-=-The Story-=-
The game starts in a massive city called Zanarkand, where you take the role of a blitzball player named Tidus, just moments before a Blitzball match. Up until now, Tidus has lived a very normal life, becoming a talented blitzball player and having a mysterious figure named Auron watching over him. Everything is perfectly fine, until a large creature known only as ‘Sin' attacks, destroying most of Zanarkand in a single attack. Using some quick movements and a bit of luck, Tidus manages to escape the worst of the attacks, awakening in a pile of rubble, with people running in fright and confusion all around him.

Auron meets up with Tidus moments later, explains just enough to conveniently leave Tidus confused, and the duo begins slashing their way through town. Sadly there was no escape from Sin, and Tidus is absorbed into the massive creature, awakening in a strange world. From there, multiple events begin to transpire, leading Tidus to meet several interesting people in a quest to lead a summoner to defeat Sin, in a curious world known as Spira. Along the way they meet many challenges, and the story slowly becomes uncovered, going off of a ‘need to know basis' which allows the player to witness the world slowly unfold to them.

-=-Graphics-=-
The world of Final Fantasy X is beautiful, and you can see that the creators made special painstaking care to make every aspect of the game look stunning. Every main character has their own facial expressions, and every strand of hair looks amazing. Backgrounds and environments are breath-taking, to say the least, while the special effects of various spells and summons make you cast spell after spell merely to see the fireworks. This is probably the best graphics in a video game to date, and I dare anyone to say anything otherwise.

-=-Sound-=-
Besides having the slash of swords and the blasts of magic enchanting the battles and environments, each character has his or her own voice, allowing you to feel their emotions, and better understand the situation. Every gush of air, every word spoken, every explosion of magic, all of them are crystal clear to allow you to experience the effect to the fullest.

-=-Control-=-
There is little to no trouble with the controls. The menus are easy to navigate, and learning the basics of the game is a simple matter. It takes a little while to master the controls of blitzball, but even that becomes mere instinct after a few bouts of practice. If you've read the manual, you should be able to breeze through the game controls with little difficulty.

-=-Overall-=-
This game deserves almost a perfect score... Not only does it introduce a new style of summoning creatures to fight for you, via way of ‘Aeons', but it also adds the ability to switch the people you are using in a battle. With the addition of a interesting new minigame of blitzball, along with unique aspects of weapons and armors, this is a game that should be a bestseller with little trouble. The only downside of the game is some very minor slowdown in certain areas, and the limited replay value. But it's worth forking over the money for, and then some.