Must... control... anger...

I can't allow the notion that X was well written. It's really terrible actually and feels (to me at least) like a jr. high story rewritten by a college student. Yes it uses archtypes but most fail to move past their stock personas and become something new or original (something most of the other FF succeed in though perhaps not in grand ways). This in turn makes the plot horribly predictable and the characters flat and two dimensional.

My real problem with X is that its completely processed. Taking concepts and ideas used before but not allowing for any kind of growth or originality. The plot is straight out of Japanese mythology and happens to be a rather overtold story at that... Its cast are text book examples of literary archtypes whose only level of originality is shallow back stories and in the form of visual design. As far as personality goes, the writer chooses to never allow the characters to stray from their archtype and instead creates a bland and predictable cast.

The whole thing feels processed and formulatic, lacking anything orignal outside of world design. Perhaps this is why so much focus of X is on the world of Spira as its the only truly original concept in the game. X never surprised me and it never moved me emotionally like previous FFs had. It was just shallow and mediocre. I'm currently playing through it a third time but I doubt I'll finish it cause I seriously don't care. Its in fact, one of the few RPGs that I dislike more and more each time I play it. Personally, I don't care if people like the game. We al have different tastes, I just wanted to add my :twocents: on the topic of X being well written or characterized.

(Renmiri and Bolivar should have seen this post coming )