FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster

the game is quite exciting and with a story that is absolute cinema 🙌, but there are several missions that are not given any instructions at all, yeah that sucks so those of you who play this game have to watch other people's gameplay on youtube to solve it, and the most annoying thing is that every time we take a few steps we will be ambushed by enemies and the worst thing is that they can't be seen where they are.

Played for hundreds of hours on the PS2, the remaster has very slight changes and its just as good as it was in 2000.

What’s included in this bundle?

It’s barely mentioned in the store page, but in addition to Final Fantasy X and X-2 (two full jRPGs) this bundle actually includes a short, rogue-like game that follows X-2, a short FMV that connects X to X-2, and an audio drama that wraps up the whole story. They are all terrible and not worth playing. Honestly, scrub it from your mind that they exist at all because they just undermine FFX’s story, but I figured I’d mention them cause nobody else does.

This is review is just going to focus on FFX and FFX-2.

FFX Review

What makes FFX unique to the series?
Unlike the steam punk and medieval settings that defines the rest of the series, FFX takes a lot of cultural inspiration from Southeast Asia, like Thailand and Indonesia. Out the gate, this gives FFX one of the most unique aesthetics of any RPG. This is also the traditional battle system perfected; I’ve never felt more engaged with the turn-based mechanics.
I consider this the last classic Final Fantasy game as both the series and Square Enix pivoted radically after this.

Let me be clear, if you're buying this bundle, you're buying it for this game.

FFX Positives:
- Out of all the games in the series, my opinion on this game has probably changed the most over time. Originally, I found the main character to be annoying (he is), the symbolism too on the nose (still true), and the many twists confusing (yep yep yep). But there’s a lot more to recommend past all of that. The characters are some of the most fleshed out in the series and the main character’s initial abrasiveness eventually transforms into a more well-rounded personality. Replaying this reminds me a lot of Trigun, actually, where the surface layer is fairly flat but there’s a lot happening underneath.

- The ability to swap characters out mid-combat without any penalty is a game changer. Every character feels useful now and you have to engage with this mechanic to beat some of the gnarlier bosses. They finally made a JRPG with a strategy deeper than “attack them with the biggest number.”

- Incredibly memorable and complex characters. Auron is a refreshingly mature party member – you feel this guy’s incisiveness in every line he speaks. Yuna is the cutest. Wakka is the most redeemable racist in all of gaming.

- I could listen to this soundtrack all day (and sometimes do).

FFX Negatives:
- There are a lot of logical leaps I’ve never followed. Like why do the good guys sometimes make utterly bone-headed decisions or how certain world-building systems *actually* work. This still annoys me, but it’s not a deal breaker.

- At some point, somebody told Square that people enjoyed Ruby and Emerald and they decided to triple-down on bullshit super bosses. They are all over this game and in the remaster will block you from completing some quests unless you’re following a walkthrough. I don’t think major content should be gated off just for the hardcore fans.

- It doesn’t bother me as much these days, but there’s very little exploration by Final Fantasy standards. There’s barely even an airship. The world is literally a straight line.

- Make sure to level up all your characters or you’ll be punished later. Non-party characters do not earn experience.

- The voice acting is uneven, but not nearly as bad as the internet would have you believe.

FF X2 review

What makes FFX-2 unique to the series?
It’s the first blatant cash grab! All of the environments, characters, and enemies from FFX are back so Square can extract as much money as possible by reusing their assets. They didn’t even bother optimizing that material, so there’s several long, completely empty tunnels you can explore for no reason. Animations are ugly and obviously distracting. This game feels like it was made in 6 months and does a complete disservice to the original. Welcome to modern Square Enix.

FFX2 Positives
- I actually think the game’s best quality is its girly tone. Problems are solved by holding a concert and giving massages. The characters regularly do Charlie’s Angles poses. The whimsical tone is the only thing that makes it distinct, but its story and approach lets it down.

- This is one of the more mechanically solid games in the franchise. The battle system lets you hot-swap jobs that you set up in advance. It’s engaging but it’s also really hard to be reactive. You die very quickly because so much is happening at once. You can either take a minute to watch the enemy and devise a good strategy or navigate the endless menus as quickly as possible – but not both. Tougher fights require a few attempts because you can’t plan and execute fast enough.

- If it wasn’t for the new autosave feature, this game would be unbearable (and it was in its first release). At least now you don’t lose an hour of progress because of a sudden difficulty spike.

FFX2 Negatives
- Remember when I said I liked the girly tone? Well, it’s also written like a cartoon for toddlers. There is no logic or deeper character motivation here. If you help a character get a chocobo ranch, he’ll suddenly remember “*gasp* I forgot to get any chocobos!” Characters randomly dance in the background of exposition scenes. It would not be out of place if a character looked straight into the camera and asked if anyone at home could help them find their next dress sphere.

- At the same time, there are several weird sex jokes in the game. Is a younger audience going to enjoy the many explicit references to happy endings? Is the original FFX audience going to enjoy Yuna and Rikku joking about Yuna’s bust size? Who was this game made for?

- It’s like they took all the awful FF mini-games and made a full game out of them. “What if Vivi’s jump rope game was the full experience?” some Square businessman probably said. Every walkthrough begs you not to go for 100% because this game relishes in wasting your time. There are crappy shooting games, crappy rhythm games, crappy puzzle games, and crappy Pokemon ripoffs. All of it designed to be maximally cumbersome and easy to permanently screw up. Did you not realize there was a secret reputation system in hour 5 that doesn’t pay off until hour 30? Oops, no new character class for you.

a good game, with a story that sad but heartwarming.
i played this game when i was a kid but since english isn’t my first language i never finished it back then.
i’m glad I can replay it now 😁😁😁😁

Great game. If you like the old school Final Fantasy X, you will love this one. Same-same-same. Which is a good thing! I don't like the X-2. But one persons trash, is another persons treasures. Go for it.

Final Fantasy X is a great game.
Final Fantasy X-2 is a good but divisive game.

The Remaster is also divisive, with the visuals and expressions taking a step back from the PS2 era, but also have some extra content that wasn't available in the original US launch of the games.

But above all else... the PC port is just plain bad. It needs fan patches just to not green screen during cutscenes. It crashes frequently. Thank goodness for autosave, because otherwise there would be a lot of progress lost due to those crashes.

The games are great in their own right, and if you haven't played FFX or FFX-2 and don't have access to a PS2, the Remaster is probably your only way to do so. But you're probably better off getting the console version of the Remaster, because the PC port needs extra mods and patches just to be a functional game. Still, it goes on sale pretty frequency, so if you don't mind having to do a little extra work to fix the port, it may very well be worth your time.

What a beautiful story, the game is over 20 years old yet has one of the best stories I've played

Well...I started the game on steam but finished it on youtube. It's unstable on pc no matter what, mods or no mods it crashes a lot, especially on newer GPU/CPU, maybe if you have 10-15 years old pc it'll work fine but on most relatively modern hardware you'll likely better off emulating the game from ps3 as it'll be more stable. Now as for the game up to 'chapter'5 ish (dropped after meeting with Auron), it's ok, gameplay didn't age that well but didn't have much problems with it, some cool environmental features for combat BUT Blitzball is just pure RND, and levelling is worse I've ever seen, it's too much clutter and it is way too easy to make a mistake there, recommend using guides from the very begining to know what skill to learn. Story is very good, characters, their designs, artistic style and music are awesome. In the end it's 6/10 gameplay (Just because of skill grid and poor aging) and 9/10 all the other aspects, wait for sale - buy it, try it and pray it works. Otherwise buy it and just emulate on pc guilt free. Or maybe they'll do a remake which would be amazing honestly..Please, I need the remake to play it properly.

I will always cry every time I remember this game, it makes my heart fragile.

Suteki da ne, english version lyrics:
Isn't it beautiful, to walk together in each others hands
I do so want to go,
To your city, your house, into your arms.

Played this game ever since its initial release on PS2. One of my favorites of all time. Wonderful colors, music, story, characters. I really can't say enough about this masterpiece.

Final Fantasy X (FFX) is considered a great game for a bunch of reasons—both nostalgic and genuinely impressive.

FF X resides, alongside others, atop the pinnacle of JRPGs and is probably my favourite Final Fantasy game. FF X-2 is a mediocre slog with some dreadful writing and characterizations, that just about avoids tarnishing its predecessor. I personally despise it, took me a year to recover from finally finishing it to write this 'review'.

Square Enix should simply never be allowed to create a direct sequel to an FF game. I don't think they've made a good one yet, that actually strengthens the original.

A gem of a game that I put off 20 years playing and wish I'd visited sooner. FFX is the clear winner of the pair, but X-2 offer a glimpse of the world beyond X. Different in tone, it nevertheless is a welcome return to a beloved, expansive world.

As expected of the masterpiece in Final Fantasy series.
However, constant crashing and green screen really disrupt the game flow and mood to play the game.
Someone really needs to check the codes and ensure porting from other engines should not be a issue during gameplay.
The graphics for remaster is just so-so as the company put no effort into enhance it (maybe its just too costly for them or just being lazy, who knows?),
The subtitle for English will only appear when it is played in English dub (how hard can it be to have the Eng sub in Jap dub?).
Overall, still it is still the great game that we once played from PS 2. Other than that, nothing else has really changed.

This isn't about the game so much as this port. I generally prefer FFX-2 to FFX, the latter being far too linear and taking itself far too seriously (although the CTB combat system is the best turn-based battle system Square have ever used), but this port is just busted. Crashes constantly for no clear reason, with no warning, and no consistency. I actually had this on Switch until my Switch died and decided to pick it up again on PC because of the boosters, but the Switch port is vastly superior to this one simply for stability. Think about that for a second.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the storyline, the characters and even the combats. What I HATE about this in particular is the freaking BUGS!! HD cutscenes not showing and being replaced by green screens, characters disappearing during fights or cutscenes and even the game crashing. I had already played a few hours when it started doing that and whatever solutions I tried to find online to apply, it never got rid of the bugs. Again, I really enjoy the storyline and everything but it's just a shame that there are so many bugs. For first time players, this might ruin the experience of the game so I would not recommend buying it on stean at least.

This is a game from my childhood, and those who love a good story and RPG element must get this game
WORD OF WARNING THOUGH

Until I got a new laptop, this game played fine, however there are certain cut-scenes, and sadly the ending cut-scene had this issue, but I got a green-screen. Audio was present, but visuals were not. Google tells me its a graphics card issue and offered several suggestions; non that work

So be wary, if your laptop is new or your graphics card is new, then you might not get the full enjoyment out of this game, and with Steams refund policy, you might purchase this game and not get a refund if the green-screen issue is too much for you.

Other than this, this game is amazing!

20 years later I 100%'d this game.

Goofy costumes, silly voice actors, great relatively simple story by FF terms.
- unskippable cutscenes, lot of people dislike em, nice for people like me that skip all story. By playing the game you're essentially forced to follow along.

FFX has a well refined variant of turn based combat compared to earlier titles. Look forward to killing penance again in the future.

I have played and beat this game on multiple platforms. This games has great story telling, dynamic characters, YUNA NEED I SAY MORE

Still one of my favorites. I enjoy the characters, and the blitz ball mini-games. It's just an enjoyable story.

Final Fantasy X is the story of a man who travels to a far away land with no aim or purpose. He can't seem to get back home, so he makes friends and helps them on a pilgrimage to defeat a monster which has been terrorizing people for a thousand years. The setting is very unique it's inspired by Thailand and Indonesia, with some influence from Japan. There are no RPG's that I know of that have a similar world to that of Spira. The combat system is also excellent, I enjoyed figuring it out and the best way to level up my characters on the expert sphere grid. I'd recommend this game to anyone who enjoys turn based combat, unique fantasy worlds, and to those who love a good fantasy story. It's one of my favorite games ever.

I started out with FFVII, then found VIII, skipped IX, and then got X. they are old games by today's standards. Worth every bit of play time though. from the Originals to the remasters and remakes. If you can't find a Final Fantasy game you like then something is wrong with you. from VII to XVI (never played I-VI) every one of them is great.

Playing again after 12 years... Such nostalgic.. Still a great game

Love this game since I first played it on PS2 many years ago. Great story, addictive gameplay. The HD remaster seems to crash every once in a while but I still keep comming back to this old gem.

When the scene of Yuna and Tidus having underwater SEGGS came on, I also came in pant. Also Wakka being racist is a highlight of the game, 10/10, would be racist towards Al Bhed again

This was the first Final Fantasy game to be fully voiced, and they really knocked it out of the park! The party NPC's are all distinct, and interesting... the skill system is flexible enough that you can have near endless customization, and, thus, any party combo can work anywhere it gives you an option!

The ONE major drawback is that I LOATHE sports games, and the game does make Titus's sport of choice important to the story, and it crops up everywhere. The only time I could get through the bloody matches is if I got lucky enough to learn his signature move.

Unsurprisingly, the weakest aspect of the game is the main character. It's a common flaw in FF; in FF VII, FF VIII, and FF IX, it was the same problem; the least interesting playable character in the game was the main one.

For X-2, FF finally breaks the mold; Yuna is the main PC, and all three are fun. The gameplay changes drastically; you now have "Dress Spheres", which basically worked like you changed your outfit in battle & got new abilities. Different outfits reward you for changing spheres/jobs in specific orders. Lots of different possible combos. Each person has a unique dress sphere.

No major issues that I noticed. If you're a completionist in game, you cannot get 100% if you choose a certain faction. But you'll probably want to play through at least twice, anyway.

I played this game when it first came out and the HD version only makes me love it even more. This is a must if you like RPGs

Great game, blah blah, it's a classic. etc etc...
I picked up this version on sale, thank god. It's so buggy, crashes galore (high end PC & Steam Deck). that said easily playable, just don't get too frustrated over crashes every few hours.

If you are on the steam deck and FFX crashes while starting... just keep restarting.. it eventually works. usually between the 4th or 6th attempt.. something to do with the save file.

I can recommend FFX for gtx users, but I cant recommend for rtx users. I have a rig with a gtx 1080 works flawlessly. I also have a rig with a rtx 4090 it crashes at random times.

Arguably one of the last great Final Fantasy games. Grew up on it, even 20 years later still pick it back up to make a play-through. Truly a masterpiece that was ahead of it's time.

One of the best endings in the series. Offers a lot of endgame grinding too if this is something you like.

Finally played Final Fantasy X! Finished the HD remaster on Steam Deck with Untitled Project X installed and did almost no side quest. My playtime was around 25 hours.

(+) This story is bonkers. Loved it. (yeah, I was able to be completely oblivious to this all these years)
(+) Rikku and Wakka are great!
(+) The cutscenes are still incredible.
(+) I actually enjoyed the JP voice acting
(+) Pretty well known but the OST is absolutely amazing.
(+) The combat was better than I expected.
(+) It presented some emotional moments that I wasn't ready for.
(+) That ending.
(0) Tidus and Yuna were ok characters, not my favorites.
(0) The sphere grid was confusing at first but I eventually got used to it.
(-) I know you can customize your gear and all but it wasn't for me at all. Did not enjoy this part.
(-) Summoning was very “meh” for me
(-) Hated blitzball
(-) Very easy. But at least the final bosses provided a fair challenge.
(-) Still can't figure out why Rikku joined the party, but glad she did.
(-) The rest of the cast was totally forgettable.

All in all, a great game and an amazing entry in the series.

Awful port of a great game. It crashes frequently at seemingly random. Crashing got more frequent the further I got into the game, and became nigh unplayable at the Thunder Plains. Also pre-rendered cutscenes often will not be visible, resulting in a green screen with subtitles.

There's been said much and enough about the game, its flaws and qualities, so I don't need to tell you. If you really want to play this game, though, get a different version, but not this Remaster on PC.

It's prone to crashing in/after cut-scenes. With unskippable (!) cutscenes and rare auto saves/checkpoints this becomes a chore. I've played the PS4 version for 20h and never had an issue. 2 hours into this version and it already crashed twice. Don't buy the PC version, go for PS4 version instead or use an emulator for the OG PS2 version. They only added some few gimmicks in the PC version anyway. Which aren't really worth it.

Only plus is the random encounter toggle for none, normal, and frequent. Set it to 'none' for hassle-free exploration, and to 'frequent' for grinding a few levels you've missed. Obviously this isn't possible in the OG PS2 version, but if that's your only option I'd still go for that version. It's also hard-capped at 30fps, don't support proper 21:9 and have few visual settings. Supposedly there are mods for this, but then again, don't waste you time on patching and modding this version. Just get different one.

This game crashes constantly for no apparent reason. Exiting menus, exiting fights, etc. results in the game becoming non-responsive altogether.

Game crashes when I try and save the game, it's unplayable.

Some reason Windows Security is blocking save game files.
Work around - Windows Security>virus & threat protection>Protection history>allow

this version of the game crashes every 3-4 hours. it fucken blows.

One of the greats! The remaster does not fully capture everything that made the PS2 version a masterpiece and optimization on PC is not the best but it's still Final Fantasy X. If you haven't played it already, please do! "This is it. This is your story."

As a kid i could not stand RPG's (Nintendo era). I thought they were the most ridiculous kind of games. Pointless, i thought to myself. All the time i would make it a point to how stupid RPG games are. They were SOOOO boring. Just sitting there watching my friends play. I look at the TV screen & see nothing really going on. I looked at my friend & he looked like it hurt so bad to think. I mean they were really into this sh*t! It was years later that i saw the back of the FFX game box that i saw the graphics looked cool. So i thought it must have been something other than a RPG. Boy was i wrong. And boy i was pissed! It was a quiet weekend w/ no parents home so i figured ill give FFX a whirl before i return it. At 1st since i was new to the RPG game it was very frustrating. Once i got the button layout & used to the button presses, IT WAS ON! I was addicted. This was the very 1st game that made me really emotional. I felt as if i was there w/ Tidus, Yuna, Kimi, Lu-Lu, Rikku, & of course the Bad-Ass Sir Auron. It was as if i was on this epic journey. Pilgrimage. Adventure. Choose one cuz it was all of those then some. I did't want this journey that we set out on to end. It was very giving in that way making sure we had plenty of hours in this game. I am a big fan of the Turned-Base, grind em' out style. Having a chance to make your characters straight up beasts if u use them right. Magic, mayhem, sword swinging, potion-making, fun ass adventure. Laughs and cries. I admit i was pretty close to tearing up myself. In an goose-bump stick together, ride-or-die, I got ur back type of emotion. The graphics. Man, don't even get me stared. Look at games from around 2000 give or take a year or 2. Then look at this one. The cut scenes are still to this day will give u the "Wow" factor being from 25 years ago. There are so many things u can do. Side quests, dumb little games, secret weapons ect. The 1 thing i didn't like about this game was that there were some parts when they are talking. They act & say the corny-cheesy-ass staight up dumb things (especially Tidus). Only tiny bit. Here and there. The upgrading system is pretty cool too. It's a grid-based system. All of ur partys names are scattered all ove rthe grid & u can connt to the next dot or bubble or what ever. U can choose which direction u want to take each of ur team. Which kind of style of fighter thingy or whatever. They ecah have they're own unigue attributes, specials, magic, ect. Some more phyical. The others more magical. Anyway i don't want to give anything away cuz im really starting to get into this. This game is $30. It might seem high but this game was stupid awesome and it's been remastered with other options. Cool ones too. I hate the fact that the Final Fantasy games refuse to give us fans and gamers a break on the prices. Even with the sales man. Especially Intergrade & Crisis Core. The sale and regular prices should be way better than that seeing that they keep making a hunfred different FFVII's. I know 7 was good and all, but Jesus Crizzy! 10 was one of the best too. It would be nice if Square Enix would make a FFX remake or 12. If for some reason u like or love RPG's & FF games & u never played 10, then it's worth the price even today. It is on sale all the time so theres that. Now FYI, i said FFx was amazingly great, NOT FFX-2. There are 2. IDK what the hell they were thinking doing 10-2 . I give FFX seriously like a 95. This is my fav FF game. But i haven't played the remakes of FFVII. Cheers-

Great game, but the constant crashes make it impossible for me to recommend. Terrible port.

Bought it ages ago at this point, and waited for SE to fix the botch job they did on the character faces, skyboxes, and environmental lighting. Unfortunately the fixes never came, and the face models are completely off, and the facial animations that were so ahead of their time in 2001 are so much stiffer due to the animation data just not working with the new models.

Really a shame, but sadly par for the course for SE's handling of their remasters. The only one they nailed was FFXII.

If you can play the original, absolutely choose that over paying for what is a visually inferior/flawed version.

For everyoone experiencing crashes while starting the game and error messages in "windows event viewer" containing "Windows.Gaming.GameBar.PresenceServer.Internal.PresenceWriter"

https://gist.github.com/joshschmelzle/04c57d957c5bb92e85ae9180021b26dc

Thanks for nothing, Microsoft. I hate you.


While I'm here: Great game. I love it. Highly recommend.

Recommended. For me it brings back nostalgia as I use to play this alot back in the day. If you are new to final fantasy games and havent played this one yet it is worth a shot for sure. The story line is one of a kind and the cutscenes are incredible. I must say that the game offers a lot of side content too. I did get a few green screens but with every playthrough it was different. I did not run into any bugs/crashes either.

A trip down memory lane.
The playtime is maybe 40% unskippable cutscenes but I like the combat system so much it's worth it. I just alt-tab to watch a video or stream instead

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☑ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
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☑ 10

One of the best games in the series and still looks pretty good despite it's age. Has a very long story mode and you can easily lose many hours playing Blitzball. Awesome characters and a fun unique way to develop them. Beautiful music and some well done voice acting helps deliver an amazing experience. The "sequel" didn't slap quite as hard but was honestly still a fun story to play through. Definitely check it out if you are getting into the series!

Still one of the greatest games of all time. In my opinion, this is THE Final Fantasy game a newcomer should try out. Timeless story, and I would not complain a bit if it got that FF7 love.

Unfortunately with all the crashes and green screens I can't recommend this one. The game was good for it's time, but this port is just horrible. I shouldn't have to go to some guys post and download a fix, when the people that was happy to take my money could of fixed this themselves. They don't care about this game and I don't care about writing a good review for something that is half a#$ed.

Framerate was quite jumpy, did not notice this issue on the PlayStation 4 version. I played through the entire X-2 intro as well, got to a save point, and the game crashed just as I tried to save -- losing all progress. Refunded this item, sadly, as it seems it is unstable and there is no available fix. What a shame, normally a wonderful game.

Great game, my one complaint though is that the entire screen just turns green during important cut scenes. Have to restart game or watch cut scenes on YouTube