Fainaru fantajî X

Plot synopsis:
=== Setting and characters ===
Final Fantasy X is set in the fictional world of Spira, consisting of one large landmass divided into three subcontinents, surrounded by small tropical islands. It features diverse climates, ranging from the tropical Besaid and Kilika islands, to the temperate Mi'ihen region, to the frigid Macalania and Mt. Gagazet areas. Although predominantly populated by humans, Spira features a variety of races. Among them are the Al Bhed, a technologically advanced but disenfranchised sub-group of humans with distinctive green eyes and unique language. The Guado, which are less human in appearance, with elongated fingers and other arboreal features. Still less human are the lion-like Ronso and the frog-like Hypello. A subset of Spira's sentient races are the "unsent", the strong-willed spirits of the dead that remain in corporeal form. In Spira, the dead who are not sent to the Farplane by a summoner come to envy the living and transform into "fiends", the monsters that are encountered throughout the game; however, unsent with strong attachments to the world of the living may retain their human form. Other fauna in Spira, aside from those drawn from real animals, such as cats, dogs, birds, and butterflies, include the gigantic, amphibious shoopufs (which are similar to elephants); and the emu-like chocobo, which appears in most Final Fantasy games. Spira is very different from the mainly European-style worlds found in previous Final Fantasy games, being much more closely modeled on Southeast Asia, most notably with respect to vegetation, topography, architecture, and names.
There are seven main playable characters in Final Fantasy X, starting with Tidus, a cheerful young teenager and a star blitzball player from Zanarkand, who seeks a way home after an encounter with Sin transported him to Spira. To do so, he joins Yuna, a summoner on a journey to obtain the Final Aeon and defeat the enormous whale-like "Sin". Journeying with them are: Kimahri Ronso, a young warrior of the Ronso tribe who watched over Yuna during her childhood; Wakka, a blitzball player whose younger brother was killed by Sin; and Lulu, a stoic black mage close to Yuna and Wakka. During the journey, they are joined by Auron, a former warrior monk, who worked with both Tidus' and Yuna's fathers to defeat Sin 10 years prior; and Rikku, Yuna's cousin, a perky Al Bhed girl and the first friendly person Tidus meets upon arriving in Spira.
=== Story ===
The main protagonist Tidus waits with his allies outside the ruins of an ancient city. Tidus narrates the events that led to the present, spanning most of the game's storyline. It begins in Tidus's home city, the high-tech metropolis of Zanarkand, where he is a renowned star of the underwater sport blitzball, and son of the famous blitzball star, Jecht. During a blitzball tournament, the city is attacked by an immense creature that Auron, a man not originally from Zanarkand, calls "Sin". Sin destroys Zanarkand, taking Tidus and Auron to the world of Spira.
Upon arriving in Spira, Tidus is rescued by Al Bhed salvagers in the area, who speak a language that is foreign to Tidus. Upon asking him where he is from, one of them, Rikku, who speaks the same language as Tidus, tells him that Sin destroyed Zanarkand 1,000 years ago. After Sin attacks again, Tidus is separated from the divers and drifts to the tropical island of Besaid, where he meets Wakka, captain of the local blitzball team, when he impresses them with his blitzball skills. Wakka introduces Tidus to Yuna, a young summoner about to go on a pilgrimage to obtain the Final Aeon and defeat Sin with her guardians Lulu, a mage of black magic, and Kimahri, a member of the Ronso tribe. Meanwhile, Tidus joins to help Wakka in the upcoming blitzball tournament to find a way back home. The party travels across Spira to gather aeons, defending against attacks by Sin and its "offspring"—fiends called Sinspawn. After the tournament, they are joined by Auron, who convinces Tidus to become Yuna's guardian. He reveals to Tidus that Yuna's father, Lord Braska; Tidus's father, Jecht; and himself made the same pilgrimage to defeat Sin ten years ago. Tidus thought his father had died at sea ten years earlier. Following another attack from Sin, they are joined by Rikku, later revealed to be Yuna's cousin.
When the party arrives in the city of Guadosalam, the leader of the Guado, Seymour Guado, proposes to Yuna, saying that it will ease Spira's sorrow. At Macalania Temple, the group sees a message from Seymour's father Jyscal's spirit, who declares he was killed by his son, who now aims to destroy Spira. The group reunites with Yuna to engage Seymour in battle, killing him; soon afterward, Sin attacks, separating Yuna from the others. While searching for her on Bikanel Island, the homeland of the Al Bhed where they had surfaced, Tidus has an emotional breakdown when he learns that summoners die after summoning the Final Aeon, leading to his desire to find a way to defeat Sin while keeping Yuna alive. The group finds Yuna in Bevelle, where she is being forced to marry the unsent Seymour. They crash the wedding and escape with Yuna. The group is captured at the Bevelle temple, and are ordered to stand trial. After escaping from their sentence, the group heads towards the ruins of Zanarkand, seen in the introduction of the game.
On the way there, Tidus learns that he, Jecht, and the Zanarkand they hail from are summoned entities akin to aeons based on the original Zanarkand and its people. Long ago, the original Zanarkand battled Bevelle in a machina war, in which the former was defeated. Zanarkand's survivors became "fayth" so that they could use their memories of Zanarkand to create a new city in their image, removed from the reality of Spira. One thousand years after its creation, the fayth have become exhausted from "dreaming" their Zanarkand, but are unable to stop due to Sin's influence.
Once they reach Zanarkand, Yunalesca—the first summoner to defeat Sin and unsent ever since—tells the group that the Final Aeon is created from the fayth of one close to the summoner. After defeating Sin, the Final Aeon kills the summoner and transforms into a new Sin, which has caused its cycle of rebirth to continue. Yuna decides against using the Final Aeon, due to the futile sacrifices it carries and the fact that Sin would still be reborn. Disappointed by their resolution, Yunalesca tries to kill Tidus' group, but she is defeated and vanishes, ending hope of ever attaining the Final Aeon. After the fight, the group learns that Yu Yevon, a summoner who lost his humanity and mind, is behind Sin's cycle of rebirth. This leads the group to infiltrate Sin's body to battle Seymour, and Jecht's imprisoned spirit. With Sin's host defeated, Tidus' group battles and defeats Yu Yevon. Sin's cycle of rebirth ends, and the spirits of Spira's fayth are freed from their imprisonment. Auron, who had earlier been revealed to be unsent, goes to the Farplane. Just then, Dream Zanarkand and Tidus disappear, now that the freed fayth stopped the summoning. Afterward, in a speech to the citizens of Spira, Yuna resolves to help rebuild their world now that it is free of Sin. In a post-credits scene, Tidus awakens under water. He then swims towards the ocean surface, and the screen fades to white.

Tags: good versus evil, psychedelic, plot twist, romantic

Review:
Final Fantasy, considered by many to be the greatest video game RPG series ever, hell even having been one of the first and defining ones, makes the jump to the Playstation 2 with it's God-Knows-How-Many bits of power.
Video game RPGs were once known for sacrificing graphics in favor of a lenghtly story and intricate combat system; however, the final fantasy series has been gradually defeating that steriotype with each new game.
I mean, just look at Tidus' outfit!)Graphics aside, Final Fantasy X dwelves into new territory previously unseen in any FF game: Voice acting!
The principal characters are all handled quite proffessionaly, especially Wakka, as performed by John Di Maggio.The story of final fantasy is also quite complex and engrossing, as Tidus, the cheery Blitzball player of the futuristic fantasy land of Zanarkand is transported a thousand years into the future by an entity called "Sin." He finds himself in a quasi-medieval world of Spira, where machinery is outlawed by the religion of Yevon, and the land is ravaged by Sin as a punishment for mankind's missdeeds of the past.
As a character moves along, he can activate "nodes", which boost different abilities, using spheres earned in battle.Overall, Final Fantasy X is a big change from previous FF games, while also retaining familiar aspects enough to be a FF game.
A welcome addition, now every character can get in on a fight and gain points to use on the Sphere Grid.Last but not least, the storyline of Final Fantasy X is wonderful.
He's outgoing, adventurous, humorous and has a full range of emotions, making him feel more like the average guy rather than yet another tragic hero.In short, Final Fantasy X is an excellent game and shouldn't be missed.
Final Fantasy is easily one of the most celebrated game franchises in history, and the way Square Enix develop their games are almost suspiciously in the order of story first and game play second.
The love story between Yuna and Tidus, for video game characters, was true to the point of physical pain.
He uses words like 'traitor' and 'heathen' to describe the Al-Bhed, almost in the same way a Christian might describe a homosexual, or a Scientologist might describe a Suppressive Person.Through the actions of these characters, we discover that there is so much more than what meets the eye, and through thoughtful speculation we discover that Final Fantasy X is much, much more than a mere video game, and much more than an artful masterpiece.
We watch as their individual stories combine into an epic tale of love, camaraderie, sorrow, sacrifice, and triumph.In a business filled with shoot-em-ups and car crashes, it's wonderful to see a series that tries to stretch the form in ways that resemble art and literature, truly exploring the possibility of video game as an art form.As to the voice work that so many people complain of, I can only believe that these people were looking for big-name Hollywood stars to provide the voices of the characters--take a look at the resumes of the actors who provide voices for FFX and you'll find a history of American animation for the last 10 years.
I grew up with them and therefore I have a real soft spot for them.Make no mistake that is not me saying that they're all flawless, or even good for that matter but they do have that magic and that charm I can't dispute.Final Fantasy 10 following 7, 8 and 9 had huge boots to fill but it not only filled them but knocked the boots, the foot and the entire damn leg right out of the park.It tells the story of young Tidus, a Blitzball player who during a horrific attack on his home city of Zanarkand by a mysterious creature bumps into an old friend of his long absent father.
This begins the most epic adventure I have ever been fortunate enough to be a part of.Final Fantasy X IS a flawless game, from the visuals, cut scenes, outstanding score, excellent voice acting, combat systems and story this is the pinnacle of RPG's and remains my favourite game of all time even 17yrs after its release.This is one of those titles I could rant about at length, I truly adore it.
So many memorable moments, a heartbreaking finale, an addictive side game and SO much to it's credit.I'll resist the urge to fawn over FFX anymore and merely say that for me it had never been better, has never been better and I can't wait until something beats it because that'll have to be something out of this world.Flawless, masterpiece.The Good:Incredible storyLooks amazing especially the cutscenesWonderful scoreSolid voice actingThe Bad:Blitzball could have been a tad betterThings I Learnt From This Game:I can fall in love with a video game characterIt just doesn't get any better than thisIn Spira, hugging a living cactus is perfectly normal.
This entry into the Final Fantasy series came as the last entry in an incredible run of games in a very short span of time.
Sure, I sort of liked Final Fantasy X-2, but it seemed some of the things they did in that game were kind of lazy such as not changing the appearances of some of the characters and not really adding a few more locations to explore in Spira.
Still, I found that game more enjoyable than Final Fantasy XII (never played XI) which had a combat system I did not care for at all and characters that seemed like rehashes of characters in this particular game.
This one takes a bit more realistic approach as far as character design, but it works and this one also features actual voices for the characters during cut scenes and all through the adventure.The story has a young man named Tidus who is the son of a man who was a star blitz ball player (the popular sport of this world).
Soon Tidus joins this girl and her guardians as they go on a quest to Zanarkand to defeat the all powerful Sin as the summoner must go to various temples to gain the power to summon the final Aeon.This game does a couple of things differently than other FF games as there are several playable characters and like most FF games only a certain number can be in the battle, in this case three.
The villain in this one is a bit different in that it is almost a mindless creature (Sin); however, like many Final Fantasy games a true enemy will be revealed at the end and there is another villain named Seymour who just oozes bad guy from the moment you see him.
Yes, the voice acting hurts (due to the fact that the lips were modeled after Japanese and not English, unlike MGS2) but the great cast, incredible story-line and beautiful cut-scenes (CG and FMV) make this game a must own and true pleasure to play..
I like this game the best out of the series because it has good graphics, battle scenes, and a good story.
Blitzball is also a plus in the game, because I love to play it a lot when I feel like taking a break from leveling up a good bit.
And I have my reasons: Firstly, it has a Soundtrack that is better even than some great Hollywood Movies.Secondly, it has the best seven characters ever seen in a video game (each one has its own personality, I can't explain it well).And last, it has the best storyline ever seen.Actually I have more reasons, but I can't write all them.In conclusion, you MUST have this wonder even if you hate videogames..
FFX truly brings some great things to the table while keeping the best of the old school Final Fantasy.Sadly though, the story can't really hold up to the gameplay.
She sounds and acts like she's on life support or some kind of pain killer.The rest of the characters don't fare much better, but at least they have fairly good to great voices.
From the gruff and overly serious Auron to the charming and surprisingly non-irritating Rikku, everyone has an endearing personality of his or her own, and the love story between Tidus and Yuna is one of the most heartbreakingly believable things I've ever seen -- game, movie television, or otherwise.
Smith's /brilliant/ translation/localisation, the English voices sound as though the characters had been written for them Like any other Final Fantasy game, FFX is dark -- it's just a whole lot less subtle about it.
The relationship between the characters, I never encountered a game in which I loved the plot more than the game itself, even though the game itself is the best I have played - from the perfect battle system, through "strengthening" the genius characters through the "sphere grid," the weapons, Everything.
Or is it just my wild imagination, lol.As I said, this is the only and first video game that I've played that I actually thought was a work of brilliant art in the way the story was told and crafted.
Throughout the game, I found myself relating to and identifying with all of the main characters and their search for a deeper meaning with their existence, purpose and world view, became my search as well.Final Fantasy X goes beyond superficial entertainment and digs deeper and more extensively into human life.Wonderful movie, uhh - I mean game..
The game is fantastic and I love playing it.The characters, including Tidus, Yuna, Rikku, Lulu, Wakka, Auron, and Kimahri, are all very deep characters with definite pasts and experiences.
I say I am a very large fan of Square Enix and all of their games, but the best one is none other then Final Fantasy 10.This game has the best graphics, the best storyline, the best characters and even the best boss.
Sin.Definitely one of the best games they have ever made, apart from Final Fantasy 7, it has an amazing storyline, better than any game I have ever seen, and it is very challenging especially when you have to try to find all of the Legendary weapons and their Crests and Sigils.My favorite character in this game is none other than Tidus, only still a teenager, Tidus is an amazing when it comes to Blitzball, his swift attacks can knock out even then fastest of foe, and even has a chance against aerial enemies.
Especially when you want to plan what to do next.And if you did not know, this is the first ever (I mean EVER) game to have characters with voices, though the speech may be a bit slow, it is better then reading it off the screen like many other Final Fantasy games.Everything about this game is good to me, and probably to everyone that is obsessed with Final Fantasy as me.And this game deserves a 10 out of 10..
Final Fantasy x is one of the best game I played so far.
I like his character better than  most of the final fantasy game I played he comes second from Cloud.
In the tenth installment of the series, Final Fantasy X introduces vocal dialog which is incredibly out outstanding, albeit the sync is not great.STORY: Tidus is the Zanarkand Abes' star Blitzball player, when he is sucked 1000 years into the future he meets various friends & fiends from all over Spira.
Perfect in each and every way - the graphics, the story line, the characters - the music - an interactive movie and a game all in one.
Final Fantasy 8, while some didnt think it could anywhere near rival FF7, was still a very very good game, and much better graphically.
Waking up, you realize you're in the middle of a plot that escalates just right to think that it indeed merits the game play time of 40 hours.All in all, Final Fantasy X is a must have for every PlayStation 2 owner out there.
Most won't understand Japanese and the voices but at least the screenshots and movie clips will leave you drooling for this games release.And once again sorry to new FF fans but the one great constant of the Final Fantasy series is that it never repeats a storyline.
This is an RPG that has everything: complex, colorful characters, extremely well-crafted storyline, great voice acting, exciting battle system and game-play, beautiful backgrounds, good music, and lots of mini-games..
I mean, the blitzball mini-game was awesome to play (I am a blitz whiz), the Final Fantasy staples return (chocobo racing, a character named Cid, a pretty-boy as a main character), but I thought the way they took a mythylogical civilization dedicated to machinery (Zanadu) and put their own spin on it (they called the civilization "Zanarkand" (pronounced "Zahn-ahr-kahnd)) and named the bad guy after a bad thing (Sins are the worst thing you could do, so why not call the big, bad thing "Sin"?) and employed a colorful cast of voice actors who did a beautiful job blanketing the storyline with more twists than a pretzel factory.
However, I think a game like Final Fantasy X would make a good movie.
Before FFX, I had never played or watched a final fantasy game (i did see the movie).
I, what the hell where they thinking, I have been expecting for six long years to play this game, I was only able to play the sequel when I was 14 and I loved it, it's really entertaining, has a lot of replay value, not annoying characters, and it FEELS like a FF, how can ANYBODY say that it is not a worthy sequel, is ten times better than the original!!!Have you ever played a FF besides FFX?
I don't think so, I mean, I don't "hated" all FFX, it has some great characters, awesome music, incredible videos, revolutionary battling and leveling system, but there're 4 things that ruined a HUUUGE part of the game:1 - Tidus: Oh my god, I think I never, EVER have seen a more horrible character in all FF history or in Video Game History than Tidus, MY GOD, I don't even know how to describe it, he just, cries all the time, acts like a retard, and the laugh, MY GOD his laugh, I have never seen a more horrible voice acting, nobody say nothing to him while he was doing that awful performance?
and every time thet get even MORE boring, I almost died doing the first temple, I couldn't believe a FF could have such a senseless mandatory test to pass.4 - Story development: This is BY FAR the worst aspect of the game, the game has a great story, it's very original and well thought, but OMG, how can such a great story be so horribly developed?, this was the most linear FF ever, and I'm not kidding, it's PAINFULLY linear, in all the previous FF you always had the opportunity to go back to the other towns, walk freely over the world, and it looked like an epic travel to save the world, in FFX the world feels like it is 20km long and the epic travels of Yuna happens in like a week, what-the-hell.To sum up, it is a good entertaining game yes, but it is also the worst Final Fantasy game yet.
I myself am a great RPG lover, and the best RPGs of our time are without a doubt the Final Fantasy series.The story begins with Tidus, a young blitzball player, who is looking forward to his brilliant career when a monster called Sin shows up and destroys his home town Zanarkand.
To do this she must travel to the ancient and sacred city, Zanarkand.Here comes my rating:Graphics and music: 2/2 Plot: 2/2 Game play: 5/6Final Fantasy X is another typical work in the series, with great FMVs and great music.
Having played every Final Fantasy game, I am able to say they almost all improve over time.
In December 2001 Square released there loved game series on their new game system The problem with Final Fantasy X is that the main character Tidus is not a interesting character at all.
I've played and beaten all the games and consider myself a Final Fantasy super fan and I've often said I'd give up naming characters if I could just hear them talk.The graphics were also awesome.
This is my favorite game of all time simply because all the characters are characterized perfectly by the actors playing them, it has the best adventure game plot that I have ever encountered, the way that all the twists and turns are carefully planned out just shock me and excite me even more to reach the conclusion of the non-stop entertaining game, and that it can bring out every emotion known to man in you while you're playing it.Final Fantasy X is a greatly marvelous game that sets an unbeatable reputation for video games everywhere.
Later just like his father he ends up in Spira 1,OOO years later and finds friends such as Wakka, Lulu, Rikku, Auron, Kimahri, and the wonderful summoner Yuna who embarks on a mission to defeat the destructive monster known only as Sin. This Video Game has wonderful characters that you are bond not to forget for a while including very great enemies.
The story is really interesting but I was confused though out the game.I liked the turn based battle system that's much like Final Fantasy 1, 2, 3 and Mystic Quest where you can take your time to plan to attack enemies.
My advice is play the other Final Fantasy 1-9 as they're far better than this hard tedious RPG game..
I honestly do think this was the last great final fantasy game to come out of Square before the series turned mediocre.
There's character voices (finally!), which the IN-GAME characters actually have different facial expressions which makes this look like a real movie....