Godhand, u r seeing so many negatives and no real positives. I cant really b bothered to go through all yr criticisms, but of course all games no matter how good have flaws. Some people will hate certain things like random battles or whatever. Try to understand though that a lot of people liked a lot of things about FFX, hence its popularity. Don't dismiss them all as idiots because they disagree with you.
To deal with one of yr obvious mistakes though. Wakka to begin with is prejudiced against Al Bhed. Whether cos he's racist or against machina doesn't matter, its wrong. But he learns during the journey that Al Bhed aren't the real enemy, and that its Yevon that's corrupt and hypocritical. He even apologises to Cid for his previous ignorance. So he's not just a stupid "redneck", is he?
The characters in this game are excellent IMO. Wakka isn't my favourite, but he still has a lot of depth.
