If the word Overrated ever needed a poster child then it should look no further than the Final Fantasy series. FF10 is the first and last Final Fantasy I will ever play I assure you. What I got from the reviews before I brought this game was that it was some sort of epic, emotionally driven masterpiece. As a matter of fact hear the way Final Fantasy groupies tell it ALL of the FF titles are masterpieces. Well let me tell you if FF10 is ANY indication of what even a SMIDGEN of the others are like. Take your money and RUN LIKE HELL! I'm serious.
Plot:All over the place is the best way I can describe it. Your understand jumbled as it is(Or think you do)about 60% of it and the other 40% good luck. Here's a rough draft of the *Plot*. A 17 year old boy is transported 1000years into the future to a place called Spira by a creature named Sin. This creature has a strange link to the boy.If you want to know what kind of link one word need apply, StarWars.Anyway he is joined there by a 17 year old summoner and her guardians. Their mission is to defeat Sin blah, blah, blah. Sounds like your run of the mill good vs evil plot doesn't it. In more capable hands it could have been cohesive and better,but alas the Japanese aren't known for their strong plots or dialogue for that matter. I'm not saying an American could have done better. I'm saying ANY country,but them could have.
Music:There's some good.What comes to mind are the songs Zankarand,Auron's Theme,the music playing before and during Yuna's wedding, Mt. Gazet. Then you have some downright atrocious. The Chocoboos theme or walking K.F.C. as I like to call them, Rikku's theme, the cloister of trials. All the music really. Except the pieces I first mentioned.
Battle System: Two words. Pokemon Stadium. Turnbased is a battle system that you will either completely love or completely hate. I'm the latter. It IS the most boring way of playing a game EVER. You will be bored out of your skull. As I hear it ALL the FF games are turn-based.Got to say the prospect of losing my mind and trying out another FF title isn't looking to good. This is one of the main reasons re-playability is thrown out the window.Make a game in REAL TIME or don't make it at all.
Sphere Grid: Is the game's way of leveling up. All I have to say is Advel. Preferably two bottles if your playing for a long period of time. Although, seriously why would you want to? Characters. You want get attached believe me. They all have 2 dimensional personalities. Most are quite boring to be perfectly honest. The only person you will probably be able to stomach is Auron.
Visuals: Movie like cutscences are beautiful,very realistic. Then you have the in game cut-scenes and in game graphics that look hideous,but hey it was made in 2001 so there you go. Another thing is the character designs itself. The character designer needs to stop tiptoeing in the closet and come on out.Someone has been shopping in the softer side of Sears. I have looked at pictures of the other *men* designs of the FF series and KH just to see if this was just a FF10 thing and no it isn't. ALL the *men* look like women,and in the case of FF10 sound like them too.*Cough*Seymour.I think the correct word would be EFFEMINATE. Another thing is the clothes. If you are looking for the most hideous,mismatched clothes to ever come out of the human imagination look NO FURTHER than the FF series. Clothes to me can help make or break a plot. And in FF it broke it to pieces. Just look at it this way would you take the characters from the movies Lord of the Rings or Oceans 11 seriously if they were dressed like the characters from this or any FF game? Bottomline: This game lacks a lot of things,but mainly it lacks seriousness. You just can't take the evil villain seriously if he is SUPPOSED to be male but sounds and dresses like a female. You can't take a plot that is boring and all over the place,visually lacking, 2 dimensional characters, and the carvery riding K.F.C. seriously. If Square knows anything it's SERIOUS MILKAGE. They know that as long as they slap the Final Fantasy name on something their loyal walking dollar signs will eat it up. Final Fantasy just needs to be FINAL period. Just do yourself a BIG favor and STAY AWAY from this.
Plot:All over the place is the best way I can describe it. Your understand jumbled as it is(Or think you do)about 60% of it and the other 40% good luck. Here's a rough draft of the *Plot*. A 17 year old boy is transported 1000years into the future to a place called Spira by a creature named Sin. This creature has a strange link to the boy.If you want to know what kind of link one word need apply, StarWars.Anyway he is joined there by a 17 year old summoner and her guardians. Their mission is to defeat Sin blah, blah, blah. Sounds like your run of the mill good vs evil plot doesn't it. In more capable hands it could have been cohesive and better,but alas the Japanese aren't known for their strong plots or dialogue for that matter. I'm not saying an American could have done better. I'm saying ANY country,but them could have.
Music:There's some good.What comes to mind are the songs Zankarand,Auron's Theme,the music playing before and during Yuna's wedding, Mt. Gazet. Then you have some downright atrocious. The Chocoboos theme or walking K.F.C. as I like to call them, Rikku's theme, the cloister of trials. All the music really. Except the pieces I first mentioned.
Battle System: Two words. Pokemon Stadium. Turnbased is a battle system that you will either completely love or completely hate. I'm the latter. It IS the most boring way of playing a game EVER. You will be bored out of your skull. As I hear it ALL the FF games are turn-based.Got to say the prospect of losing my mind and trying out another FF title isn't looking to good. This is one of the main reasons re-playability is thrown out the window.Make a game in REAL TIME or don't make it at all.
Sphere Grid: Is the game's way of leveling up. All I have to say is Advel. Preferably two bottles if your playing for a long period of time. Although, seriously why would you want to? Characters. You want get attached believe me. They all have 2 dimensional personalities. Most are quite boring to be perfectly honest. The only person you will probably be able to stomach is Auron.
Visuals: Movie like cutscences are beautiful,very realistic. Then you have the in game cut-scenes and in game graphics that look hideous,but hey it was made in 2001 so there you go. Another thing is the character designs itself. The character designer needs to stop tiptoeing in the closet and come on out.Someone has been shopping in the softer side of Sears. I have looked at pictures of the other *men* designs of the FF series and KH just to see if this was just a FF10 thing and no it isn't. ALL the *men* look like women,and in the case of FF10 sound like them too.*Cough*Seymour.I think the correct word would be EFFEMINATE. Another thing is the clothes. If you are looking for the most hideous,mismatched clothes to ever come out of the human imagination look NO FURTHER than the FF series. Clothes to me can help make or break a plot. And in FF it broke it to pieces. Just look at it this way would you take the characters from the movies Lord of the Rings or Oceans 11 seriously if they were dressed like the characters from this or any FF game? Bottomline: This game lacks a lot of things,but mainly it lacks seriousness. You just can't take the evil villain seriously if he is SUPPOSED to be male but sounds and dresses like a female. You can't take a plot that is boring and all over the place,visually lacking, 2 dimensional characters, and the carvery riding K.F.C. seriously. If Square knows anything it's SERIOUS MILKAGE. They know that as long as they slap the Final Fantasy name on something their loyal walking dollar signs will eat it up. Final Fantasy just needs to be FINAL period. Just do yourself a BIG favor and STAY AWAY from this.