Why is this fucker on the cover? I want Yuna!
Ok, for the first time, the Gaming Connoisseur is not going to bash a game that sucks. In fact, I think Final Fantasy X is pretty good. However, I do believe that it's overrated by both fans and critics. It's linear, the story is average, and there are a lot of cheesy moments. But for some reason, it just has that "It" factor that makes it a really entertaining game. But with the problems I mentioned, and considering that it's one of the highest rated games of the PS2, GameCube, and Xbox era, I do feel the need to add it to my list. Oh, and this time I'll go ahead and warn you that there will be spoilers.
The first thing I'm going to go back and forth on is the cast of characters. Tidus (pronounced TEE-dus lmfao) looks and acts like a total pussy. He's a high-energy guy, which is better than some previous Final Fantasy main characters like emo Cloud and Squall, but in combination with his colorful get-up makes him look like a gay (ok I'm not a homophobe, so the reason this is bad is because he falls in love with a girl, leaving me confused). He does not deserve to be the main character. The story is about Yuna's trip as far as I'm concerned, and he's just along for the ride. Yuna is awesome. And then everyone else sucks. Rikku is the high-energy female who never loses her good spirits. Even when Tidus is disappearing (spoiler alert) she is jumping and waving while everyone else is sad (seriously, wtf). Wakka is a Hawaiian guy, which is pretty cool, except he's the captain of a merry band of loser blitzball players, like a video game version of the Mets' David Wright. Then Square Enix needed an emo, so they added Lulu. Then there's a cat thing, and Auron, who is pretty cool.
DURRRR.. HURHURHURHURHURHUR!!!!!!!
The story has its good and its bad. The good is that Tidus is actually not alive lol. I also like how it's not based on a war with the good guys hopelessly outnumbered. That's always a plus. And Yuna's sending in Kilika is one of the most iconic moments in gaming. The bad: literally every fucking moment with Tidus. Ahem *clears throat* ... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Btw.. what's up with godawful lip-syncing?
Wakka's merry band of losers before a match.
The only other problem is that Final Fantasy X was the beginning of Final Fantasy's turn to linearity. While the pacing is actually really good, there's virtually nothing for you to do outside of continue walking straight ahead to continue the main quest. This really sucks considering that Spira actually has an interesting world that would be very fun to explore. But NO, we can't have exploration in games anymore, because developers think most gamers are too stupid and won't know what the hell to do if they don't lay everything out in a straight line. While they're totally correct, that doesn't mean it's ok. This continues until the very end of the game, in which we can be transported to various parts of the world map. Yay...
8.5/10 - And you can expect me to follow up with Final Fantasy X-2 in the coming days....
well, the top 3 overrated Final Fantasy Female Characters are: Tifa, Yuna, Lightning.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with most of your points (but respect you have different opinion/tastes)
ReplyDelete1) You mention it's too linear as if linear is automatically a bad thing in videogames, you would be better off playing open-world RPGs like Skyrim (which I personally found 10 times as overrated and boring as this game was or will ever be,)
2) You say Tidus was a total pussy, but he is not supposed to be a 'tough-guy' he's just a teenager after all, you want him to be a macho-meathead like in the 200 trillion hollywood and videogames today? as for the bright clothing well deh it's supposed to be a different world you know FANTASY! what you want him to be wearing jeans and a black tank top or else he is gay? righteo.
The problem with the clothes is that its all impractical.
DeleteI understand fantasy and things being different, but everybody wearing haute couture is just ridiculous.
Should I mention the skirt made of belts? Yeah, nobody is fighting in that thing.
What do you mean by impractical? It's a different world with different fashions/uniforms/outfits etc- you would rather they all just be wearing bland, generic clothes?...yeh well lulu doesn't really 'fight' does she? she casts spells, shes a mage. I always thought big-titted lulu was hot If anything I thought it was wakka with that blitzball (as a weapon?) that I thought was a bit silly, I would have preferred an archer or character with a crossbow or something. anyway I would have given different criticisms like...
Delete1) The nerdy combat system whilst awesome isn't that deep or complex it's just switch character for different enemy type until you become so powerful it doesn't matter anymore-
2) The storyline rips-off starwars big time (your father is dark vador/Sin) "I am a jedi-knight (summoner) like my father before me"
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