Old School Gamers: Your opinion of FFX?

I thought FFX's story and systems were somewhere between "good" and "just fine," I really liked the music, and the fact that it was mine and most people's first PS2 rpg helped some of it's features which seem average by today's standards seem quite spectacular at the time (voice overs, and some of the visual effects).

The grid system was interesting in the sense that you could, if you wanted to, have characters with every single ability (except summons), but the time invested to do that made that unlikely of course. It was nice to do something other than gain levels, having to constantly spend sphere levels was a drag though.

My favorite part of the game by far was the Celestial Weapons quests, these provided some serious challenges, unrelated to the standard combat system which I personally happened to enjoy (yes, even dodging 200 lightning bolts...), although I still occasionally wonder how I ever pulled off the chocobo race for Tidus' sigil.

Blitzball took a little too long to finish tournaments and overall I wouldn't say it rates as one of my favorite mini games... it fits into the "just fine" category as well you might say.

Overall I definitely think it's worth a playthrough... if you like side events and optional bosses the celestial weapons and monster arena will definitely keep you busy well beyond the scope of the final boss/end of the storyline.

PS: I'd love to get your opinion on Xenosaga if you think FFX had too many cutscenes... heh heh heh

Jam it back in, in the dark.