I didn't play many Final Fantasy games growing up, but I decided to give Final Fantasy X a try after beating Final Fantasy IV. As a kid, every store I passed by that sold PS2 games had Final Fantasy X, and I always found it interesting. After completing it, the game didn't disappoint. Among the Final Fantasy games I've played, it has the best narrative.
The mechanic of switching characters mid-battle is one of my favorites in all turn-based games. In other turn-based games, I often have to choose a preferred party and some characters end up being forgotten and underleveled. However, with the ability to change characters mid-combat, all characters feel special and needed when the time comes.
The only thing that bothers me in battles is the slow animations, but this can be "fixed" with the fast-forward option available in the PC port. The Celestial Weapons are challenging but fun to obtain and upgrade. The only ones that really bothered me were having to dodge 200 lightning bolts to get the sigil for Lulu's Celestial Weapon and having to spend hours playing blitzball to get the sigil for Wakka's Celestial Weapon.
The mechanic of switching characters mid-battle is one of my favorites in all turn-based games. In other turn-based games, I often have to choose a preferred party and some characters end up being forgotten and underleveled. However, with the ability to change characters mid-combat, all characters feel special and needed when the time comes.
The only thing that bothers me in battles is the slow animations, but this can be "fixed" with the fast-forward option available in the PC port. The Celestial Weapons are challenging but fun to obtain and upgrade. The only ones that really bothered me were having to dodge 200 lightning bolts to get the sigil for Lulu's Celestial Weapon and having to spend hours playing blitzball to get the sigil for Wakka's Celestial Weapon.