I loved the game, I still count it as the best all time FFX i've played so far. The points i like about it are:

The music: Most of the music in the game are from the same 2-3 tunes but remixed. The quality of the sound and the way the music goes with the background is very enchanting. There are certain points in the game (SPOILER)When Yuna leaves besaid on her pilgrimige for example Where i just stop playing and listen to the beautiful music.

Mini games: Ok fair enough blitzball does get rather annoying after a while but on the only game you actually have to play it can be very exciting trying to beat those bloody luca goers. Other than that you have chocobo training. You have to dodge certain obsticals while running down a path etc. With the jazzy chocobo theme in the background i personally love doing it. Then you get the option to race a chocobo trainer person. It's rather easy but can still be fun.

mini quests: Mostly all of these can be extremly annoying but first time through it was quite a fun challenge to me. You have to accomplish things like dodging 200 thunder bolts to get the ultimate weapons to full power etc.

Conversation: This was one of my favourite things about FFX, the conversations in battle. In all other FF games you may get the odd programed scene where they talk in battle but in FFX there's a little bit of speech each battle. Depending on where you are and who you fight with it can be rather funny (Tidus: Don't break any bones old man!:
Auron: Hmmph)
Also whoever casts the last blow in a fight says some form of victory thing (Auron: that's how it's done!)
This gives battles a very nice feel and makes you feel warmer towards the characters.

Battles: As i said the speech but also the overdrive system (limit break sortof thing) Instead of just getting it automaticly you have to complete some form of trial first, at the start this can be tricky but you get used to it and it adds some fun to overdrives. The variation of techniques and magic etc learned. You can make characters move in any direction on the sphere grid you don't have to go their chosen path, the sphere grid is the levelling up system, basicly you get sphere levels instead of levels up, using the sph.levels you move around on this grid gaining things like "Tidus's attack raised by 3" or "tidus's hp raised by 200" On the grid you also learn magic and skills "Wakka learned dark buster" or "Yuna learned curaga" Using this system you can make different people learn different things for instance Lulu is the original black mage but yuna is actually stronger with black magic than Lulu so if you make yuna go in Lulu's path once she reaches the "agas" then lulu becomes rather useless or second choice. Every character in high use will end up completing their own sphere grid path.

Landscapes: Beautiful, simply beautiful. The ocean moves realisticly, the tide moves slightly in and out if you watch for a while, the grass sways in the wind, these little touches make it look so much more real.

Characters: Some people think Tidus a little whiny or Yuna to soft but i think you just have to look past that. No voice actor is perfect and i think they've done a pretty good job. In this game it's designed to make you closer to the characters, it's to make you nearly in tears when (SPOILER)yuna is supposed to die And you are! Without knowing it you do get attached to the characters and because of this the amazing FMV's and storyline make you laugh and cry. It's rather an emotional game.

Storyline: Very original, it has it's own religion ^.^ The storyline has many twists to it and many of them will surprise you the first time through, plus if you play it again you always notice something new playing it. It is very emotional and the ending sequence WILL make you cry, no denying it...no wait you can deny it, it made me cry though ^.^

Gameplay: Fast loading times, amazingly detailed landscapes and FMVs Realistic character movement, lip sync almost correct ^.^

Final rating: I give it 10 out of ten, i say definatly buy it, or as mulet says rent it.