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For me, its not started off at all like any of the previous games, they seemed to throw you into the action straight off, you got to actually do some playing while the story got off to a rushing start, this game hasnt done that to me yet, and this is one of the most important parts of the game.
You have to say that a game really needs a good begining to get things up and running, FF10 starts pretty slow....then with the blitzball scene it gets really good and im starting to think im back in FF, them something strange happens and the game just slowed down again.
Its not all bad, im intrigued to find out whats happening next, and it does seem to be building to something big, its just that, well, i think the graphics may have gone to Squares head at the minute, so far i havent played, i have watched, i hope its starts to improve in that aspect soon.
Got to say though, the graphics and character animations are very nice indeed, but still, a little more play would be nice sometime soon.
Cut-scene. Walk along a little. Cut-scene. Walk a little further. Cut-scene. Fight. Cut-scene. Walk along. Cut-scene. Fight. Cut-scene. Fight.
It's coming across as an interactive movie at the moment, whether this was Square's intentions is anyone's guess, but, one strangely I've found quite compelling and engrossing so far.
1) I need an ability sphere urgently! I was meaning to save 1 for Wakka so he could learn "steal Ability" but I forgot and used my last one on some other move. Now I haven't got any ability spheres and I need one to get the "Steal Ability" move. I'm sure that must be a move that makes enemies drop ability spheres, so if I have that, I shouldn't be short in future. But I need a damn ability sphere in the first place and I can't find one!!!! Any ideas? Also, I need a luck sphere. I did find one towards the beginning of the game and it turned an empty node into a Luck +4 node. So I need a luck sphere to raise my luck by 4. I dunno what luck does, but it sounds good so I want it. And I'm not moving my character past it till I get a luck sphere! And that character is currently on sphere level 9!
2) I want to play FFX loads more today but I seriously need to revise for my Biology and Maths exams this week. I have Geography and English Literature tomorrow, Tuesday I have Biology and Wednesday I have Maths. AARRGGHH!! After that I can play it for as long as I want since I only have English Language before a 10 day gap which splits my exams. Why I'm on here I don't know. I really should revise now but I feel the need to look at more minidisc hi-fis. I have found a very nice Panasonic one at the stupidly low price of 200 pounds!
Anyway, back to FFX. Just for a second. It's a better game than MGS2 me thinks. And to think it's my first FF experience. I only ever played FF7 and that was extremely briefly. I thought it was total poo. But this is brilliant! Although how fights were ever tactical without the switch character mid-fight option is beyond me. Didn't that suck?
I like how you upgrade the characters with the sphere grid and how you can swap characters during battles and the characters move realistically.
The graphics are very good, but I am trying to get used to the black borders (I wish they had inlcluded a 60hz mode). The voice acting and cut scenes imo are excellent. So far it is OK but a bit boring but I am hoping it will improve a lot.
This is turning into the best FF ever for me, something that finally beats FF7!
Blitzball sucks at the moment since I can't win a game. And I don't think it's that I'm crap either, It's actually impossible to win until I get some better players.
The weird talking team have a goalie with 18 blocking points. Tidus has 10 for shot accuaracy and that's my best player. So you see, it is actually IMPOSSIBLE to score!
Then again, I have only played one game other than the game you have to play. I lost that one 3-1 the first time but thought I could win so I retried it and lost 3-0. :-D
Auron is the man!