Yeah. One of the key characters (Yuna) has some terrible voiceovers, but you get used to it after a while (well...maybe not).
There's also an extremely touching scene in the first third of the game where Tidus gets Yuna to loosen up and laugh. That laughter scene is one of the most beautiful moments I've ever seen in a videogame - brought tears to my eyes, and caused my ears to bleed a little too.
Issues aside (Yuna, laughter scene, ridiculously effeminite antagonist) the story is quite enjoyable and most of the characters. I don't think Tidus is as whiny as everyone else seems to...he's also voiced by the same dude who does Ratchet.
Yeah. One of the key characters (Yuna) has some terrible voiceovers, but you get used to it after a while (well...maybe not).
There's also an extremely touching scene in the first third of the game where Tidus gets Yuna to loosen up and laugh. That laughter scene is one of the most beautiful moments I've ever seen in a videogame - brought tears to my eyes, and caused my ears to bleed a little too.
Issues aside (Yuna, laughter scene, ridiculously effeminite antagonist) the story is quite enjoyable and most of the characters. I don't think Tidus is as whiny as everyone else seems to...he's also voiced by the same dude who does Ratchet.
As long as you don't know who Meg Ryan is... (what is up with Square and their ps2 releases? FF 12's Vaan had the same "problem")
But yeah it's a nice story, and the battle system is one of the game's highlights, very top notch. I say you get it, I played it for the first time 2 months ago and found it to be really great. I'm sure you'll enjoy it as well.
Allow me to be the dissenting opinion here. I thought the story, along with everything else was horrible in FFX. I'd say it was one of the worst in the series. In fact the game represents everything bad thing in the jRPG genre. Super linear gameplay. Virtually every character was an RPG cliche. The over-enthusiastic male lead, the frail heroine who shows her inner strength, the dark brooding warrior with a secret, and the ice cold sorceress. Yes they're all there! And as a bonus you get Wakka. . . the single worst character in any game in the entire history of videogames.
As far as the story... well it's the same Final Fantasy standard - the ragtag group of heroes get together to defeat a terrible empire/force from destroying the world and stumble across an even greater evil in the process. Slightly different take on it this time, but nothing that impressed me.
The characters killed it for me. Tidus is a prime example of everything I hate in a human being and even at the end of the game where I had him so powerfull he could destroy legions of enemies by himself he still acted like a whiny emo kid who couldnt decide if he liked girls or hating his dad more. Idiot. Yuna was ok as a character until she opened her mouth and made me scramble for the mute button, the big stupid blue thing never really talked or had a story and was completly forgettable. The blitzball player was bland and forgettable too. I liked the black mage chick who was hot (win) and Auron. Although the game has fantastic gameplay and an addicting leveling system that kept me hooked. Nice graphics and I actually enjoyed the linear path of the game. Overall its good but godamn do I hate most JRPG characters.
How much you enjoy it will depend on the type of RPG gamer you are. If you play RPGs casually, it's perfect for you. the story is rather linear but good, the combat is enjoyable but not convoluted. If you are more into hardcore RPGs like Vagrant Story, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VI or VIII. Then you'll probably be turned off by it's relative simpicity. That not to say that if you enjoyed Vagrant Story you cannot enjoy FFX. I play a lot of RPG games, and I enjoyed FFX quite a bit. The characters are annoying at times, but the combat and gereral story were both very enjoyable.
No, honestly the FFX story is not good. It's average. But what the game did well is it presented the story well. There are a lot of attention to minor details and characters, and with nice presentation it creates many special moments. The main plot is weak, but FFX manages to cover that up by interesting characters, the relationships between characters, presentations, and details.
Yeah I really liked it. It's my second favourite Final Fantasy game right behind FF8. I loved the summons, music, and enemy and boss designs. I also liked all the characters in it, even Tidus. The only thing about it that I didn't really care for all that much was the blitzball mini-game.
It's an okay story in my opinion... I found myself embarassed at certain times in the game thanks to some REALLY corny scenes. Just make sure no one watches you play. Other than that, it's a good game.
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