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Author: Genj
Posted: April 28, 2012 (09:58 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Interesting take comparing this to FF13.
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Author: bbbmoney
Posted: April 28, 2012 (10:38 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
X and XIII are actually my favorites of the franchise, go figure.
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Author: SamildanachEmrys
Posted: April 29, 2012 (10:18 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I had a similar experience. I found X very mediocre when I first played it, then enjoyed it much more upon revisiting a couple of years or so later. Personally, though, I'd say XII is probably the last good Final Fantasy. I think it did a lot of things right that for some reason are usually ignored.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: April 29, 2012 (11:07 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I loved X when I first played it and it's one of the few games I played twice in a row (especially nuts considering how long it is). Much like my experience between FF7 and FFX, I haven't enjoyed an FF game as much since. FFXII I found fun to play, but it lacked the depth of character development that was really the focus of FFX. In my mind, I compare FFX with FFIV, in that it really is about a character's pilgrimage.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: April 29, 2012 (11:37 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I think the depth of the story/characters is probably the best thing about FFX. Kinda thing that's tough to talk about in a review too much because of spoilers (if you can really "spoil" something in a hugely popular game released over a decade ago). When I first played it, I was newly married to my ex and things were so hectic that I think a lot of the depth went over my head because I really only had time to focus on the most obvious things (as in "OMG...I'm controlling a boy-band reject who's over-the-top obnoxious...SOMEONE KILL TIDUS SO THE REAL HERO CAN TAKE OVER!!!!").
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: April 29, 2012 (12:11 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, I really do think that's something a lot of people missed on their first time. People who didn't like X generally pointed to Tidus as the reason why. "He's annoying and pisses me off," was one complaint I heard a number of times. But, see, if that's true... then those people should LOVE Final Fantasy X, because it's pretty much about Tidus getting fucked over and over again in increasingly painful ways. He's a emotional wreck by the end of the game, though he gets points for keeping it somewhat together rather than totally losing it like Cloud.
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Author: Sise-Neg
Posted: April 29, 2012 (02:39 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I guess I had the opposite experience in that FFX has become less impressive to me over the years. When I first played it I was captivated by the aesthetics of the world as well as the narrative. I also really liked most of the characters (though I always found Tidus irritating and didn't like Yuna's voice actress). But I think my praise of the game before had to do with it being my first RPG on the PS2. Once I went back to the older games on NES and PSX (save for FFVIII, which I found terrible) my opinion of FFX lowered.
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