Welcome to our second bi-weekly mega thread aimed at discussing a particular game in the Final Fantasy franchise. Our last megathread was all about Final Fantasy VI, you can still view and contribute to that here. This time we’re skipping a console generation and opening up discussion on Final Fantasy X!
Synopsis
The story revolves around Tidus, a Blitzball player in Zanarkand. During a tournament honoring his father, a legendary player who went missing ten years ago, their city is attacked by a massive monster, and Tidus finds himself transported to the unfamiliar world of Spira. He joins forces with new friends, including the summoner Yuna, who is on a quest to defeat the monster known as Sin. Tidus becomes one of Yuna’s guardians and learns that his about more about himself and his past along the way.
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Review Scores
| Site | PS2 | PC | PS4 | Xbox | Switch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metacritic | 92% | 83% | 84% | 85% | 85% |
| Opencritic | — | 83% |
Post Prompts
- Do you think the game still stands the test of time?
- Where do you rate this game among others in the franchise?
- Is there a piece of music that stands out for you?
- If there is one thing you would change, what is it?
- Do you think they should have left it as a single game? Or should they even make a third?
X is an interesting one for me. It ‘reintroduced’ me to the series. I grew up on VI, VII, VIII, & IX. X came out in middle school for me and I never picked up a ps2. Fast forward ~20 years, I meet my wife and X is her second favorite which got me to pick the series back up. Aside from sentimental, I enjoyed it. I wouldn’t say it’s top of the list for me, but it’s good game play and story. I think the sphere grid was a cool concept. The temples felt misplaced to me.
Unpopular opinion, but I think the voice acting was good considering it’s the first for the franchise and what else was being put out back then.
For sure. This was still at a time when anything better than “tolerable” voice acting was extremely rare in games. I certainly was not sold on the idea when X came out. It was bad by today’s standards but good enough to justify its existence, at least.
The list of PS1-era games that were actually made better by voice acting is very short. PaRappa the Rapper, Mega Man Legends, and…uhh…maybe that’s it.