Final Fantasy X
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Final Fantasy X is a console role- playing game developed by Square Enix and it the tenth in the Final Fantasy series. It was first released in 2001 for the Playstation 2 Video Game console. Final Fantasy X has sold around 6.6 million units worldwide and was voted by readers of the Japanese video game magazine Famitsu to be the greatest video game of all-time. Set in the fantasy world of Spira, the game’s story centers around a group of adventurers and their quest to defeat a rampaging force known as “Sin”.
Final Fantasy X marks the Final Fantasy series’ transition from entirely Pre-rendered backdrops to fully three –dimensional areas, which was achieved by use of the PlayStation 2 video game Emotion Engine processor. Although pre-rendered backgrounds are not entirely absent, their use has been restricted to less vibrant locations, such as building interiors. Final Fantasy X is also the first game in the series to feature a wide range of realistic facial expressions, as well as other technological developments in graphical effects achieved, such as variance in lighting and shadow from one section of a character’s clothing to the next. Final Fantasy X is also the first in the series to feature Voice-over actors, as well as the first to spawn a direct sequel, Final Fantasy X 2.
There are other significant advances in the Final Fantasy X series. For example because of the use of the voice-overstep scenes in the game are paced according to the time it takes for the dialogue to be spoken, whereas in the previous games series incorporated scrolling subtitles. Final Fantasy X features changes in world design, with a focus placed on realism. The game play makes a significant departure from past games as well, incorporating several new elements.
Final Fantasy X like the previous series is presented in the third-person, with players directly navigating the main character, Yuna. Or Tidus sometimes, around the world to interact with objects and people. Unlike in previous games, however, the world and town maps have been fully integrated, with terrain outside of cities rendered to scale. When an enemy is encountered, the environment switches to a Turn based “battle area” where characters and enemies must await their turn to attack.
Players are given the opportunity to develop and improve their characters by defeating enemies and acquiring items, though the traditional Experience point system was replaced by a new system called the “Sphere Grid”. The game was initially going to feature online elements, but these were dropped during production, and online multi-player gaming would not become part of the Final Fantasy series until Final Fantasy X.
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