Emotional, unforgettable story and characters
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“this game is one of the few games to have a grown man weeping and breaking down in tears by the end of the game”
Steam review · 57.4 h played ↗
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Square Enix2016JRPG · Turn-Based Combat · RPG
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A beloved, emotional JRPG classic with a great story, music and sphere-grid combat, but the PC port is notoriously unstable. Skip it if you won't install community patches.
Great for
Story-driven JRPG fans and nostalgic players willing to install community fixes
Main risk
Frequent crashes and green-screen cutscenes that need fan patches to fix
What changed in the last 30 days
82 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews describe constant crashes, green screens and freezes even on fresh installs and new hardware, with no official fix. Fairly confident but based on a small recent sample.
82 recent reviews
What players love
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The arranged soundtrack is top notch.”
Steam review · 168.9 h played ↗
Deep turn-based combat and sphere grid
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Being able to freely switch characters during battle makes everyone feel useful”
Steam review · 45.8 h played ↗
Lots of endgame and replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“This game a tremendous replay value and can keep you busy for a very long time trying to unlock everything.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Good entry point for FF newcomers
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“The easiest Final Fantasy to start up as a beginner”
Steam review · 75.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Frequent crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“It crashes every 20 minutes or so. 102 crashes by Macalania temple.”
Steam review · 26 h played ↗
Green screen cutscenes
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Game is nothing but a green screen for cinematics.”
Steam review · 16.7 h played ↗
Needs fan patches to be playable
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“You should not need to download a 3rd party patch from the internet to fix the game cutscenes not playing and random game crashes.”
Steam review · 18.6 h played ↗
Downgraded faces and 30 FPS lock
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“the facial downgrade in this remaster makes this version not even worth the convenience”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗
X-2 crashes especially badly
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“FFX-2 is a different story. It crashes every 30-45 mins mostly in combat”
Steam review · 114 h played ↗
Grindy, repetitive random encounters
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“the constant random encounters made me lose interest”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable37 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista or later
Processor2GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce 9600GT VRAM 512MB or later / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT VRAM 512MB or later
Storage37 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows Vista or later
Processor2.4GHz quad-core CPU
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce GTX 450 / AMD Radeon HD 5750 with 512MB
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows Vista or later
Processor2GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce 9600GT VRAM 512MB or later / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT VRAM 512MB or later
Storage37 GB available space
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