Final Fantasy X is a Japanese-RPG and was originally released for the PS2. The young and cocky sports star Tidus is thrown by an attack of the giant monster Sin 1000 years into the future in a foreign country called Spira. But here drives Sin havoc and so he joins the young summoner Yuna on her journey to to defeat the monsters and find a way home.
Of course there are genre conditionally fight out many battles that take place around based purely. Thanks to a timeline on the side you can always tell which character / monster which when is your turn and how this order changed by the selected action, which ensures a high tactical depth. In addition to the fighting and numerous cutscenes, moreover, varied side quests and mini-games are still numerous in the program, notably: Lightning Ball. This is a kind of handball underwater and offers a Ligen- and cup system even transfer market, with which one. During his trip, his team can gradually improve with the best players
A genre peculiarity is the Sphere Grid. While in other RPGs mostly just level up the characters and then they are automatically more, you can determine the development of much more freely here. With each level you must make here on the board with the figures a step forward and with so-called spheroids (crystals) status bonuses to unlock. Later in the game you can even blow away the predefined status bonuses and replace them with new and more powerful, give to the smallest detail can customize it for your needs his characters.
Even after rich twelve years this game has lost none of its appeal and continues to be the last major highlight in the now but as bad as sagging series!
But now we come to the point of veterans probably most interested in the technical implementation. All this runs in crystal-clear 1080p (Full HD) resolution, including the spectacular render sequences. From violent Alliasing ("jagged edges" on edges) of the PS2 original is nothing left. Many character models, especially the faces have been revised, and now seem a little round and detailed. The facial animations are somewhat scaled back and thus appear more natural than before. Many ambient textures and some effects such as water surfaces have now been refined. And now even real characters have shadows rather than just a black circle at her feet. The menus were also visually somewhat refreshed, but the menu remained the same. And while the European PS2 version had then still struggling with fat PAL beams, gestauchtem image and speed slumps, that's here on HD TVs of course no longer an issue!
Of course, in spite of all its revisions PS2 origin not deny, but it was out of the starting material that Mr. tickled probably best, and at least in its best moments, it still looks great! Only criticism: The frequent load times of 2-5 seconds at a screen change could have been put safely shorter with the PS3 Power.
Acoustically many music pieces were again revised and remixed. Although they do not sound necessarily better than before, but no worse. Unfortunately, one has once again saved the original Japanese voice-overs and it applauded the rather weak US language and the differences between German and US language subtitles are available again. These differences are due to the fact that at that time only the Jap. Version existed for the German translator of the PS2 version and, despite some freedoms closely it held when the US translator. Of course, this "excuse" is no longer valid after twelve years, but the offering of the JAP. Soundtrack would have preferred me anyway as an approximation of the German texts to the US version.
The sequel to X-2 takes place two years later. Spira is under reconstruction and several political movements fighting for power. But secretly threatens a new zerstörische force to tear the country back into the abyss.
In the battle system, the ATB gauge returned from Parts IV to IX, overall it reminded operationally but rather to the Grandia series, which is nothing but certainly bad. Instead of replacing the fighter as the tenth part, change the three main characters of this game just her clothes (!) And thus change their jobs, from a simple warrior or mage bishin to Maskotchenoutfit (!!) is some represented even if most are naturally only found needs. Incantations are no longer possible, but since it is here to extended "International" version, you get the opportunity throughout Spira traps interpreted to catch both monsters and human characters and to fight for you. So if Ifrit always found boring and sometimes preferred to let out with a king-Behemoth the sow, here is the chance.
During the tenth still proceeded very linear, you now have the opportunity to influence the course itself (a bit) the successor. So you can decide from the beginning itself if simply follow only the main story (with around 20-25 hours unfortunately just half as long as the tenth) or the ancillary tasks provides. (With all the side quests quite to the 60-80 hours of play)
The story as a whole is, unfortunately, very much flatter than in the predecessor, there is also much more laid back. Some like the exaggerated "Girlie-fuss" of the main characters, but go to the spirit, but even this is still a solid albeit not nearly as superior piece of software.
For the technology and acoustics are the same as for the tenth.
As a bonus, there's still a few additional films that look at newcomers but best only when they are connected to the main play by. In the Limitetd Edition still there on top of a beautiful art book. Whether this one is worth the extra cost but, of course, everyone has to decide for themselves.
