92
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.7
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Tidus is a young athlete who lives in a futuristic city of Zanarkand - the "city that never sleeps". He plays blitzball, a ball game where players throw the ball while flying around. Suddenly, a terrible disaster happens. A huge dark wave engulfs the city, spawning monsters. Tidus comes in contact with the mysterious creature, and as a result finds himself in a different world, 1000 years into the future. The civilization he is used to doesn't exist any more. He learns that the world he knew was destroyed by Sin, a terrible being that is believed to be indestructible. Tidus meets a young summoner named Yuna, and joins her as a guardian on her quest to put an end to Sin.

"Final Fantasy X" is set in a world that is somewhat similar to South Asia. The game doesn't use the traditional level up system: instead, you receive sphere points after battles, and then upgrade your characters' parameters while moving on a special sphere map. The ATB (active time battle) system is replaced by turn-based combat. The characters are given distinct class attributes, and you can switch between all your party members during the same battle. Summoned monsters (called aeons in the game) now behave like playable characters, have their own HP, and can fight for the party until defeated.

Alternate Titles

  • "最终幻想10" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "Финальная Фантазия 10" -- Russian spelling
  • "Zui Zhong Huanxiang 10" -- Chinese title
  • "Finalnaja Fantazija 10" -- Russian title
  • "FFX" -- Abbrevated title
  • "FF10" -- Informal name
  • "ファイナルファンタジーX" -- Japanese title

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User Reviews

Next Gen FFVII this ain't Little Yoda (177) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
A deep, melancholic tale with amazing style and presentation Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (60097) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
A fun, beautiful, exciting slap in the face of the "real-time only" game religion weregamer (157) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
Final Fantasy games should have never been created *gasp* Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (13163) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
After Megaman X we get... Final Fantasy X ! Bregalad (661) 4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars
Disappointment or perfection? ... Actually both. MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35183) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
Everything you Ever Wanted in an RPG. Rey Mysterio (24) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
I'm at a lost for Words. It's That Good. NightKid32 (39) unrated
Unjustifiable as a game…this is an experience. DarkDove (67) unrated
This game is over-rated garbage! Chris Parent (5) unrated

The Press Says

Game Over Online Jan 22, 2002 96 out of 100 96
Electric Playground 2001 9.5 out of 10 95
DarkZero Jun 29, 2004 9.3 out of 10 93
NZGamer Feb 05, 2004 9.2 out of 10 92
Christ Centered Game Reviews Jun 01, 2005 92 out of 100 92
GameZone Dec 20, 2001 9 out of 10 90
Netjak Nov 19, 2002 8.5 out of 10 85
ntsc-uk May, 2002 8 out of 10 80
GameSpy Dec 18, 2001 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Game Critics Mar 06, 2002 5 out of 10 50

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Stealing from robots 2 St_Martyne Bronze Star Contributing Member (3562)
Sep 11, 2009
Favorite character 21 Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (60097)
Feb 16, 2009
Favorite song of FFX 5 Rabbi Guru (1238)
Oct 15, 2008
Mystery photographer 4 DreinIX (9294)
Mar 06, 2008
Thunder Plains 2 DreinIX (9294)
Dec 26, 2007

Trivia

Final Fantasy X is the first game in the (main) Final Fantasy series where :

- The music is not exclusively composed by Nobuo Uematsu

- Only a modern remix of the prelude is present (not the actual prelude)

- There is no trace of the traditional "a a a a a a g g" battle theme baseline. Although the battle theme of Final Fantasy 7&8 does not start by this baseline like all other Final Fantasies, there is trace of it in songs herd during some important boss battles.

Also, it's the second game in the series where there is no presence of the "Final Fantasy" theme since Final Fantasy II.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Syed GJ (1572) on Jan 22, 2002.
 

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