions) have been main stays on my ost collection
Combat is so awesome
Story and pacing is amazing
World design is amazing
This game is…..it.
College is busy so it takes me a while to play but I spend so much time thinking about what I may do next, what I want my stats to be
Real quick about combat: 1. Valefor has been the clutch summon, she always dodges when needed and Energy Ray is great because non elemental
2. So I think I may be a big under leveled(?) because I play in a region/stage, do to the next and immediately the enemies just smoke my party!
This forest area is really hard and I used so many healing items. But. I really like that the combat is hard sometimes(not sure if that is intentional design so if anyone is reading, give me your thoughts)
To Nam if you are reading this: I like your videos a lot.
When I finish FFX, I will be back to this video to hear your thoughts, which I imagine will be pretty fun and cool.
To everyone else: what FF game should I play after FFX?
I have been thinking bout FF1 and FF8 as a potential next game.
Honestly both games for no reason😅
FF1 is the beginning and FF8 seems cool(also seems to have good blue magic and I find blue magic awesome)
you could maybe give ff12 a shot? it was the next final fantasy game i played after ffx and the grind is as much as a hard ass at least haha. if you havent tried persona you could check those out too, they got the same turn based jrpg thing going on.
10 is the middle ground between new and old final fantasies, so I'd say 7, 8, or 9 before going into the prior sprite based ff games, but it's all up to you regardless
I love FF8, it gets a lot of undeserved hate imo, mostly because the combat can take a while to understand and most of that understanding comes through optional tutorials similar to the blitzball tutorials. But FF8 has one of the best stories in the series imo and it holds a special place in my heart so I think it would be a great next FF game for you!
Play IX or VI next.
If I may offer my opinion; Try Final Fantasy IX. I absolutely adore this game as it has a lot of content and it has an amazing story.
The ambience, setting and atmosphere of 10 is top tier. Its contradictory in the best of ways and every element of the game seems to play off eachother splendidly. The tropical setting and fun characters almost make it seem like a silly, happy go lucky romp but then the melancholic soundtrack kicks in or the group comes across some devastation caused by sin or the usually silly conversations turn to discussions over yunas potential fate should she defeat sin. Its bittersweet all the way through and even more so on replays when you already know how it ends.
Imo 10 is a masterpiece sans the voice acting but tbh even thats not that bad. Even the infamous tidus laugh works for the seen its in as hes intentionally being loud and silly to cheer up yuna. Its honestly a very heart warming scene that showcases his fun, corny, and kind personality beneath the scars left behind by his father.
Hope that wasnt too long winded for people to read. Lol.
Agreed. The dichotomy of the whimsical setting and beautiful scenery is completely offset by the darkness that builds and builds underneath everything. The first Sin attack and Sending made me step back and be like "uh... Wait" lol
I've been hitting my second playthrough of Bauldar's Gate 3 hard recently. And I kept finding it fascinating that the devs of that game were able to have the story continually move forward, both narratively and physically in the game world, without leaving major characters behind. They always found reason why those major characters are moving with the player and still present.
Then I find this video and remember my hundreds of hours in ffx and realize Square managed to do it decades ago lol
It's really an underrated aspect of good stories. Yes, the plot and characters can be individally good, but in an excellent story they should be heavily and personally invested in the progressing story.
STAY AWAY FROM THE SUMMONER
I call this game a "life lesson" game. It's humbling, it's friendship, love, accepting death, grief, hope, and life as a whole in one game.
It's a game that makes you think and feel.
Not to mention the cutscenes. My jaw dropped seeing those for the first time
I am a little mad that the ps2 version looks visually better than any of the remasters. I bought the X/X2 bundle for the switch and i was like wtf am i looking at.
Final fantasy X is a real game.
Because it's a fuckin' Masterpiece and a half.
do a vid on octopath traveler it would be fire
FFX is my "if you can only have one game for the rest of your life" game.
In regards to blitzball and the lightning bolts, I traded chores with a friend of mine when the remaster came out. We agreed that he'd do my blitzball, and I'd do his lightning bolts. It didn't take either of us very long to get our respective parts done for each other, and that was awesome haha.
I wish I had a friend like you. I have to put in concerted effort to lose a blitzball match but I have never succeeded at the lightning.
I love that. More friends should do that. I'd gladly play the fuck out of some blitzball for someone.
The Chocobo race time of 0 seconds. What a nightmare XD
Same
Tip for the lighting, turn sound off. Just push the button when the flash happens. There is also a screen where 1 dodge counts as 2.
Your mom loves FF10.
And she's a well educated, elegant lady and respected member of the community!
The beauty of the Sphere Grid is you can choose how deep you go.
Level 1: Stay on character paths for plot builds.
Level 2: Cross build characters
Level 3: Clear the grid
Level 4: Rebuild the grid
At the last teir the resulting party you get is horrifyingly powerful, you can get Yuna and Lulu just bitch slapping enemies into oblivion.
Facts. I believe this is the only FF game where you are in full control of how powerful you become and how hard the game is in turn. FF13 and the crystarium was also a good system by having you capped until you progressed certain parts of the story so you are never overpowered.
You ever watch Dansg08?
very true i always like crossing yuna into lulu's for some extra magic spells and for duel casting.
and i liked putting auron with a mix of tidus and wakka to boost his durability and overall power.
and with kimahri liked to give him all the best from each grid to really make him be the jack of all trades he is meant to be as a blue-magey/dragoon fighter ^_^
I mean they still are industrial giants: ff7r, ffxvi, ffxvi, KH, etc
The ending!! It always breaks my heart 😢❤
FFX has virtually zero haters, simply because the devs at SquareSoft poured their heart and soul into crafting the absolute finest quality videogame, almost as if their own lives depended on it. This is the classic example of not chasing money but instead, chasing your passion, and we see the result with the best FF game of all time!
Thank you for being the only person on the internet that understands the laughing scene was suppose to be awkward because they were forcing themselves to laugh. After the awkward laughs, Tidus and Yuna share a real laugh when they realize how ridiculous it all was. The actors did an incredible job portraying that and it's a shame most ppl don't even realize the brilliance of that scene imo
This game disappointed me when it came out. Still best it if course, but perhaps now I’ll give it a go again.
I remember playing 10 and being completely blown away.
I remember playing 12 and being completely let down.
They don't make them like they used to
Thank you! 12 was trash, only one I've never finished or been able to convince myself to finish.
To make it simple FFX was the greatest love story in the series……
ffx was my least favourite - couldnt be bothered to finish it. Bad voice acting, bad story, horrible battles and I felt bored the whole game. This is the game where I learned to hate voice acted scenes - just a huge waste of time
And what is your favourite? 🤔
I also connect with Tidus due to issues with parents. My own mother was abusive, and while my dad isn't a bad guy we have a hard time connecting as he is of the typical boomer mentality of "Welp, the kid's not dead so I guess I have done my parental duty." I always felt like I was asking my father for guidance and it seems like he never figured out life and was just as lost as me so he never had any advice to give.
Just an incredible game. The world and lore is so well thought out. The characters feel so intergrated into the world. And its just an emotional journey with lots of twists and weight to it.
It just a phenomenally designed game. Great vision and a high level of polish and production values. Immersive throughout.
I played both FF3(6) & FF7 as a child but didn’t get into rpgs until ff8 or 9. By FF10 I was starting HS and ready to immerse myself in this world. The dark, melancholic atmosphere contrasted by a bright & colorful island flair really resonated with me due to my recently discovered carribean heritage. The story was captivating with its religious undertones too. Then there was that damn music….I still listen to the OST to this day. Frequently.
The Hymn of the Faith is like Gregorian Chant perfection.
FF7 had one of the largest budgets of the day. “Indie Gem” is way wide of the mark
It's so weird that people don't see the context of the laughing scene. It's like those people are accustomed to be spoon fed what is happening. Preferably by Maechen, haha.
It's insane how good this game still looks if you think about that it released over 20 years ago. Even the characters are somewhat "okay ish". And yes, at the time I went all in and I challenged myself to beat all the "black Aeons?" + Penance.
To do that you need to unlock the entire Sphere Grid for all characters meaning: you need to unlock ALL of the empty spots.
Reason: To defeat Penance? you need all stats of all party members at max (if I rememeber correctly 255)
I hated dodging the lightning 999999 times... PS: Kimahri can be OP.
The one thing about FFX that sticks with me more than anything... the music! The score is legendary ❤
I only won the Blitzball match against the Goers ONE time when I was in high school and I'm pretty sure I only pulled it off bc The Jecht Shot is pretty busted in that minigame lol
This video was great! I appreciate you sharing your own experiences in your game breakdown.
It is an emotional Rollercoaster where I hate Tidus in the beginning, love him as he grows into a leader, then want to break the game at the end.
Still one of the best jrpgs EVER made ❤
That boomer ass “back in my day” spiel at the end was super cringe (and that XV and XIV comparison broke my heart) but good video otherwise
every time someone makes fun of the laughing scene as 'bad voice acting' without knowing the context, an angel loses its wings
Time out don't most parents want you to find a good stable job instead of going for your dream that has 0.01% chance of succeeding??
Should also be mentioned that the Dark Aeons in all HD releases become available to fight after Yunalesca and they are placed in certain areas that can be a pain in the ass if you missed something.
Also my issue with X is that it feels really damn grindy and tedious. The grinding for unlocking all the superbosses, grinding for unlocking the full potential of the Celestial Weapons, grinding to make the best items, grinding for the bonus stuff- you get the point. It honestly gets to you after a while.
It's my best friend's favorite FF and she has a massive shrine dedicated to it. As for myself, I like it but it's not a personal favorite. I have my issues but I can see why she loves it.
Ah you guys didn't get the dark aeons on your ps2 release?
@@logiclunacy606 the NA PS2 release is based on the original JP release. So no we never got them.
@@TheSaskOtaku The UK ps2 version had the dark aeons I mean
X isnt my favorite final fanal fantasy, but I love it and it is one of my favorites.
Great story, beautiful and memorable locations, lovable characters and fun gameplay.
X has my favorite end game content of any final fantasy. It's very time consuming but I enjoy the mini games for celestial weapons, the monster arena and farming for dark matter etc to make the best armor and destroy the dark aeons.
I will NEVER understand the love for this game. I thought it sucked then. And I still thought it sucked every single time I tried to give it another chance.
This was THE game that killed Final Fantasy for me. I was so disheartened by all the ways in which this game utterly ruined and bled all of the heart and soul out of why I used to love this franchise, and I will NEVER understand it's popularity or the love for it. No matter how many times I watch retrospectives like this or try to go back and give it another chance for myself, I just can't understand what makes anyone like this game. It's characters are awful. Truly some of the most one-note, one dimensional characters in the entire series. The voice acting? God awful. The game has no heart or soul to it's presentation at all. The character design has become a PARODY of the character design that's plagued the series since Nomura took it over. The exploration and world of the game was absolutely ripped out. The heart and soul of the exploration, the freedom, everything that makes Final Fantasy worlds fun and engaging, ripped out like a still beating heart and smashed with a hammer until it no longer beats. Reduced to a non-interactive, linear map. Every walking section in the game reduced to locked down hallways where you trudge like a trained circus seal to waddle from Point A to point B, receive a bland, overly long, badly acted, pretentious cutscene, and progress a little further to underwhelming battles and lackluster bosses. Walk, rinse, repeat, walk, rinse repeat.
This was the game that, in all areas, made me hate Final Fantasy, eradicated my one time love of it and reduced it to a soulless joke of it's former self.
I still cannot muster memories of any real positives about this game. Even the soundtrack, a staple of Final Fantasy greatness, is so boring and unmemorable here, the only musical track from this game that still sticks out to me, to this day, is the initial buttrocky, cartoonish screamo dreck the game opens with and closes with as it's final, unmemorable terribly disappointing glorified cutscene boss battle.
All these years later, and I cannot muster a single positive thing to say about Final Fantasy X, nor can I see or understand where anyone else's love of this miserable exercise in soulless boredom comes from. I just cannot understand the love for this game, and no matter how many times I hear other people try to explain it, I can never agree on any of it.
This game is just bad. And I will never get it. I will never understand why people love it. Nothing in this video helped either, because every reason given just feels like bizarro-world ramblings of a game I've clearly never heard of, because the game this video talks about in very little way at all resembles the game called Final Fantasy X that I played on my Playstation 2, so many years ago that swore me off the series and it's downward spiral since.
It's Tie-Dus, dude. Like Tidal. Like waves and water. Like what blitzball is played in.
Nah lol, the pronunciation is officially tee-dus. It's derived from Tida which is pronounced Tee-da, and means the sun, not the tide (hence his sigil being the sun).
Ah, Probably the most Overrated FF in history next to FFXIII which really didn't deserve any sequals, FFXII is much better, just like FFVIII is even better, why because the story line is really boring filler in FFX. and what isn't even any good, and fills like filler, Blitzball is horrible, only one Summoner I hate that shit in FFIX too, then there's the horrible character designs for most characters except for Auron, and Rikku, the rest look very bad, and there personalities were also not very interesting.
Great video homie!
Awesome editing, love the humour and pacing.
Your personal tangent about Titus' relationship with his father struck a pretty deep chord, and it's good to feel that but of vindication towards those feelings of resentment, even if that vindication comes from a fictional narrative at the end of the day.
Fantastic work, keep doing what you do because it's damn great!
Also, I wanted to throw in my two cents. I see a lot of people focusing very heavily on the concept of religion is evil, but most people focus strictly on Wakka and the Measters to prove this point. IMO, the story behind this level of corruption isn't religion is evil, but those who fear to lose power is the main selling point when you broaden the worldview. To say the religion is evil is to say ANYONE who followed/follows the religion is evil as well, but that's not entirely the case.
For example, no one brings up the war thousands of years ago between Zanarkand and Bevelle; two entities who demonstrated their strength to the world through their use and advancement of machina. After the war ended with Zanarkand being the losers, a narrative had to be written to control the masses and to ensure NO ONE could contest Bevelle and it's State power in the use of machina. Enter Yevon's teachings.
Yevon's teachings are specifically tailored to control the masses in a perpetual struggle session to hold each and every person accountable for their "sins", whatever that may be, except the State--Bevelle. Who constantly contradict the teachings using State approved machina in the temples, their military branch, and Blitzball themselves. This is where the teachings are used to curtail those who would try to master or understand machina, the Al Bhed, who set the example of pro-2A where the citizens must have equal power to the State. But by using the narrative, they can weaponize Spira's hatred of not only machina, but the Al Bhed in conjunction. Putting more faith within the State and giving the State the ability and moral justification to enact State level discrimination to the point of State sanctioned genocide.
And you see the result of what happens when this power that was centralized to the State is then challenged and decentralized to the People. It broke the corruption of the State(Bevelle), not entirely, as well as their monopoly of using Sin's wrath to amass blind followers and receive funding from the people of Spira who thought Yevon's teachings would one day rid the world of Sin, and ended the perpetual struggle sessions that justified discrimination against an ethnic group whose own military might dispatched Sin where the State failed.
Only for the Al Bhed in FF X-2, to literally become Spira's leading entrepreneurs in a free market.
I still dont know who the fuck Teedus is...weird ive looked at the main characters name a lot... Ive never seen it spelled with 2 E's or a long E...How do Titus make "Teedus" just curious...game makers should have learned English before just making up words. That is all.
The creators made it with the video's pronunciation in mind. It means sun while Yuna means moon... But both pronunciations have meaning. Maybe you should learn Japanese before playing a jrpg.
It's only weird to someone who doesn't know any other language than English lol. In French, Spanish, Italian, hell any latin-based language I think, it would naturally be pronounced with a 'tee' sound. On top of that it's derived from the original name which has the 'tee' pronounciation, in Tida.
I'm glad that I didn't have most of this game spoiled, so I was able to enjoy most of it without knowing what would happen. I don't play games much nowadays but I think I must've liked this game a little since I put over 100 hours into it lol. I only wish I could experience it again for the first time :(
I think 9 and 10 are both tied as my favorites I fucking love them both so much
Same here. Hope Nam does a vid on 9
I don't agree with a lot of your analysis in this story. That being said, I love your videos and your talent to relate complex stories to communal real scenarios. I am a fan and support you my dude. Also, you have a real talent for writing, video making and editing. Keep it going.
Because it was the last True final fantasy game. Going away from turn based was a mistake. The games arent the same, they might as well have just made a new series if they were going to change the core gameplay.
You played octopath traveler 2? Just started today and it looks so good visually. It truend based game by square enix
Funnily enough, after FFX they went back to the ATB system which the classic games had. I have issues with some of the modern games, but they have nothing to do with not being turn-based and more to do with exploration, pacing, characters, rpg elements (FFXVI especially lacks rpg elements and customisation imo). Those have nothing to do with them having more fluid combat than the classics. And I say this as a fan of the more classic system, who would like to see it come back in some form.
FFVII Rebirth for example has all the strategy that was possible in the classic games if not more, is there anything missing? I refuse to believe Final Fantasy can't be 'true' Final Fantasy merely because they dare let the characters move around during a fight and have them seamlessly transition between exploration and combat mode. I find that to be ridiculously reductive, especially if all the other elements that make a Final Fantasy game are there.
The games are no less 'true' Final Fantasy just because you don't like it when they evolve a certain aspect. One could also say FFX isn't a true FF because they ditched the open overworld that was present in every game before it, as well as the ATB system that was in most of them. You could also say FFVII or FFVIII for example aren't 'true' FF due to ditching the high fantasy setting. Hell, I sometimes feel FFXII has more in common with the classic FF games than FFX does, despite me preferring FFX.
I was with you for most of it, but screw the flat-out lie at the end! The "last time Final Fantasy was a traditional RPG"? Since the very first game, Final Fantasy has been a series of innovation. Go play Dragon Quest if you want to play Square's traditional line, don't pretend Final Fantasy is something it isn't! You only view X as the "last traditional" one because that's when you entered the series.
in my personal opinion to put it short: because they put a heavy focus on the importance of summons and they made it RIGHT! other ff games used summons as a mean of extra or a minor story plot or they made it so grand and important, that they overshadowed the characters. 10 has the perfect balance of the characters being the main focus, but everything else that we love about final fantasy is equally important and well portrayed in the story. with that said: 10 has the worst mini games of all final fantasy games, but the somber main story is still carrying far beyond it, while other final fantasy games only get plus points because they have enjoyable minigames which elevates the title.
you almost said everything that i always praise about this game. one thing that is missing is during the early 2000's era, there was a lot of romance movies out in america as well, that's why you can see the charles angel on ffx-2, no doubt ffx was also trying to find the mold of the current story telling culture during its time. and speaking of story, the story a lot resembles journey to the west as well, the sense of loss and not being real going on a journey and delivering xyz. you can see in the interview of the devs in ffx they said they were looking into a lot of asian cultures to influence the game. this game is the BEST game of all time because of the story. now i'm just awaiting a proper remake of it... maybe in 20 years.
I hated that game. Once I got to the water soccer crap I never played it again.
Cool. Meanwhile we enjoyed it
I will never understand why this game was popular, its very mid, same as 7 was. There were plenty of rpgs in this era that had more variety, more depth and better stories as was the case with 7 aswell. The nostalgia overload of both games is just giving people confirmation bias.
Dude. I have yet to get 0 sec on the chocobo mini game. So I have never got Tidus last weapon. Now I crafted one that is equal to it so I can do everything else. But never completed the crystal version cause of that last challenge on that mini game. I have spent over 80hrs in that one mini game and can’t do it. So there is that. Lighting challenges wasn’t that bad. If you know the trick it actually takes less time than any other challenge. I do see the point that all you do is the same thing over and over again for 15-20min. But still isn’t as bad as you made it seem (I do agree it sucks when you get to 95 or 99 and get hit. But the last three time I played it. I got it on the first go).
I tried to play it three times, gave it several hours and I just can’t see the appeal, the characters are lema, the dialogue is really bad and doesn’t world design is way to linear, it’s extremely overrated, I’d say any entry from 5 to 9 is better.
I always found the character models in the original 10 to be far better than the remaster, the remaster faces just don't look natural at all lol especially Tidus' face. Still love the game though and if I could play the original I would.
You forgot to mention that one of the summon has an attack that instantly 1 hit kill all enemies (yes, even bosses), with no counter. It's the most broken thing I have ever encountered in any video games. It honestly feels like a cheat code and invalidates everything else in the game.
Nah, Marvel's Avengers was actually good. It just held back back it's awful live service part of the game.
I remember beating 10, I was playing during the weekend and couldn't finish it before sunday was over. So i left it on over night. I had to wait to finish it on monday which i was not suppose to be doing but i eventually did it
Honestly, Blitzball is stupid easy after you figure it out. There's a lot of ways to cheez the npcs for goals and easy wins until you become op.
Seymour should have won
The primary reason the gameplay is easy is because the focus of the game is its story. This has been the case since FF6, the game is geared towards the story. It's not because they're trying to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The more difficult you make the game, the longer the player has to wait between bits of story.
That said, the game is as difficult as you make it. If you grind, the game gets easier, this guy looks very over levelled to me so it's no suprise the game is easy.
I think another reason was it had lots of asian culture influences that made it unique. all other FF have European setting which isn't bad or wrong, but sometimes something different is good
I'm surprised that you never beat the Goers. If you just play defense and learned the Jecht shot, you can use it in the 2nd half and win either 2 or 1-0
One word Lulu, but in all honesty ff7 was my favorite i remember grinding for hours as a kid just to get wrecked by emerald weapon
Man, one time I randomly had Kimahri sooo good. He was better then Tidus at killing fast enemies, and better than Auron at killing armored enemies.
Neat video on my favorite game of all time! I don't agree with every point made (Yuna isn't passive but instead self-sacrificing which matters as it informs us of why she became a summoner [it wasn't foisted upon her an din fact her father and friends didn't want her to become one since they knew what it would require of her and is a great example of why she isn't actually passive], FF after X is still great even if it's different experiences since that's a part of the FF identity [constant change] to me) but overall I think you captured why the game is so beloved. It's written with plenty of nuance, interesting characters that subvert expectations while fulfilling others, a beautiful world with rich lore and a story that includes the best romance in FF history both in terms of writing and progression as well as its relevance and integration with the plot. Plus it's just a fun game to tinker with and play without being overly difficult unless you want it to be. I really don't know what more someone could want from a JRPG that FFX doesn't deliver on.
Mid game, especially the characters. Not one was likeable. A no-go for RPGs
FFX looks good, sounds good, plays smoothly and had a lot of depth for the time. It's easy to pick up and play, and even easier to follow if you get into it. The story covers quite a bit of ground too, there is a something for everyone feeling to FFX.
Glad people moved on from Spoony's way of looking at this game nowadays. The amount of damage that video had done to FFX's reputation was just criminal.
I agree with this. Not to mention that's coming from a guy that sucked it up very hard to Final Fantasy XIII, which wasn't better if you asked me.
Good thing people moved on from that idiot's opinions
13 looked pretty, but that's about it. It was linear and with heavy summon inclusion into the plot, so I guess I should have liked it? But somehow it was just plain bad. Endless lore backlogs instead of natural exposition and also the battle system didn't vibe with me. Music was also a big downer. And for the life of me, I never want to her a single alternation of "make my wiiiish come true"
@@sh1yo7 I tried to like XIII, but just couldn't even if i forced myself into it. Now most people might say "But X is also a hall simulator" but at least X had cities and NPC's to interact in the meantime instead of waiting for 20 hours of gameplay to get to XIII's "Good part" of the game. I also agree that the story should've been told naturally instead of just going to the Datalog in order to understand or follow the plot, the game's pretty but only looks can get you so far. I haven't touched the game since 2013 or so and i still have my copy of it looking brand new and i have zero intention to go back to it for the forseeable future.
I always recommend FFX for first time players. Definitely the most new player friendly.