| Graphics |
9.9 - PROS: Awesome full motion video, smoothly integrated into gameplay. Summons, spells, and limit breaks excellently rendered for powerful appearence. A wide array of well rendered enemies. Well designed world map. |
| Gameplay |
10 - PROS: multitudes of items, many combinations of materia, games within the game, interactive storyline, chocobo racing, hidden items and characters, and much more. |
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Sound Effects and Background Music Ambiance |
9.5 - PROS: Monumental score, mood setting ambiance, believable sound effects. |
| Story and Theme |
10 - PROS: Immersive gaming experince. Long involving plot and character developments. Interactivity between characters i.e. dating, double crossing, communication, etc. |
| Challenge and Difficulty |
9.5 - PROS: Mastery of game takes considerably longer than completion of game. Many hidden items, weapons, materia, and limit breaks. Hidden Enemies provide extreme challenge. Snowboard game difficult to master. Characters must enguage in many battles before achiving maximum potential. |
| Total Chaos Factor |
10 - PROS: Did anyone say, "Knights of Round, Final Heaven, Omnislash, Bahamut Zero, or Super Nova!" The entire summon and limit break thing kicks some serious ass. Extreme WOW factor, especially impressive on little wimpy creatures like slugs. Doing 100,000 damage on a creature worth about 200 is the ultimate annihilation. |
| Hot Video Game Babe(s) Factor |
10 - PROS: Tifa, (and Aeris of course). |