Your Top 50 Games: 2011 Discussion Thread

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Runa216 said:

TruckOSaurus said:

#21. Final Fantasy X (PS2)

The first Final Fantasy on PS2 and the first one with voiceovers. I really enjoyed this game a lot, the battle system was really good, the sphere grid was a nice change from what I was used to and finally Square had found a solution that made using every character a definite possibility. No longer did you have to form a party, level up three people then change so the others wouldn't fall behind, you change between all of your characters on the fly in every battle. It was just brillant!

The story was interesting and the game featured breathtaking CGI cutscene (Yuna's first sending comes to mind). Also Auron kicks ass! There was a decent number of things to do once the main quest was over (mainly the Monster Arena and it's crazy strong monster). I didn't enjoy Blitzball at all but thankfully I wasn't forced to play it more than once per playthrough.

This game is probably the single most prominent reason I hate, no, LOATHE and ABHOR Final Fantasy XIII.  This game here was linear as hell (most of the worlds were pretty much corridors), had basically the same kind of level up system (Sphere grid and Crystarium are pretty similar), and yet THIS game is great, while XIII is trash.  why?  SIDEQUESTS!  In X, you can search the world, unlock mysteries, play blitzball (even though you didn't like it, I loved it), get ultimate weapons, find hidden areas, unlock a language, and that arena was just so awesome.  

This game is linear yet with LOTS of sidequests.  

I need to play XII again. 

When it comes to Final Fantasy games what I can do in the end game is even more important than the main quest. I love leveling my characters to insane levels. FFX was perfect for that, I had the trio of girls with the whole sphere grid maxed out. It's so funny seeing Lulu's little moggle run up to an enemy, give him a little slap and see 99,999 damage pop-up or to Quick Attack the hell out of a giant arena monster. Also searching for ultimate weapons could keep you busy for a long while. I never was able to control those damn chocobos well enough to get the under 0 sec time to get Tidus' ultimate weapon so I forged him one using stuff I won in the arena.