Forgive me for being a Final Fantasy noob, but FFX was my fave. Yes Tidus WAS a bit annoying, but the sphere grid, i thought worked well. It encouraged you not to pick favourites (until way into the game) and forced you to think strategically. Isn’t that what turn-based games are all about?

I disagree, respectfully. The Sphere Grid forced you on a set path until late in the game and then allowed you to pick a new path for your party, which helped, but not as much as it could have. The License board was a much better system.

And there was not a lot of strategy to think about. If you had a flying fiend, use Wakka or Lulu, an armored fiend use Auron. No strategy, just color by numbers, so to speak.

VII’s story can be a little hard to follow (was that Jenova or Seph doing this or that?)but still lots of fun. Ending was kind of…eh.

VIII was alove story and was decent and I did like the Junction system, just the Draw method and using summons was annoying.

I am going to replay IX soon, I think. Only played it once.

For me, the story in that one is so good, it just takes the cake, though. I hated the system in VIII, and the story. I am surprised how often people list it as one of the greats.