Old School Gamers: Your opinion of FFX?

I enjoyed FFX. It's not my favorite FF game but I found it satisfying all the way through, with a good cast and a great story. It was good enough for me to go back and play it again (a few years later).

It was certainly far better than its trashy sequel, FFX-2 (which managed to rip apart the existing characters one by one AND negate FFX's wonderful ending in one foul stroke).

How ya doing, buddy?

I thought FFX's final battle was the hardest of all the FFs. Maybe I was just underleveled (since I rarely do side quests in RPGs) but I had to use EVERY GF (on overdrive) and it was still a challenge to wear down his last amounts of HP. Fortunately, the ending was totally worth it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I actually liked FFX-2's battle system quite a bit. It was fast and well-balanced (mostly). It was the plot and tone of the game that stunk up the place.

And no, the final boss I'm referring to is "Braska's Final Aeon". Whatever that's supposed to mean. I never did figure it out.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

FFX had one of the best last-minute revelations I've encountered in a video game. I thought the plot was great up to that point but it REALLY soared afterwards.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I thought the voice acting in FFX was fine. I've certainly heard far worse (Baten Kaitos, Star Ocean 2, etc. etc). Yuna was a little weak but she got the chance to improve in FFX-2.

Poor Kimahri. I've never seen such a useless member in my party. He never got stronger, his sphere grid was a waste of time and as a character, he got practically no development.

(And Blitzball sucked)

I was speaking idiomatically.