Ĭharacter growth is undertaken by use of the Sphere Grid. In 2004, Square Enix announced the game sold around 6.6 million copies, and in 2013, the company announced that the Final Fantasy X series had sold over 14 million copies.

It was the first title to receive a direct sequel in Final Fantasy X-2. Locations are mostly linear and are not connected by a world map, though players can revisit locations at any point once the airship is obtained.įinal Fantasy X received widespread critical acclaim, with a score of 92/100 on Metacritic, praising its visual presentation, storyline, and gameplay improvements. Each character also has a unique set of abilities known as their Overdrive. Characters can unlock abilities using the Sphere Grid, which sets character down a specific path with stats and abilities, but eventually opens up, allowing characters to unlock all abilities (aside from Yuna's summon). Parties consist of three members, though it is possible to swap out a character for another party member at any time. The gameplay makes use of the Conditional Turn-Based Battle system rather than the typical Active Time Battle, in which characters' stats and other factors determine when they get a turn. Tidus then joins the summoner, Yuna on her pilgrimage with her guardians to defeat Sin and bring about the Calm. Tidus is a star athlete blitzball player, who is taken to Spira by Auron after a monster called Sin destroys his home city of Zanarkand. The game is set in the world of Spira and follows the story of Tidus and Yuna. It was the first title in the series released on sixth-generation consoles, the first to feature fully three-dimensional areas rather than including pre-rendered backdrops, and the first to include voice acting. It was directed by Yoshinori Kitase, with Tetsuya Nomura providing the character design and Nobuo Uematsu and Masashi Hamauzu composing the score. It was released in July 2001 for the PlayStation 2 and has since been re-released as part of the Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in 2013, for PlayStation 4 in 2015, for Microsoft Windows in 2016, and for Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in 2019. For the information about the game's subseries, see Final Fantasy X seriesįinal Fantasy X is the tenth main installment in the Final Fantasy series, developed and published by Squaresoft.

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