There are many reasons why the game is so beloved, and still popular today. The Sphere Grid system remains one of the most praised aspects of the game, changing how characters could evolve in a JRPG. There was also the soundtrack, which many regard as the best in the franchise (though that remains a bit more subjective).

The point here is that there are tons of factors that lead to this game’s success. Square is still re-releasing the game to this day, with the HD remaster coming to Nintendo Switch next year.

For Final Fantasy X on the PlayStation 2, GameFAQs has 140 FAQs (game guides and walkthroughs).

However, Final Fantasy X is not a perfect game. In re-imagining some of their own genre conventions, Square did present a set of problems for themselves when developing the game. While it’s still an excellent entry in the franchise, it does have some issues that many fans ignore because of their deep love of the game. Without further ado, we’re going to look over 25 issues with Final Fantasy X that fans seem to ignore. Via youtube.com On the topic of Celestial Weapons, they are all strong, each having great abilities to enhance their respective characters.

However, it was later discovered that players could create weapons more effective than the Celestials. It’s surprising to know that after certain tedious quests like butterfly catching and lightning dodging, you’re rewarded with a weapon that isn’t the best the game has to offer. Granted, making a weapon that’s even better requires a lot of time, work, and dedication that most players don’t have.

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Via gamerant.com Perhaps the most infamous scene in Final Fantasy X was when the party was leaving Luca. Yuna was dealing with a lot of heavy stuff regarding her pilgrimage and what that meant for her life afterward. Tidus, being the carefree goofball he is, decided to introduce her to the concept of laughing. The two then had an awkward and poorly-acted laughing fit that went down in gaming history.

If you thought that the English version sounded weird, then go watch the Japanese version. It gets worse. Via neogaf.com It’s impressive how well-designed the character models for the main cast were.

It’s to the point where they all hold up in 2018. However, the same can’t be said for the NPCs in the game. Many of them have significantly less detail around them, leaving to some characters that look disturbing. Some have faces that look like they were painted on, and others have movements that are stiffer than petrified bark.

While it wasn’t an uncommon thing to do in video games at the time, it was more noticeable in a game with good-looking characters. Via wikia.com With the airships in preceding Final Fantasy games opening up a whole new world of exploration, the hopes were high for what a new generation would allow for a new airship. Unfortunately, Final Fantasy X’s airship exists as little more than a glorified map. Players are presented a map of Spira, but they’re not allowed to fly across it or manually travel to new lands. All that’s required is selecting a destination and sitting through a brief loading screen.