Good luck with that and yes, playing games as a child can be confusing at times but now it seems you've fully understood the way Final Fantasy X works.

COD4, now.

Ah, level grinding... the reason I will probably never finish FFIII for the DS (also, I just looked up "sphere grid" in Google images and holy crap that looks confusing).

I really enjoyed FFX when it first came out. I think it is one the best RPGs I have ever played due to its pacing and story, not to mention the musical score and leveling system. I played FFX for a week straight after getting home from work and finalized the game that weekend. It was very satisfying.

I can easily say I am going to play it again in the future as it has some secrets that I have yet to unfold and discover.

yeah what GearHead said

Yeah what Gearhead and pill said.


I've found myself doing this in FFIV for the DS just because some of the dungeons are tough and you need to be stronger.

This traces all the way back (for me) to the first pokemon games. I'd bulk my guys up early so it wouldn't be as hard :P

great game nice to see you having fun with it

I don't remember having to grind too much in FFX. Not nearly as bad as FFXII's grind-fest. But I do remember really hating the Cloister trials. They were just so long and tedious.

Yeah, I can't blame you for not playing CoD4 all the time. I'm trying to fight it off now too :P

I must really get back to play FFX and actually finish it because that is one thing I hate doing and that is getting far into a game then abandoning it and have done that on more than one occasion.  Maybe when I am done with some of these backlog games I plan on beating that I will go back to FFX. 

Fuck yeah, you took me advise. :D

I've been wasting 10 hours running along the beach, no joke, it's epic. Hope your enjoying it as much as I am dude.

Level Grinding makes me feel dirty and cheap.

I didn't do any grinding in FFX save for right before the final bosses. Nevertheless I love the sphere grid :D

I remember having alot of fun with it back then but now I think its hard to go back to. 

FFX is such a great game.  One of the only RPGs I could endure along with KotOR & Mass Effect.

Grindin'...reminds me of a Clipse ft Pharell song.

Argh, I remember when I used to be obsessed with that game around the launch, around the same time you played it so much. The problem was, I got to one of the bosses close to the end of the game (Spectral Keeper), but he kept using these cheap beserk attacks, and I didn't have any beserk-ward armor or anything, so now matter how hard I tried, I couldn't beat him. I'll probably start a new game again someday when I have nothing else to play though.

I generally only stick to grinding when I deem it is required.  Like if a new ability is close to being obtained, or some of my characters are significantly lacking in certain skill departments.  Good to know you are having a great time with it though, FFX is an amazing game.

this kinda relates more to the last blog you wrote, but i wasnt sure if you check the comments of older posts, but you mentioned you liked video game music. You should check out ocremix.org , its got a lot of goods remixs of video games, especially on stuff like the old sonic games