Memories of the Ending(yep,spoilage)

[Zeith]

I remember when I first beat FFX;I was supposed to go to soccer practice in an hour(I don't play anymore because I sucked.I really,really sucked.I facepalm sucked.),so I was worried that I wouldn't have enough time to finish it,but I decided to try any way.Luckily,it did only take me an hour to see it all,including the credits.

I was on the verge of tears,but I was already the guy that every body made fun of on the soccer team and crying wouldn't improve my situation so I managed to hold it in;it was only made funnier by the fact that,in spite of the epicness of what we had just wittnessed,my mom was all,"Yeah,whatever we gotta go."

I was jubilant too,though;FFX was my first PS2 game other than Gran Turismo 3,and my first FF.I had endured defective disks,ragequits,and impossible bosses(For a ten year old,mind) on a long and arduous struggle to conquer everything Spira could throw at me that would last 4 years;it sucked up many hours of my life between the ages of 8-11.

But I loved(almost)every minute of it!I even kind of remember the date I beat it:April the 24th,2006(Maybe.Around there).

Anyway,do you have any memories of beating Final Fantasy X?

 

[Bloodred]

I really can't remember the first time I completed Final Fantasy X, I know it was back in 2003 when I was 11. Every time I've completed it since though, I get goosebumps. When I completed it with my sister (I got her into Final Fantasy and she watched me play through them) I'm 99% sure I saw tears in her eyes.

 

[Chivalry Augustus]

I was supposed to go to soccer practice in an hour(I don't play anymore because I sucked.I really,really sucked.I facepalm sucked.)

You shouldn't have let that stop you. Here in England, we've made it a national tradition to suck at football (soccer). In fact, we even have a national team that celebrates this tradition on a frequent basis against other national teams that are willing to lower themselves to our standard. There's even a World Cup to allow us to humiliate ourselves and then revel in it! It's great.

Mod Edit: What relevance does this have to the actual thread topic at hand? Try and stay on topic please.

 

[Sir Fratley]

True as that is, England's suckiness at football (soccer) pales in comparison to the USA Soccer team. Then again, we're the only country in the world that calls football 'Soccer', and rugby 'Football'. Go figure.

It was not only a tear-jerking ending, but one of those endings where you just want to say "What the fuck? That ain't right!" Killing off the main character after all that build-up of relations between characters and epic storyline just doesn't seem right.

 

[Ironman]

ahhhhh, i remember my fist completion of FFX, it was a monumental task, and i was really proud of my own achievement, it was the first FF game where i took down the Final boss on my first try, Granted i did have a massively powered team, i mean my tidus was dealing like 20,000 damage (thank you BDL) and after finishing it i looked at my brother and told him it was easy and i don't know why he couldn't do it (he is 4 years older than me) and then he showed me his save file, im sure the most damage i saw his Tidus do was like 3000, i was like o_0 "man your team phail" they failed so bad i had to spell it wrong just to demonstrate)

but then again while i was about to burst into tears at the crushing film, right up until Yuna face panted through Tidus, i couldn't help myself, i burst into laughter i found it hysterical, and he hugged her from behind, i was all like "no, please no" T_T

i loved the game, and the ending played it justice i loved it, now I'll sit and kill Jecht and Yu Yevon like once a month from my saved game and watch the ending film. . . i know im sad and could just youtube it, but where is the fun in that, at least my way i get to OWN jecht.

 

[Zeith]

You shouldn't have let that stop you. Here in England, we've made it a national tradition to suck at football (soccer).

Yeah,I kinda wish I did continue...Well,at least I managed to enter Super Saiyan modeonce.I'll have to tell y'all about it sometime...

Anyway,I prefer endings like this.Bittersweet endings.It feels like it teaches us more about life,ultimately;yeah,it's nice to see the good guys get everything they want,but it doesn't tell us much about what to do if life isn't perfect,does it?And life is never perfect.

The-epic-as-hell final battle theme(for Yu Yevon)doesn't hurt, either.Yeah,I know you couldn't lose,but it's hard to not feel like the fate of the universe rests on your shoulders when those crashing piano chords come in.One Winged Angel's good and all,but,seriously...

 

[Dark Fantasy X]

first time i finished it would've been back in 2005 or 06, can't remember. but had a similar reaction. my characters didn't suck at the time, because first time i played it got stuck on yevon, restarted then just hit him for 99999, stuffed up my first play through... but loved it to death, my sister... not sure if she ever got that far, she's still on seymour

-Kamui

 

[LadyHermes]

Ohgod, I reemember finishing the game and I was like

''Ohman, that was really like....SAD''
It actually made me cry...=(

 

[Starships]

I got passed the game while was at early high school. should of been studying and everything, same with KH but that's a little off-topic. :nods: no wonder I failed those exams !, lol just jokes. The last battle was so action packed, Jecht's Final Aeon was such a epic final boss, and just the adrenaline pumping through to the music. And then wiping through a sweating face, only to find the surprise of Yevon, and thinking of WTF of a strange alien thing. But I STILL had a fear of screwing up, I didn't want to mess up and not see the ending. When I saw the ending, I was just amazed at the graphics, the prettiness of the aeons floating around Yuna's staff by the airship, and Tidus's final goodbye. It was so tragic, and sad. I kept on thinking that Tidus was going to re-appear on the Balamb shores because that's the picture of the front cover of the European manual, sadly he didn't, but it was still a good ending none the less. I can only remember waking up early to end the game, and then celebrating all day long with a giant smile. Final Fantasy X was the second FF game that I had completed, so I was pretty proud !!

 

[MJ]

I beat it when I was around 16, so 2006-ish.
It took me a year just because I assumed I knew the ending when they got to Zanarkand, but I couldn't beat the Precept Guard or Yunalesca forever. I just wrote it off as: "Yuna died, everyone's sad... blah, blah." I remember first seeing that "you're a dream" scene and being utterly confused. I know that I didn't really remember scenes anyway.

But one random day many months later, I decided to just replay the entire game and actually level up my players. It took me one week. Holy crap, there was so much I didn't notice. It was 6 am --still completely dark outside...

I finally beat it!

The second the music starting playing for the CGI scene, it sucked me in. I started crying pretty early as the aeons disappeared, but when Yuna fell through Tidus, dude I couldn't stop crying.

Not that obnoxious crying, but the silent tears where all the emotions in your freaking eyebrows.

The ending+the credits and then the final screen where it played to Zanarkand, I just sat there in my computer chair just tearing up. T_T I kept thinking, wow... Loved the ending. It was definitely more touching than an all around good ending.

I recently tried to get my friend into it, but he already knew what happened, ruining the effect the ending had. Guess he felt the same way when he tried to get me into VII even though I knew Aeris/th died.

Damn spoilage. *punches the air angrily*

 

[Whoareyou]

Whilst I may have played this game years ago when it was first released, it was one of the few FF games that I played and didn't finish.

So I managed to pick up a PS2 and copy of it for cheap recently and made myself play through it (which wasn't such an issue this time). Whilst the ending credits and bit were admittedly rather sadder than I had hoped for, with no

Spoiler

surprise ending like in FF8

the end of the game itself was a little anticlimatic, since I had completed the game to literally 100% before that point, including near enough maxing the sphere grid properly, even going round deleting 1/2 point stats and replacing them with 4 point versions...

So yeah, as far as the actual game play was concerned, my memory of it is, "disappointingly easy".

 

[Chivalry Augustus]

I can scarcely recall my memories at the time I first completed this game. I have to admit I didn't really like Final Fantasy X on my first playthrough. It was a good game, but it didn't feel like a Final Fantasy. I hadn't found any of the sidequests and I didn't really understand how to play the game. I just kind of ... ran through. Another notch on my mighty bedpost is all it was. Recently, I bought the game again (yes, I sold it, as if it was some horrible child I was selling to the poor-house) with my sights set on getting the full Final Fantasy X experience. I'm really enjoying the game, it's like a fine wine, it gets better with age. I haven't completed it yet, but I really like Tidus. He's a lot like me, super cool and an eleven out of ten on the man-o-meter. I'm struggling to come to terms with the fact that he 'isn't real', whatever that means.

Yuna gets on my nerves. I could take her outside and throttle her quietly then match Tidus up with Rikku. That would work, they seem well-suited to each other. The side-quests are good, and I'm aiming to complete ALL of the game. Will I succeed? Yes. How will I take the ending this time? Well, differently. I'm having a few scruples about continuing all the way to the end at the moment. One thing I have to say is that the soundtrack is immense. It's probably the most complete soundtrack in any FF game. The variety is superb, there's some classical pieces, then a few that are more techno/electro/something.

 

[Lirael]

The first time I completed FFX, it truly felt like the end of a long, arduous, rewarding, life changing journey.

Final Fantasy X caused me much fury and trouble when I first played it in 2005/2006. When I reached Evrae, I was underlevelled. I tackled that beast 50 or so times. I do not exaggerate... The one time I did defeat him, I was killed by the third band of soliders. I gave up on the game for about 4-5 years.

I returned to the game last summer and grinded for hours. I dedicated a little more time to understanding the mechanics of the Sphere Grid and the battle system. It certainly paid off. From that moment forward, the battle system and Sphere Grid became my favourite. I loved them and each battle was another thrill. The battle music helped; I'd sit in the lounge dancing (sort of) in time to it.

The final battle against Seymour and then the FINAL battle against Braska's Aeon was no exception. I don't like to use the word, but they were quite simply epic! I pushed through the last few hours of the game in one night, reaching Braska's Aeon at 11pm or so. I had no idea how long the battle would take but went ahead and told myself I was going to do it! I was careful, planning each move, thinking far ahead and it paid off - I didn't die once! It did, however, take me 2 hours. Consequently, the battle against Yu Yevon was quite a relief; it didn't feel like a cop out after the absolute beast that is Braska's Aeon!

The ending was...heartbreaking. I knew what was coming - I'd seen it all before, several times - but I had never seen MY characters go through it. My game had never reached that point. Watching the scenes online, I could remain distant. Watching them after completing the game myself, I felt a part of the action. From the moment Yuna had to sacrifice her aeons, I witnessed sadness, a feeling of loss, sacrifice. Yuna didn't lose her life, but she had to say goodbye to the spirits who had protected her and fought by her. I believe Yuna cared for her aeons. Giving them up, fighting their dark form, was heartbreaking. Then she had to say goodbye to Tidus!

 

[PhoenyxAngel]

The first time I played FFX I was not able to finish the game since it didn't belong to me. I finally got around to finishing it in mid-2000's. Maybe 2006? 2007? I'm not sure which year. But my memory of it: I watched it and I bawled my eyes out. I then went to bed crying. lmao. I'm such a pansy. But words can't describe how much I fell in love with the game (not literally, but you know what I mean). Seeing an ending like that broke my heart. But that probably makes it the best ending of them all. I couldn't stop thinking about it for the longest time. The endings that make you think like that, and reflect, are usually the best ones. But then I saw the ending of X-2 (the perfect ending) and I felt better.

Final Fantasy X caused me much fury and trouble when I first played it in 2005/2006. When I reached Evrae, I was underlevelled. I tackled that beast 50 or so times. I do not exaggerate... The one time I did defeat him, I was killed by the third band of soliders. I gave up on the game for about 4-5 years.

LMAO. I would have thrown the damn PS2 out the window if that happened to me.

 

[Zatchara]

I didn't really feel accomplished at all. The final boss was a joke, honestly. Though, I was at least glad that Tidus was out of the picture by the end of it. Whiny twat. UNFORTUNATELY, that was ruined with an ending I couldn't be assed to get in X-2. Thanks for caving in and pandering to the fanbase, Squenix. Can't wait for you to go bankrupt.