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This is a movie not a game!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 21
Date: December 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I realize that a lot of people love this game but frankly it is just not my cup of tea. Most of the time you do nothing but watch a movie. It has to be the longest movie ever. Even when you do get to play all you do is walk from point A to B. It is just plain boring and really slow. I admit it could get better at the end. I haven't invested the 300 hours that my brother has, but there are a lot better games out there where you get to play right from the beginning instead of a hundred hours into it.

[Stinky] Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: July 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game really is not as great as people say it is. The graphics are okay. The plot of the story is really bad, though.

A Disappointment of A Lifetime

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 28
Date: April 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

In his room, the adolescent jumped off his favorite gaming chair and screamed profanity. Purposely he spat all over the TV and hurled the PS2 controller on the floor. The following crash sounded as if it were actual bone snapping. Done with his barrage of wet missiles on the helpless TV, the youngster brushed the saliva off his lips and frantically paced around.

"Am I dreaming?" he asked, prancing like a demented loon, arms swinging about.

Accidentally slapping his face, he simultaneously answered, "no, I'm afraid not!"

Returning on his chair, the TV screen displayed his progression through the "epic RPG." Twelve hours. It had taken him twelve hours from the latest RPG from Square for him to cease convincing himself that this RPG was even a worthy stab. Nope not this one, not by a long-shot! The inspiring Final Fantasy legacy is now fully disfigured and distorted. Formerly forgiving Square for the travesty what is Final Fantasy VIII, the kid's faith in the series momentarily went frozen and shattered. Final Fantasy X is a devastation, but to others a masterpiece, and to him utter wreckage.

"And the next one a multiplayer one? " he was disgusted.

Feeling lassitude creep on him, his distress silences him. When he says Final Fantasy X is a disappointment of lifetime, it is as authentic as the air you breathe in and puff out. Enveloped by rage, he asked himself why was he in such revulsion? Indeed, his heart was racing, his temples burning, but all because of some electronic hobby? Yes, he felt as if he Square pulled a trigger, ejecting a swarm of upset upon him. His hard-earned cash replaced by a game he surmised to accomplish title of "Greatest RPG Ever Crafted." His fifty-four bucks were a definite waste, he might as well have thrown the money down from his roof and cheer for his gluttonous neighbors. Either way its fate was the same.

Was the Final Fantasy series gradually reducing itself into the equilibrium of RPG damnation? Truly in a state of disgrace, the franchise has lost its traditional substance in exchange for graphical grandeur. Even though he treasured 1997's FFVII, he now speculates if it is still consummate. He decided it will remain as a fond memory, but ultimately be known as the indisputable harbinger of Square's greater goal, TO BECOME A PART OF HOLLYWOOD!

Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within flopped like a bad dream. What then, Square, he thought. Recycle your cinematic visions into your latest installment of Final Fantasy? Final Fantasy X, a hybrid of little RPG significance with movie-format majority, ruins the experience to stimulate imagination of the player -- THE READER -- by deleting scripts of written dialogue and basing an epic with snappish and terse voices. He wished for broad, intriguing reads, and by the Gods, he wasn't a slothful boy. What driven him on the edge of vehemence were the maddening voice-overs. A gamer who valued his imagination, he utilized his creative mind to mentally produce the voices of past Final Fantasy casts. Final Fantasy X puts the enjoyment to total extinction. Despite the impressive apparatus of the well functioning Grid Sphere and the edge-cutting battle system of letting all characters partake in the forceful battles, the assets dig their own grave by the objectionable shortcomings.

99% of his worship for RPGs derived from plot and characters. Oh, how he waited to be immersed into Square's next chapter, he struggled, but the more he threw himself into the venture, the more he apprehended that the characters were second-hand versions of previous installments. His observation of Auron summoned Vincent (FFVII) and Shadow (FFVI) in mind; Luna, an almost exact replica of Rinoa (FFVIII); Tidus was an older version of Zidane (FFIX); Kimahri and Rikku were the easiest to fathom, Kimahri is an identical version of Mareg from Grandia II and Rikku is Yuffie (FFVII). The thought of the beloved characters being disguised by a barrage of graphical distinction only proliferated his antipathy. Worse, the arch-villain Seymour, he thought, was a joke, and there is nothing funny about it. He saw Seymour as an inept villain, who solely upheld the attributes of being immoral because he is undead and lost the balance of reality. Every bit of the unoriginality, killed off any reason to gobble the quest or even bring it to an end it.

Unlike the spit he easily wiped off his mouth, the kid couldn't free the fact that the story's direction suffocates an excellent battle system. What could have been worthwhile proportions is trodden by the hum-drum purposes of the characters, a lethally boring arch-villain, and the idea that the [bad]characters are reincarnations of past Final Fantasies. All of it led him to the decision that indicated how low, uncreative, and money-ravenous the former console RPG messiahs sunk.

Square's motive to him was grounded on the construction of "videogames" being incorporated with theatrical premises. In turn, it costs the fundamentals of the RPG genre. Is the company now a capitalist pig intent on deceiving players by saturating commercials and zines with a multitude of striking full motion videos? When a Final Fantasy disc comes out, it isn't the gameplay that clocks in the hours, its the superfluous videos and dreadfully voiced scenes. Anything with the name of Final Fantasy (in videogames, mind you) will have Square put their Speedos on, and dive in an ocean of cash. Where will all this cash go? Maybe to -- again -- futilely make a come back in the movie industry? To reinstate their name of the laughingstock that they are in Hollywood? You can call it paranoia, you can call it absurd, but Sixto Limiac calls it theory.

Not a good game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 28
Date: November 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game at the full price, and discovered that all the hype was flat wrong. The cut scenes were amazing, and the character leveling it very interesting, but that is all. The game is very linear. There is NO decision making on the part of the gamer about where to go or what to do. The battle scenes are contrived and turn based, which I've always found boring and irritating. It takes no skill or imagination to manuver through this game. I wish I'd never bought this game.

Reviews should not be allowed till game is released!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Thet are 60 reviews from people who have not played this game as it has not been released yet. No, the 10 minute demo doesn't count. How can anyone write paragraph after paragraph on something they've never experianced. Keep in mind, some people read the reviews to decide on a purchase. All the overblown hype from people who havn't played it yet does not help their decision making. Anyhow. picked this game up Sunday. I'm only 2 hours in, so all I can say it's a very nice looking movie uh, I mean game. The movie is too easy though, I hope it gets harder and dosn't turn into one of those RPGs who I don't even get defeated once. Oh yeah, from what I've played to far, if you like watching movie cutscenes every 2 minutes you will really enjoy this movie, I mean game.

Sort of pretty - but empty and dull

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: October 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was a huge waste of money for me. I think I got an hour and a half out of it. For more than half of that time I put the controller down. I actually put it down! I'm so glad I bought a PS2 with one of the best controllers ever made, it looks so nice on the floor. The begining is very movie intensive and boring as all get out. The only creativity comes from the art. I don't think the CG is that good. My biggest complaint is the environmental textures shimmer like crazy. This is a mistake, don't do it.

A chick flick RPG for the MTV crowd.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: September 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The graphics engine looks very nice, but the artistic design is a notch above bad. The Samoan Character "wakka" sports a vest made out of the American and Confederate battle flags (and try not to look above his forehead).

The voice acting for all three leads is nauseating. Imagine William Shatner sings the Beatles, now twice as bad. Wakka's voice makes the character unredeemably intolerable, and he not coincidently sounds exactly like Kahn from King of the Hill. The main character Tidus whines, gesticulates and hip hops like a lesser backstreet boy, while the female lead Yuna giggles and then looks sad like an after school special about her first period. Tidus also delivers half of his dialogue via a reflective "Sam Spade-ish" voiceover that contrasts sickeningly with the goofy screech that's his regular speaking voice.

The storyline and dialog sways randomly between incomprehensible and outrageously hokey (we must defeat Sin!). FF's before this were hokey also, but it was never so painfully irritating as when it's delivered with this bad voice acting.

Square arrogantly seems convinced that what they've made is so entertaining that they do not include a skip movie function. So you are forced to sit through hours of dialogue and acting so horrendous, it makes lucas' latest trilogy look like three "Citizen Kane's".
I finally turned the sound completely off and just read the subtitles for about an hour, but I eventualy realized that I disliked the characters so much by then that I was forcing myself to keep playing. I finally just gave up around the 12 hour mark.

BLITZBALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I don't want to get into it, I feel a tiny migraine)

FF has gotten worse with every installment since FF8. This would be the worst FF I've played except it has better graphics than 9. FFXI may be even worse than this, but its so off the radar that its become exclusive to a group of zombified fanboys who are so acclimated to any trash Square puts in front of them that they bought a hundred and fifty bucks worth of extra hardware (and monthly fee's?) just to play it.
Square began to circle the bowl after PE1 and FF8 (1999) IMO, and this is just more unfortunate evidence that they can't (or wont) pull out of the skid anytime soon.

Please tell me I'm missing something...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 18
Date: September 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm no video game expert, but I'm told this is one of the most successful game ever. And I suppose this is true since this is the 10th iteration of the game. But this has got to be the hokiest game I've ever seen. The music is more like muzak, all you do is 'watch' instead of play (the cut scenes are endless and badly acted), and when you do finally get to play, the action is over before you know it.

Save your money, and get Ico instead.

boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 13
Date: October 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is really boring. I feel like watching it rather than playing. It's nice that the characters can speak, but thay just talk too much. After playing for a little, I have to watch that slow movie. I've played old FF5, there's no fancy graphs, but the story is much more interesting. I've played FF8 before, now after spending 16 hours on this game, recently I baught ff8 and I'd rather play ff8 again than continuing this boring game.

Worthy Addition to the Final Fantasy Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I must admit I viewed Final Fantasy X with some trepidation when it first came out. I've been a fan of the series since its roots on the original Nintendo, and the idea of the characters speaking through voiceover rather than many, many boxes of onscreen text had me a bit worried. Would the story suffer a lack of depth due to less dialogue, or would the voices detract from the characters themselves through bad casting or acting? Would innovations in the gameplay itself add to the experience or be awkward and frustrating (like the lack of treasure chests and armor in part VIII)? Would the plot trend continue toward brooding characters difficult for the average player to identify with?

When I finally did give the game I try, I was instantly hooked. With few exceptions, the voice acting is done very well (coming from an experienced cast) and improves the cinematic aspects of gameply; the new "sphere" system for ability development allows greater flexibility while not blurring the unique nature of each character's skills and actions. Fans of the series will find many familiar elements--the ubiquitous Cid, airships, summonable companions like Bahamut and Shiva--and enough fresh air to maintain interest that goes beyond just impressive new visuals that much more neatly meld gameplay with cinematic sequences. All of the characters seem unique and likeable in their own ways, personable and done in such a way that the game player can easily feel him or herself drawn into the story.

The game does suffer somewhat from its linearity; lacking a true world map, the player throughout most of the game cannot just travel about at a whim, and the plot drives the player forward with many of the side quests reserved for late in the game. Yet sidequests there are a-plenty, and the sphere system and customizable weapons and armor do leave for much replay and extended play value.

Overall, Final Fantasy X is a truly deserving successor to the many innovations of the titles developed for the original Playstation, carrying the best aspects of the game forward to new heights, and I look forward to each future installment!

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