There Will NEVER Be Another Game Like Final Fantasy X

FFX is a timeless masterpiece, and today we deeply analyze why that is the case. In this comparatively analysis, we also talk about why many of the modern games though having many similarities to X, don't quite reach its heights.

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[Animaxx]

All I got to say is, I will never get chills like I did when you get closer to Zanarkand with Fleeting Dreams playing in the back ever again. No video games have been able to do that to me again.

[RedXIII]

X excells in the way the MULTIPLE story twists and turns are gradually portrayed. You have a LOT of emotionally impactful moments, such as:

The "Sin is Jecht" moment
The "Yuna has to die" moment
The "I will fly. Believe" moment
The "Undead maesters lead a corrupt religious system" moment
The "I am a Dream" moment
The "Wait, there is no final aeon?" moment
The "Now, this is it. Now it's time to choose" moment
The "Don't stop. It's okay. It's been long enough" moment
The "I'm sorry I couldn't show you Zanarkand" moment
The "Never forget them" moment...

[SoBor]

FF10 will always be a masterpiece of art and gaming. Easily one of the best, most memorable and most inspirational games / stories ever. 🔥🔥👍👍💪💪

[unlucky_thiren]

I always love FFX video essays because I always feel like I realize something new from listening to others' thoughts. One of my favorite thoughts I had that I haven't seen someone else express regards the parallel between Tidus and Yuna and their respective daddy issues. Tidus starts off rejecting his father, and Yuna starts off blindly embracing hers. By the end of the game, Tidus has to accept his father, and Yuna has to reject hers (symbolically at least by rejecting the path he walked with the Final Summon) in order for them to break the cycle together. A cycle that was started and maintained by a father (Yu Yevon) and his child (Yunalesca) as well.

[Aisizzle]

FFX was my first final fantasy game. It was the best game experience of my life and no other game has beaten it. This game 'stuck' with me the rest of my life, that is how awesome it was.

I was so disappointed that Square didnt just copied the battlesystem and did not use the same devopers, same writers, same engine etc for an new game or sequel (excluding ffx2).
It just was something magical, and I just wished the series had stuck with it.

[BltzZ]

You've got my community hyped for me to play through this gem! X was my first PS2 game but I never finished it! 👀 I think i gotta fix that

[LAK_]

I can't think of another game that cultivates a vibe more powerfully than this one. The sorrow and fatalism of the world, the deeply moving music, the lush environments, everything. My late-night sessions playing FFX at age 19 during a lonely winter break from college are one of those experiences where I know for a fact it was just as magical at the time as the nostalgia makes it seem. I knew it was something special. Even the degenerate grind for the ultimate weapons with a *printed out* walkthrough is a fond memory.

[kiahnte]

*Ahem* Teedussy? You thought I wouldn't notice, didn't you? Well, I noticed.

[traceyrinaldi]

FFX saved my life when I was young, I literally wouldn't be here if FFX didn't open my mind the way it did. Thank you Square and the 100s of hardworking talented folks who made such an incredible piece of art. 23 years later I'm still here and 23 years later FFX is still legendary.

[MrAweeze]

I first completed FFX in the year of our lord 2003. I was a ripe 13 years old and at the time, my interests in gaming weren't nearly as strong as they are today. I hadn't experienced a truly gripping narrative, and the GCN/PS2 were the first generation of consoles I was able to actually get games and explore what gaming was (I was introduced to gaming 5 years prior, and had briefly had a hand me down NES as well as an N64, but my family was poor and I had precious few games with which to cultivate any passion).

Upon finishing X, I wiped tears away from my face, and as Tidus (tide-us, as in "tide", i.e. water) hurled himself over the airship, I realized my love for whatever this was I discovered took flight with him.

Thank you, Final Fantasy X, for enrapturing a new teenager in a heartfelt, passionate world he was unaware of. One where imagination never dies.

[jwee]

"STAY AWAY FROM THE SUMMONER" - crazy old lady

[Nagatem]

It was actually already confirmed auron looked so old in Final Fantasy 10, They were literally confused on what his final age was supposed to be. They fixed him in the remaster by making him less wrinkly and old looking, making him look more like he’s an actual 35 year old.

[chresna]

we need FF X Prequel that told stories of spira 1000 years ago on great war betwen Bavelle and Zanarkand, will be epic. The reasons why Yu Yevon who is spiritual leader on zanarkand choose to become SIN and punish spira for next thousand years? Because of his ambition, despair, revenge or anger?!

[Terszel]

I've replayed X maybe 20 times since I first played it in 2002, so many memories with this game. When I first played it, I sucked at grinding, so by the time I reached Evrae I was severely underleveled and had to grind Bombs on the airship for 2 weeks mindlessly after school just to not die to him lol. Imagine my surprise when right after Evrae, you land in Bevelle and have to go through the gauntlet of enemies without healing!! We got the game when it first released and by the time I beat Yunalesca (which took several years, btw, keep in mind I was only 8 years old when I first played it) the disc was so beaten up by the optical laser that the cutscene that is supposed to play after you leave the temple, the one where Sin is just floating there in the sky, it never played! Since at that time we didn't have a lot of money, I would basically replay the game several times trying to see if it was glitched and if anything I could do would fix it. I replayed this game so much I knew every monster's name and stats by heart 😂 It wasn't until college when I got a job that I was able to buy a new PS2 with mods and get a fresh copy of this game and finally beat it after over a decade lol. Nowadays I have the Omnibus in Japanese, I love it that much.

[ty_sylicus]

Feels like a waste that we never revisited CTB (Conditional Time Battle) and character swaping mid-battle. I really enjoyed these!

[ty_sylicus]

As a Westerner, I find romances like FFX and VIII, where the two people meet by chance and fall in love, to be far more interesting and relatable than the Japanese trope of loving someone from a young age and waiting for many years for them to reunite with you, or the trope of childhood friend becomes romantic partner bc their friendship is so strong.

[artoriapendragon]

I think Final Fantasy X was one of the most unique Final Fantasy Games. It focuses different cultures, lore, even better romance, and it's World.

[moisescorral]

21:44 Let's not forget Junya Nakano, who's song is currently playing in the background.

[cloudstclass]

This game is a remarkable achievement. I play this game once every ten years, for the exact reason NSP mentioned at the very top of this excellent video: I want to forget. I want to forget as much as I possibly can, because this game is so emotionally endearing that I try to recreate that first feeling to the best of my abilities.

Once every ten years bro.

[danobra]

I'm just a games journo from Brazil. I wish I could support more good creators like you more. Thanks for the great content you produce, NSP.