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Plot Synopsis

Spira, once a peaceful land, has been under a threat from the existence of Sin for a 1000 years now. Their only hope is the Summoners. Only they are able to defeat Sin and bring the "Calm" if they complete their pilgrimage.

In Besaid Island, a 17-year-old newly made Summoner, Yuna, meets Tidus - a boy who claims to have come from Zanarkand. However, as unbelievable as it might seem, Zanarkand, is no more than ruins and rubble from war that took place 1000 years before. Together with Tidus and her guardians Lulu, Wakka and Kimahri, Yuna sets upon a pilgrimage as a Summoner in order to bring peace back to Spira.

Credits: eunasahng

Story & Playability

In my oppinion, the story-line was mildly cliche. Boy lives in what we consider the "future", boy gets thrown into what he considers the "future", boy helps save the world...etc. The ending was terrible. I hated it. I didn't want it to end that way, but hey. Games aren't supposed to be predictable, are they? Other than those "flaws" as I'll call them, they story took me by surprise many times. It was pretty good. I was always dissapointed when they weren't going to do something that I wanted them to. I hate it when that happens. I always have a good idea of how I want things to turn out, and they were always going in the OPPOSITE dirrection... Why?
I'm not sure if that is a good thing, or a bad thing. lol. Even though I was dissapointed a few times, I was always excited to see what would happen next. It keeps you on the edge of your seat. It makes you feel like you're traveling with them. Like you are really there. Like somehow you yourself are included in the story. It's very interesting.
I'll say it.
The story is very interesting.

Rating

6 (average)

Graphics

The art was pretty amazing. I was always stunned at how well it was animated during the cut-scenes, and the battles... It never ceased to amaze me. There were some flaws in the character design such as when Lulu was fighting, her fur coat thing wouldn't flap around. It would stay put. Things lilke that take away the realizm for me... But then again, maybe I'm just being picky. Some of the art looked real many a time. That's always a good thing.
It tries to get you attached to the characters. You always have a favorite no matter how hard you try not to. Each of the characters were designed with their own personality. And in being so unique, it was like there was one character designe to suit the game-player's personality. I fancied Auron. He acted the most like me. Therefore, I grew very attached to him. Some of the parts in the story were predictable for me. I sort of had an idea of what would happen next. Only in a few parts though. Like every story, there is always a bad guy. Now, why doesn't the bad guy EVER turn good? I don't think I've played one game that had a bad guy go good. The villain in this game was very evil. I, besides feeling hatred towards him, felt a sense of pity and grief at the same time. It is rare that this will happen in any story. You see how he lived and what he used to be like before he started drifting. It is sort of sad...

Rating

8 (good)

Sound

The music was awesome. I loved it. Some of the background music was pretty strange though...
In some songs, I was always expecting it to pick up somewhere and it never did, ya know what I mean? I only have the dubbed version so I don't know what the original version was like, but when the characters would speak, it didn't quite seem in-sync. Maybe it was just the disc I have... Some sort of glich. The only characters who seemed as if their voices belonged to them was Lulu, Wakka and Auron. The original versions are always so much better...

Rating

4 (below average)

Fun

This game was so enjoyable! I would play it again if I wasn't so busy. I'm a game-tester. I spend my money on video games and rate them on websites. It's a strange hobby...
Even if you've never heard of Final Fantasy, I'd reccomend this game for everyone.
It was so fun to play. It had some moments that made me laugh. Sometimes I'm not sure if I was supposed to laugh or not... It made me smile too. It brings out almost every one of your emotions while you're playing it. My sister, who HATES RPGs, always wanted to watch me play it. I think that says something. The fighting system in this game is so great... You get used to it so fast it gets to be like drinking water. It's very fun to fight. But, like all games, fighting gets tedious when you don't want to fight. But then the great thing about fighting is that you always gain experience points. That makes you closer to leveling which makes you stronger which makes you happy! It almost seemed like it was going too fast. Like I wasn't leveling up as much as I was supposed to be... because when I would get to a boss battle, I was always slaughtered. Then I'd go and train more. And other times, I'd level up TOO fast...and things would be very, VERY easy for me. So, sometimes it is very difficult, and other times it is not. There are puzzles that they will have you solve that really injure your brain. They are easy at first, but then... they grow harder and harder... But once you finish them, you feel so great about it. I think everyone likes that feeling. It's like climbing a hill and once you reach the top, you get to slide down with the cool wind in your face. It's a great feeling.

Rating

7 (above average)

Final Verdict

6.33 (average)

Reviewed by April-Showers, 3y 25wk ago