Shut up classic.
I actually played (partway) through 10 a while ago after finishing P3 and before borrowing FF12 so i could get a start on it.* I really, truly love the character growth system -- when i first heard of the sphere grid in a magazine a thousand years ago, i was nonplussed, but MAN does it work out well in practice. The battles are super tight and enjoyable, the lingering feeling that i should constantly swap people in to get EXP notwithstanding (and given that kimahri and wakka are about as useful as a useless, superfluous pair of numbskulls, that's entirely my own madness tripping me up). I don't mind the cast of characters, with the exception of Yuna, since you could basically replace her voice with a 100 dB explosion and i wouldn't be any more irritated than i am every time she opens her mouth as it is. The presentation of that game is so completely horrible that i can't imagine how anyone could ever complete it. I lost count of how many times they fucked up your movement and consequently irritated the shit out of me by constantly changing the position of the static camera by the time i hit besaid village and the animations the cast do while talking are painful to behold. Also the CG cutscenes are SO bad, i want to barf whenever i see CG-Tidus emote.
If it was all SNES-style sprites i would play the SHIT out of that game. In fact, can we get a 2d FF10 remake for DS? That would be pretty good.
*GOD WHY AM I ON SUCH A FUCKING RPG KICK RIGHT NOW I AM ONLY PLAYING JAPPO SWORDFESTS AND THE DOOM ROGUELIKE (BTW I TOTALLY KILLED THE CYBERDEMON FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY I AM SO MONEY $$$$)
MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THE NIGHTLY DANCE OF BLEEDING SWORDS REMINDS ME THAT I STILL LIVE