Final Fantasy X (PS2)

Final Fantasy X as most other Final Fantasy games (if not all) is great fun. It keeps up with the FF tradition of having a complex and deep story with dynamic characters, whilst at the same time having a great gameplay. This is the first FF game if I am not mistaken that had voice actors and so now you get to hear the characters talk. The story is set in Spira, a magical world where a God-like creature named Sin appears every now and then and causes destruction. The inhabitants of the land eventually came up with a way to temporarily defeat Sin. And that is the summoners. The summoners travel through the lands, with their guardians, praying at the temples so that the legendary aeons (summons) would lend help in defeating Sin. Tidus is a youth who came into contact with Sin by accident during one of his blitzball games (a popular sport in Spira) and gets mysteriously transported to a place he doesn't know, only to find out that his home city was destroyed thousands of years ago. He joins summoner Yuna, who is a daughter of a great summoner Braska, who defeated Sin 10 years ago, along with her guardians. Sin is back once again, and now it is up to them to stand up to it. The game starts off rather slow, with a lot more cutscenes as opposed to action, but it eventually picks up and becomes a great deal of fun. Closer to the end of the game the player gets access to the airship and a chance to revisit the places on the world map and to complete an enormous variety of sidequests and other challenges, such as blitzball tournaments, optional aeons, chocobo racing and monster arena, getting to fight some of the most powerful monsters out there. I would highly recommend FFX to hardcore Final Fantasy fans, as well as to those who are only starting to find interest in this amazing franchise.

This is the tenth game in the long running series and the first final fantasy to appear on PS2. This game follows Tidus, a geek blitzball player who plays for the Zanarkand Abes in an underwater sport called Blitzball. He was transported 1,000 years into the future by a big whale-like monster called Sin, who is also his father called Jecht (sounds confusing). When he gets used to this world called Spira and his new life, he eventually develops a love for Yuna, who is a summoner and she tries to bring the Calm to spira - in other words, defeat sin. The other characters include: Wakka, a blitzball player who plays for the Besaid Aurochs. Kimahri Ronso, yuna's guardian since birth (Hornless! Hornless!). Rikku, a Al Bhed teenage thief. Lulu, a black mage and Auron, who is tidus' first encounter in zanarkand. There's also Seymour Guado, who eventually turns out to be the villian of the game. The biggest new feature this game is the Sphere Grid. This is where you'll learn all abilities and increase your stats for the characters. There's a change to the summoning system this time round and when you do summon, the Aeons actually stay in the battlefield in exchange for the other two characters and they can also die in battle too. Another new feature which will become everyone's favourite is called Blizball, an underwater sport mini-game that you can play anytime you want in the game. Another neat little feature is swapping characters in battle. You can change any characters you want in battle by pressing L1 and selecting a character to change. The limit breaks are a little different in this game and they are called Overdrives - even the aeons have this feature too. It still works the same way as in other previous final fantasies, but this time, there are other different ways to fill the bar. The weapons and armors have abilites attached to them this time round and they can help make the toughest of battles alot easier. You can also customise the weapons and armors by adding your own abilites to them, but only if you have the required items for it to do that. Overall, with all the new features to this game, this is the best final fantasy to date.

Like usual plenty of side quests to do like with all final fantasy games, however the story and linear path of this game was far too short. By the time I got to the end I found myself only barely half way through my progression chart (called "sphere grid") and didn't have half the spells that I wanted. Meaning you could quite literally skip half the game by following the storyline and not doing any side questing. A little disappointing really. But all in all it is still final fantasy in looks and feel and is a decent addition to the franchise.

I don't get it - bought a new playstation, bought some games to start me off based purely on the reviews - this was one Described as a some sort of magical adventure and it's nothing of the sort. Maybe I've missed something but this is nothing more than stock animated footage, strung together. I 'played' it (well. i sat an just watched it really waiting for 'the game' to start) for some 25 minutes during which time i actually participated for about 30 seconds flat This cannot possibly be described as 'a game' because there is virtually no participation at all - you just sit n watch it in which case you'd be better off buying a DVD then you wont need to participate at all i thought maybe i put the disc in upside down or something but i just dont get it - so i did actually ask a friend about it and he said exactly the same as me - he bought it from review but it's just a piece of stock footage

I bought this game on strong recommendations I read on the internet and through friends and, quite honestly I have never seen anything like it. Much of my gaming involves role playing adventure in the form of Ratchet and Clank or Crash Bandicoot but this Final Fantasy X brings together a whole new level of enjoyment that I strongly recommend. At first I had no idea what to do but soon the character Tidus, a young Blitzball player, is transported into a land called Spira where he must gain allies and fight battles in a hope of ending the terror that is brought by Sin, an evil incarnation that makes the people of Spira live in fear and turmoil. In many ways this game is more of a story than an actual game and that is what I love about it. It could even be a film the length it is (I've been playing for over a month and still not finished!) The graphics are breathtaking and could even battle some PS3 games let alone PS2. The facial features are particularly stunning and the Aeons are groundbreaking. This turn based fighting game is a cracker and has everything to boot, particularly a funny and often touching spiritual journey. You build your players up in sphere mode learning new abilities, you find and steal objects of power and health and you walk across some gloriously designed landscapes. I hope I've sold this to you dear reader as this, quite simply, is something special.

This review are intent to people who did not bought a PS2 at all and skipped that game or people who want have a go at what we call now retro game. Bought it recently (1/06/2013) cause it was he only game with final fantasy 10-2 and 12 I did not play. Additonally I wanted to know more about Tidus and Jetch's background after I played Final Fantasy Dissidia. I did not want the HD remix cause I think like many HD remix you pay more money for less content. The graphic are quite good and if you play like me on a PS3 with a 32" LCD TV (LED backlight), it is not bad at all. OK here more details of the game if you have not play it yet and decided if it would be OK. Then here some thoughts: - If like me you want less technology and more medieval environment then FF 10 is in the middle of it. - It is the first game where the original director/producer Hironobu Sakaguchi did not have much input on the game despite being credited as executive producer. The result of it is an Asia ancient style environment - The story is good (here the input of Hironobu) and the characters are loveable. - The game is way better than Final Fantasy 13 (how can't you not buy it). OK it's an old game but just ask yourself. Why Sony and Square-Enix re-releasing an HD version of this game (except for the obvious reason they want more money for little risk)? By the way my favourite Final Fantasy (main series) is Final Fantasy 6.

Exactly as described and quick delivery

This was a great purchase from Games Exchange which was relatively cheap, undamaged and arrived a day early! The FF series itself moved onto PS2 so there's only one disc. The cut scenes are superb though some may find there are too many of them and they break up the action. The mini games like blitzball (kind of underwater water polo) are good fun. It may be a little too easy for hardcore gamers as the chances to save are numerable yet welcome sometimes! Overall I can't fault the seller or the game as I had it back in the day and it doesn't disappoint.

Lo vengo de recibir, lo habia jugado hace mas de una decada y ahora lo juego con mi hijo de 8 años.

Non avevo mai provato nessun gioco della saga di Final Fantasy. Troppo statico e noioso... Sulla spedizione non ho però nulla da dire. Veloci e puntuali come sempre. Il voto è al gioco e non al servizio a cui darei 5 stelle.

Leider bisschen kratzig die Cd. Aber sehr Netter Verkäufer

Turbo trance perfecto, el producto totalmente nuevo. Gracias.

Wurde bestellt für meinen Sohn, der das gekaufte aber verloren gegangene Spiel nochmal auf seiner alten PS 2 spielen möchte.