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The influence FFIV had on me as a sixth grader can't be understated. If I hadn't gotten into this game/series then, I'd probably be a fully functional member of society currently.

Lmao, me but FF7

#4. Final Fantasy X

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/4/8/AAK53VAAEgu4.jpg

When FFX first came out, it completely rocked my world. This was the new standard for JRPGS - the graphics were incredible, almost every line of dialogue was fully voice acted, the game transitioned out of cut scenes and into battles so smoothly... I just remember thinking like, "Wow. I can't believe games look like this now."

And even replaying it now, it's aged pretty well. It's still that incredible journey we all fell in love with over twenty years ago. It was isekai before isekai was cool. All the characters are loveable, especially Yuna, who's so endearing you can't help but admire her resolve every step of the way. And people either love or hate Tidus, but I think it was cool the player was able to slowly learn about Spira and experience the world through his eyes.

The battle system, while it lacks the intensity of ATB, more than makes up for it with depth and strategy. Switching out party members was not only technically impressive back then - it was a core part of every encounter's design, and I really think that made for some of the best combat in the series, or really even JRPGs as a whole. I didn't even mind the random encounters.

And I love Blitzball, idgaf. I got so deep into it back in the day, and my team was BEAST.

Unfortunately, there's three big flaws that standout with this game - the Sphere Grid is busy work, all the Cloister of Trials sucked, and the game is overly linear (though certainly not to the degree of FF13 - you don't even really notice it until you stop to think about it.)

That said, FFX is the epitome of "near perfect game" to me, and I'll always be grateful I got to experience that once in a lifetime leap from Gen 5 to Gen 6.

9.5/10

The ranking so far
#4. FF10 - 9.5
#5. FF4 - 9.4
#6. FF9 - 9.3
#7. FF5 - 9.0
#8. FF14 HW - 9.0
#9. FF8 - 8.8
#10. FFX-2 - 8.5
#11. FF12 - 8.5
#12. FF14 ARR - 8.4
#13. FF11 - 8.4
#14. FF1 - 8.3
#15. FF7 R - 8.3
#16. FF15 - 8.0
#17. DoC FF7 - 6.0
#18. FF2 - 5.0
#19. FF13 - 3.0

So yeah, every game from here on is 10/10.