A Game I Will Always Love
Firstly, the scenery and landscape of this game is so rich and lush that it can be difficult to take your eyes off it. The many areas of the world vary from a high-tech city, right down to a basic village, to a green forest thriving with life and colour, to an ice cold forest glittering in the light. These locations have obviously had a lot of thought put into them and are just simply amazing. It is the only word to describe it.
Next is the battle system. It is a turn based system, so no one moves until you select a move for your character. The order that characters move is always displayed in the top right corner so you can refer to it whenever planning a strategy to use against a particularly difficult and troublesome enemy. It is also easy to learn as it gives you an in-game tutorial when a new character joins your party, or a new ability that may come in handy is gained, and it also explains what type of enemy the move is effective on.
The cut scenes and story are easy to follow and interesting, drawing you in to the thick plot, making you never want to leave the world of Spira. You learn so much about the characters that you become very attached to them, which makes this game a very emotionally-challenging game, as you have to deal with losses to each character, to their tear-jerking past.
The way to progress your characters through this game is through leveling up and thought the Sphere Grid: a grid where you earn points to be able to move around the grid to learn new abilities and magic, as well as to increase you stats, such as your HP and your strength. Although there seems to be a set pattern for each character to follow already set, you can move in whichever direction you like and mix the characters up a bit. For example, have the Summoner, who seems to follow the path of White magic, learn Black magic instead, and vice-versa for the Black Mage, Lulu.
The enemies, known as fiends in FFX, range in difficulties in each area, from ridiculously easy, to so difficult that you are considering fleeing the battle after a tough struggle with the fiend. Either way, this gives you variety, and the ability to try out your strength against the strongest fiends and gives you the opportunity to train your characters to one of the highest levels. The bosses, however, are all exceptionally difficult, and require more brains than brawn to win in most cases, unless you really are just all brawn.
The music of the game varies in different areas, but each piece fits in to the surroundings perfectly: quiet sad music in a place of ruin to loud and fast-paced music in times of battle. All in all, the compositions by Nobuo Uematsu are unrivaled in this game as no one could possibly do any better.
Finally, to sum this game up: Great storyline, great plot, great graphics, great combat system, great music, great everything. Just don't play it if you cry too much already or it will have you in tears for most of the game.