So this was one of my dad's and My favorite games. We both spent hours playing this game. And he died Dec of 2021. So this game and this song will forever mean so much to me.
I am sorry for your loss. This song resonated with my brother and I as well. Gladly, he is still here. We have played this music for our pets as they were put to sleep. I hope that I get to hear something this beautiful when I head to the next place. Be well!
Bro this song is emotional enough without having an emotional attachment to it. You must be a strong person to be able to come back to this song given your horrible situation. I'm crying for you just at the thought. Hope your doing okay friend, my heart goes out to you and your father, may he rest in peace.
Despite how sad the song is, it brings me back to happier times. Being a child watching my big brother play this game while mom is making dinner is one of my core memories.
@@Wacharis I write an exam paper on music, nostalgia and therapy. About how music bring us together and I want to use videogame music in my examples as that is my passion. I found your comment interesting as it described the way i felt well. May I use your comment as an example. Ofcourse I will hide your name and profile picture.
not this game specifically, but i have fond memories of watching my big brother play final fantasy too. big soft spot for the series despite me only having bits and pieces of memories of several different games haha. i remember falling asleep in his room watching him play!
The thing with music is our brains put music we played a lot in that section of the brain that even dementia cannot reach! That's why we never forget tunes.
Just watching the footage here brings back so many memories of me watching my dad and my brother play the game. I'd watch them play for countless hours-- I'd play too but it felt better for me to just watch them. I'd bring iced tea, cookies, and maybe even coca cola and we'd all just eat and drink junk, and just have fun. that was 20 years ago. I'm 26 now, turning 27 in November. Just watching this made me feel how distant that memory is now. My brother married last year, and my dad has graying hair. Things are now so different than they used to be, and suddenly I don't feel so ready for what's to come.
i remember playing this game back in 2007(?) i can’t even remember the exact year. it’s such an odd memory because i don’t remember that time being sad or happy. i remember being alone but i was content playing this game (even though favor XII more) i also remember taking a trip to mexico and playing it there as well. i never did beat it though. and here i am now on my PS vita 3 hours in on my save over the course of 6 years … yet i still know where i left off time is weird man.
@@sopadesopita I favor the memories of ff12 more too, I remember spending all night with my friends and cousins playing it. There’s this more familial memory to this though, like a prodigal son thing going on
Its so funny you say that because so many of my friends never played this game but watched friends or family members play it, and yet, they still love it. Not many games can do this
The star player, on a journey to find his home. The summoner, on a sacrificial journey to bring about the Calm. The Dragoon, whose only wish is to protect Yuna with his life. The samurai, who went on a journey 10 years ago. The blitzballer, who even through a past of hatred, learns the importance of friends, no matter their background. The mage, who is wise and has had many journeys before. The Al Bhed, who swears to protect her cousin with her life. This is their story.
Everyone has that one song that just… Felt different, that song that stirs emotions inside of you every time you hear it. This is that song for me. Over 20 years later and I still get that sentimental feeling going back to the first time I played this in my bedroom all those years ago. That time will never come back, but it’s nice to get that small feeling every time I hear this song.
i feel you this song has something special to it. It makes you remember something positive in the past or something possible about the future. This girl loved me and i had feelings for her but i ended up homeless and screwed up to say the least and mentally i couldnt be there for her to much going on in my life. i wanted to remain friends but that broke her heart to hear me say i need to take things really slow and i cant do a serious relationship..... now im in a different city 1000s of kilometers a way and it reminds me of the final scene where yuna whistles to call tidus but he never comes... thats how i feel with this girl i tried to be there but life hit me beyond hard i think i broke her heart and i feel terrible. this game is super special and this song really is something else.
Finally. The Original OST. After all these times searching through RU-vid with Orchestra versions, covers, solo pianos and all that stuff, I find the og. thank you.
I wish I was 11 again. I used to come home from school and play this every day. I know it was just me alone but it was some of the best time in my life.
@sun4k264 Millions of people know how you feel. Your attitude towards this miserable commenter lets me know you understand. The emotion this track evokes is astounding.
I can relate to Tidus standing over the ruins of Zanarkand, a place that meant so much to him. Much like Tidus returning to his homeland since it was destroyed thousands of years ago, I go back to places where I used to go from where I live. Certain places with memories of me and my family going there when we were kids. Like a school or a store, a park or something. I go there and see how much it's changed since the last time I had been there. It's either changed completely, or it's not there anymore.
I've never played FFX (I'll be getting to it soon tough) but for some reason I feel like I remember this song. I don't know if I actually heard it somewhere before, or it's just one of those songs that makes you feel like you can remember something you've never heard, but it has a strangely haunting effect for that reason
C'est vrai trop d'émotions sa me rappelle trop mon adolescence et toutes ses journées à jouer ont était tellement heureux et ont s en rendez pas compte
Même si ça fait que quelque jours que j'ai joué au X et je suis sur X-2 je suis rendu accro à cette musique. Cette musique aura toujours une place spéciale dans mon coeur
every artist has their golden age. Disney will never come close to Aladdin, Beauty and The Beast, and the 90s stuff. But thats ok. New legends will rise. Its FromSoftware's turn now
the last two expansions of ff14 have some of the best writing, direction, music, and sheer emotion featured in the entire series. HIGHLY recommend playing through both shadowbringers and endwalker.
@EternalExodus I just can't get attached to that. The MMO nature of it makes it less personal. You can't replicate what games like FFX did. I'd put Shadow Hearts 2 there as well. They are very rare pieces of art--let alone games.
It's crazy how music can bring you back to childhood. I remember my dad hooking up the PS1 and PS2 to that old box tv we shared in the dining room. It was battered, bruised beyond repair, still had auxiliary ports in the front where I would plug in my Hannah Montana guitar playset when I got home from school. Life was simple. Staying up past 10 o'clock was a no-no, getting A's, top of my class, learning how to make friends and keep them on the playground. But what I most fondly remember is that old tv. My dad putting down a beanbag chair or a couple of pillows, hooking the old consoles and it breaths it's first gasp of air, dust in the vents, the remote pulling from the plug as he tried to get comfortable. I'd sit beside him watching all these games with such fondness in my eyes, the need for adventure, of love, of tragedy. I'd play on the swings pretending to summon Shiva or Ifrit, aiding me to battle. I'd make staffs out of broken broom sticks, tie a paper plate to it, color it with marker and pens and glitter and pretending to bring the aeons into the world. I'd spend hours as an 8 or 9 year old playing these games myself. Frustrated because I didn't know how to properly level up, only liking the pretty music, the pictures, the words. FF X and X-2 were honestly some of my favorite games as a kid, and even now, as a college graduate who is trying to make a life for myself, I always come back to this song for inspiration and peace. I have repurchased these games myself, playing them all over again like I've just transported myself back into a child and playing it for the first time again as I sit in a dimly-lit room, headphones in my ears, curledi n a blanket as I play blitzball all over again. I can honestly say that watching my dad play these games helped shaped my career into becoming an imaginative writer of wanting more. I don't know where I would be without those memories, without Yuna, Tidus, Rikku, Lulu, Auron, Kimahri and Wakka. Each of the Final Fantasy games just make me feel like there is so much out there that needs to be explored, like old ruins or relics of the past. It's like opening up a box of dreams whenever I play any of them. I can't describe how much this music means to me, but in a way, I think we all get a sense that there is something ethereal in this music, an emotion we can all understand with just a few simple notes.
You finished all the additional bosses as a kid? I still remember tilting my way through the temples. And yes, kids and teens should value their unique experience of the world. Most lose it forever
Tidus, Jecht Vergil, Nero Kazuya, Jin are my most favorite protagonist-villain son-father duos in the videogame history. Their backstories are tragic and often heartbroking.
Ok, literally crying my eyes out. I bought this game immediately after it came out when I was 17...throughout the summer, I played every single day. One of the very best summers of my life.
I was 9, and made just about nothing but mistakes. To this day I have no idea how I ever even beat the game. Trial and error, I guess, I played it just about every day. I bonded with the guy who would become my lifelong best friend over it, lived and breathed it for a while when I was in, what, Intermediate school? Ahh, amazing how just a few minutes of song can send so many emotions flooding back even two decades later.
I can still remember the first time I was truly understand this game and the difference of me in the beginning vs after knowing exactly what was gonna happen after this. The chill man
Final Fantasy X was the first game my mum beat before me. She loved the series as a whole, I vividly recall coming home from school and finding her talking to every NPC or having a blast playing blitzball... Rest in peace Kaz. May your soul be at peace in the farplane.
This takes me back to being 11 Years old playing this with my high school friends.. unfortunately I don't see them much anymore I'm lucky to see them once a year if that but I always have fond memories tied to this game it's bitter sweet
I just can't believe that this game was released more than 20 years ago. I was 17 when I played it for the first time. This music not only makes me remember that good old times but also think how life is short and that we shouldn't waste it
Such a beautiful composition. I've been searching for any other piano songs that relate and still can't find anything with this level of emotion. Maybe its just because I liked the game tho
@@Noah-go8xcThe combination of the 2 is powerful. The best music I've ever heard has always been composed by people who make video game music. Asia as a whole is putting out music at or very close to the level of Bach and Bethoveen
Me and my cousin used to play this game together back when i was a little kid, we still hangout sometimes, no one died. But i still feel sad, i remember the memories and i remember back when all i need to worry about is to finish my meal as fast as possible to get on this game. Childhood is indeed one of the most valuable memories in our life.
i also watched this when little(now 32) , but my cousin was a greedy bitch when we were kids. he never let me play his consoles. and his parents didnt even tell him to let me play or anything like that. i still remember almost all of FFX despite never playing it myself until during lockdowns. it was crazy how much of the characters, music, abilities , and the skill grid i had still in mind. as well as how the ost of these games i partly only saw during my childhood can give me nostalgia of the finest. even a tomb raider ps1 song can bring me to tears, from times where i watched my papa play through all the 5 ps1 TR games.
My parents weren't happy about me playing video games. They used to call me sad, and told me to go outside. I used to get bullied so I didn't have many friends. Playing this was my only escape. The song brings back mixed emotions.
I love this song so much. It gives off a sense of hopelessness yet you still feel this tiny little tug of hope. Every time I've heard this song, it makes me think of my past mistakes yet that tiny little feeling still gives me hope that even though there will be heartbreak and sadness, life moves on. With each passing day is a new learning experience from your heartache and mistakes.
Ma plus belle rétro-découverte de l'année 2023, j'ai pleuré trois en jouant à cette merveille qu'est ffx et ce même 20ans après sa sortie, tout fan de final fantasy se doit de l'acheter.
Just bawling my eyes out over here, haven’t heard this in maybe 5 years since my brother moved out and used to play this on his piano. Been a little longer since I played but hit me right in the childhood feels
My favorite song, ever. I'm instantly transported back to my childhood and so many emotions flood me. As an adult I rocked my newborn son to sleep to this. Perfection.
I’ve never played this game but this track is still nostalgic to me because I’ve heard it used in so many RU-vid videos over the years. Granted, many of them used the song comedically, but it’s such a good track that it still carries an emotional weight to it.
Man Tidus has changed from the first scene in Zanarkand to the final time he saw Zanarkand, he started out as this carefree innocent kid to finally getting his hopes crushed after knowing his truth. Breaks my heart, he shouldn't be just called 'annoying crybaby' of a protagonist. Tbf he's written more accurately as a teenager.
My brother and I would play this game after school. It was one of the few good memories I had with him as teenagers. He went as far as to unlock all the secret aeons. Good times.
I felt in love to FF with the 7 but then the X will make me more in love then ever ! They won’t be a better FF than the X ! In our memory for Eternity ❤️
"Yuna... i have to go..." i'm a proud 46 gamer dad, i followed my 23 years son in the journey into FFX: i saw him getting upset, getting emotional, enjoying and struggling, laughing, crying... like i did years ago. Thank you.
I loved playing this game as a teen. This was my first Final Fantasy game that got me into the series. This video is creating all sorts of feelings for me. Thank you for compiling this together ❤
I used to play this song on the piano a couple years ago. My cat would get annoyed at the sound, walk over, and bite me gently. I’d stop playing because of it. A couple of months ago, he passed away because of a stupid disease, and I return to this song, just to remember.
i remember first time playing 10 and hearing this in the menu, it felt as if I had heard it numerous times before that moment and yet it was my first time ever listening to it. Such an amazing melody.
23 years. I was nine years old. I played two disks to death, and lost countless hours on corrupted save files on cheap off-brand memory cards. I played until every one of my characters had the entire sphere grid unlocked, and could one shot most of the end-game enemies with a basic melee attack. To Zanarkand brings me back to a time in my life that had so much joy, and so much pain. I hope I never forget it.
This song will always be memorable to me. Playing this game when I was younger has to be one of the best times I've ever had. I got into RPGs because of games like Final Fantasy.
I remember watching my older brother play this game for hours when I was young. This music is very nostalgic because of that. Sadly he passed away in 2021. Now even though I have yet to play this game myself do the music mean so much to me. Right now I am learning to play it on piano and soon it sounds a lot like the original.
I have two older nephews. They brought over their PS2 and a copy of FFX in 2002 and the rest is history. I remember begging my mom to take me to EB Games so we could buy it. It remains my favorite game to this day.
When I played FFXIV shadowbringers and came to the phantom recreation of the city of Amaurot, I felt a familiar sensation. I wasn't sure of it, but the city reminded me of something from my previous experiences with gaming. A familiar sight of a long dead civilization, of a dream of what once was, of a people's who's sins were etched upon the world in a viscious cycle endlessly repeating until someone could break it. Of a singular man representing that long since dead empire, who we must put out of their misery. It wasn't until I came across the theme of Zanarkand a while later that I realized why the story of the Ancients of Amaurot had me feeling the way I did. FFX did it first. And for the second time, I was heartbroken. A theme of those long since passed. Fighting for those who have fallen. For those we can yet save. This singular concept permeates FFXIV, but it was also done first by FFX, and I would do well to remember that fact.
I got a music box on etsy and gave it to my son who grew up loving this game. Hes 25 years old and when he turned the handle on the side and it played the song he got teary eyed. 😢.
Even though I was about 10 or so and had played many many games by the time it came out, I very much remember FFX as being the first video game that gave me the spine-tingling feeling of "holy cow, this world is immense and there's so much (albeit sometimes corny) emotion in the scenes and the dialogue; if this is what video games can be, this is gonna be a hell of a lifetime adventure." And now as I'm sitting here in a wistful mood thinking about it, the atmosphere of this song perfectly conveys how I feel, knowing how happily nostalgic those good times were, but also knowing I'll never again experience that feeling for the first time. Damn lol
The religious underpinnings of the story, the very personal themes the game deals with, and the journey across the world, add in the incredible emotional score....forget the visuals and the turn based combat. This game had something modern games don't. A real, honest, relatable story that tugs at the inherent feeling everyone has that they eventually recognize: There is a force at work greater than us that we are utterly hopeless to stop...and like Yuna, we must smile through that reality and finish our own journeys. They just don't make them like this anymore.
Life was simple, the day was slow, there isn’t much going on anyways. Let’s turn on the the PlayStation 2 and spend the rest of the weekend in the world of Zanarkard.
Post of Uematsu brings me here to relisten. I have the game but didnt finish unfortunately but loved the characters second ff i had to ffvii.. Uematsu said this theme wasnt supposed to be for this game n was made entirely for a diff reason! Great stuff either way. And becuase of the times goin rn i just want to also say , long live the recent late Akira Toriyama!
