gumpy87 wrote:10 is nothing compared to 7 or 9, the battle system insnt very good, the characters are not likeable, tidus is the worst protagonist in any final fantasy game, there are no memorable set pieces, the story starts of weak and just gets worse, the soundtrack is probably the worst thing Nobuo Uematsu has done and the sphere grid is a pain in the arse. You can tell that Hironobu Sakaguchi had nothing to do with it and im not going to get started on why you should play final fantasy 7 and 9 but you should they are two of my 5 favorite rpgs the other three being panzer dragoon saga, pokemon and star ocean 3
I'd love to know what makes Tidus such a bad protagonist; I mean, sure he's not a whiny little emo bastard with spiky hair and a 'History', like Cloud, and he's not a smart mouthed womanising monkey-thief, like Zidane, but he's not half bad as protagonists go. He's got a mission: to get back to his own Zanarkand/find out the truth about his father; he's got a past: He was bullied by his father, had his self-esteem shattered time and time again, but still managed to become the best Blitz Ball player in his time (and in the present too, if you play the superb mini-game); he got thrown into a strange futuristic world where he was first told that his home city was destroyed over 1000 years ago, then got told that he's nothing more than a dream, then got told that his father is a giant monster that goes around killing everyone. If anyone has reason to be angsty, it's him.
The story is great, I have no idea how you can prefer 7 or 9 over 10's story. Just when it might start getting boring, they chuck Seymour into the works and fuck everything over; so instead of being the group that everyone loves and respects, you're suddenly public enemy number one and everyone wants to tear you a new arsehole. Before long you find out that the entire religion/government is corrupt, and you've been fighting on the wrong side to begin with; not only that, but you've been fighting for your lives for the sole purpose of sacrificing yourself later on anyway. So you say bollocks to that, smash your way through Yevons forces, kill Seymour another couple of times (because That. Fucker. Won't. Stay. Dead.), challenge the final boss, and turn the entire religion on its head by destroying the god itself.
The soundtrack was pretty lack-lustre, I'll grant you that. However, Suteki Da Ne is a gem, and X-2's sound track made up for X's.
The Sphere grid was great. It allowed for a lot more freedom with your characters. It appears daunting to begin with, but once you know what you're doing it's a piece of cake. Want to be a black mage? Follow this route. Want to be a thief? Follow this route. Want to be a white mage warrior? No problem! Really can't see why people hate it tbh.
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