Uploaded November 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Hello gamers and welcome to the second half of our 100 reviews in 100 days! We've seen some incredible titles come and go through this list and we've got 50 more to go!
Jumping the Shark in the #50 position...
Final Fantasy X
Every franchise jumps the shark at some point. Shit, in the world of video games some franchises are built around jumping the shark. When the guys behind Saints Row figured out that people already had a Grand Theft Auto and didn’t need another one, they basically said “Fuck it. Let’s just throw together a bunch of ridiculously psychotic bullshit and release it.” Fast forward to a gang member who can fly that’s also President of the United States because why the hell the not? Final Fantasy X, was, in a lot of ways, the Final Fantasy franchise jumping the shark. After the original Final Fantasy, (which was a damn near perfect dungeon crawler), the series kept getting wackier and steam-punkier. Up to a point, this was fine. Actually, in some cases it was completely bitchin. Final Fantasy VII, to most fans of the franchise, still stands as the high water mark for Final Fantasy, and it was basically a steampunker’s wet dream. But Final Fantasy X, while it does have a couple good things going for it, didn’t have the coherence, story, and characters that elevated FFVII and I can’t sit here and tell you honestly that it’s worth your time. As a matter of fact, I can’t sit here and tell you it’s even anything approaching good. So let’s break out a nice tall glass of Haterade and tear this thing to shreds.
Hello gamers and welcome to the second half of our 100 reviews in 100 days! We've seen some incredible titles come and go through this list and we've got 50 more to go!
Jumping the Shark in the #50 position...
Final Fantasy X
Every franchise jumps the shark at some point. Shit, in the world of video games some franchises are built around jumping the shark. When the guys behind Saints Row figured out that people already had a Grand Theft Auto and didn’t need another one, they basically said “Fuck it. Let’s just throw together a bunch of ridiculously psychotic bullshit and release it.” Fast forward to a gang member who can fly that’s also President of the United States because why the hell the not? Final Fantasy X, was, in a lot of ways, the Final Fantasy franchise jumping the shark. After the original Final Fantasy, (which was a damn near perfect dungeon crawler), the series kept getting wackier and steam-punkier. Up to a point, this was fine. Actually, in some cases it was completely bitchin. Final Fantasy VII, to most fans of the franchise, still stands as the high water mark for Final Fantasy, and it was basically a steampunker’s wet dream. But Final Fantasy X, while it does have a couple good things going for it, didn’t have the coherence, story, and characters that elevated FFVII and I can’t sit here and tell you honestly that it’s worth your time. As a matter of fact, I can’t sit here and tell you it’s even anything approaching good. So let’s break out a nice tall glass of Haterade and tear this thing to shreds.
