The first time i saw FFX was at a friend's house and he played it for an hour or so...We saw the "making of" DVD as well as the "Suteki Da Ne" video clip.I was blown away...the graphics and the music were incredible...I didn't know what to think of its battle system though.

Then after some time i played the game myself (it was a rental money were short back then) so i moved on a bit faster and finally got stuck in Macalania underlevelled with the first Seymour battle.By then i was obsessed with the game and after a couple of months i finally bought it and started again from the beginning.I ended up enjoying the battle system,i think it was an interesting change for the series.Actually i wouldn't mind seeing it return for a main FF or for a spin-off...I also liked a lot the Sphere Grid.I think,to this day,it remains the best leveling system in any FF (i haven't played FFXI and FFXIII).

I remember how i was waking up early in the morning to play it,and i really had to force myself to stop playing it.It must have been a nightmare for my roomate back then,hehe.
Unfortunately i find it harder and harder to be immersed with new games as much as i did with FFX.