Quote Originally Posted by Cloudane View Post
FFX's end game (especially the version with Penance) shares certain "qualities" with MMORPGs. It's an insane, insane grinding session that drives you to doing things like reading a book at the same time... but it's really satisfying (enough to forgive) when you get to the top.
Perhaps for you, but that seems all too much like, say, schoolwork or something, with the ultimate payoff being "Wow, I did it. I'm done, so now I can go do something fun!"

And seifer, before I throw in my two cents on whether or not your arguments against the story are valid, have you watched all or most of the scenes yourself? Or are you going on what reviewers have said?

Oh, and for the record, yes you do end up hitting auto-battle a lot. The fun comes in assigning your paradigms and deciding which is the most useful for the current situation. In a lot of respects, this makes it the most tactical Final Fantasy in the main series yet, save perhaps X-2.