FINAL FANTASY X HD Remaster

For those Steamdeck users like me. Just go to game Properties > Compatibility and check "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" and use latest proton. mine was GE-Proton8-25. This solves the crashing issue, I hope it helps happy gaming :)

Go ahead, make fun of the laughing scene while you can. Enjoy it. By the time you finish the game, that shit is gonna hurt.

Final Fantasy 10 is such a good game that I think I might have accidentally based my life on it. The more I think about it the more I notice metaphorical parallels this game and real life. You can tell that some very spiritual people made this game. I just finally beat FFX 100% (Except Blitzball) and I feel like I can finally walk away from it after all these years. Getting some closure, feels good man. Beat Penance this morning and immediately went to beat the final boss and finish the game. The feeling is crazy.. I've finally mastered a Final Fantasy game.

I've owned this game on multiple platforms along with FF8 & FF9 and never get bored of coming back to it, I'm a sucker for nostalgia. They truly did peak at number 10 though (IMO).

These games changed my life. The story is beautiful and the soundtrack is even better. I've bought these games at least six times over the span of my life, both together and separate, thus far on various consoles/platforms and have played both to their ends each time. I've also gifted them to a few close friends and family. If you've never heard of these games, buckle up, they may just help you find a new perspective about the world. Also, in comparison to other final fantasy games, X is top tier turn based joy with a story that will take you through a roster of emotions and X-2 is a complex dessert of a sequel that follows. My absolute favorite games of all time.

This game is a classic from my childhood however even though there have been quality of life updates, there are serious issues on pc with the video quality and I find that kind of pathetic when asking for $30 for a 23 year old game. There are some suggestions online but mine still isn't 100%

Final Fantasy X is one of the best entry points into the series. It's highly entertaining, it has addictive gameplay and a touching story.
This is a very staged game. There is no open world in the game, the whole game you run around linear locations, and you can fully explore them only in the endgame. Due to this, the game feels like a complete adventure, because in the story of the game you are traveling from one end of the world to the other. Along with this, the game has a lot of cut scenes and dialogs, sometimes it seems that there are even more of them than gameplay.
And the core gameplay of the game is great. This is one of the best turn-based combat systems in JRPGs to this day. This is largely due to the fact that this game managed to solve an old problem of the genre - mindless spellcasting of enemies. Now each character is effective against a specific type of enemy, and in battle you have access to all members of your patty at once, which makes every fight a bit of a puzzle. At the same time, in Final Fantasy X there is no traditional for the genre system of experience, raising levels, and weapons or armor now practically does not affect your characteristics. In a nutshell, the new system of pumping can not be explained, but if in brief, it gives you huge freedom of development of your characters and raises the replayability of this part to unattainable limits. Even if you don't like the story, the gameplay of the game will be what you will come back to this game again and again.
The plot in Final Fantasy X is very unusual, as it tells not so much the story of the characters as the story of the whole world. At first, the plot resembles that of isekai, where the protagonist Tidus finds himself in another world, Spira, and wants to get out of it. The history and culture of Spira, and how it relates to the world of the main character, Zanarkand, are the most fascinating parts of the story. Because of these emphases, the game does not reveal much in the way of characters. There are about three really well-drawn characters in the game, and this is the weakest part of the game's story. The game compensates for this with its voice acting, for most of the dialog in the game is voiced. The English dubbing is poorly mixed in places , but the actors did a great job with their roles, so you will find it interesting to follow even those characters that seemed empty at first. It is the voice acting and directing that will cause you the most emotions from the story and from its ending.
Along with this, the game has one of the best soundtracks in the series. The composition "To Zanarkand", which perfectly conveys the mood of the whole game, settled in my playlist for a long time.
Despite the fact that the game is absolutely linear, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have much content. It is full of mini-games and optional places to visit. Before the finale, the game gives you the opportunity to freely explore the world and visit previously unreachable places. This is the only significant problem with Final Fantasy X. The whole game is relatively easy, if you approach the battles tactically, you will never have to grind or replay difficult bosses several times, except for the final dungeons. The final dungeon turns out to be too difficult for your party and the game will force you to go pumping, which is a bit out of the story. Many strong items you can only get by playing mini-games and not all of them are enjoyable to play. This is particularly true of Blitzball. Blitzball is a local sports game that you can play at any checkpoint. Its main problem is that you have too little control over what happens, the outcome of the match is more often decided by the stats of your room and random than by your skill. At the beginning of the game you will be too bad at it and towards the end you will be too strong, no balance.
Regarding this HD Remastered. It's good, all the textures have been tightened up, the re-arranged version of the soundtrack you're given to choose from at the beginning of the walkthrough sounds awesome. The only downside is that of all the character models, only the main character models have been updated, which looks pretty bad against the background of the less detailed NPCs.
Otherwise, this is a great game, which can be recommended even to those who are not familiar with the genre of JRPG, and for fans of JRPG, this game is a must-play.