Board 8 > Do you like Final Fantasy X-2?

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INCEPTlON
02/20/23 5:35:41 PM
#1:


Like or dislike?


I feel like this game has gone through waves of being appreciated and hated. Seems like its spun back to hated at the moment in some places. Where does Board 8 stand?

I still love the game.

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Snake5555555555
02/20/23 5:39:00 PM
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Love it, probably has my favorite combat system of any FF, the vibes are great, most of the characters are great, just all around enjoyable game.

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Leonhart4
02/20/23 5:39:43 PM
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It subverts the original in ways I don't care for, but overall, I do like it.

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shane15
02/20/23 5:40:43 PM
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I like it. It also has one of if not the best battle system in the series.

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Lopen
02/20/23 5:44:44 PM
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Tepid dislike. I don't passionately hate it but I've tried several times to get through it and I just can't despite the gameplay being solid

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Leonhart4
02/20/23 5:46:01 PM
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Lopen posted...
Tepid dislike. I don't passionately hate it but I've tried several times to get through it and I just can't despite the gameplay being solid

That poor TURBO playthrough topic, I don't think anyone actually made it

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swordz9
02/20/23 5:50:17 PM
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Im not sure. Parts of it yes, parts of it no and I never finished it
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Obellisk
02/20/23 5:53:10 PM
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Job Class System was a welcomed change to the Sphere Grid.

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Robazoid
02/20/23 5:54:27 PM
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It's the second-best FF game of them all

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Leonhart4
02/20/23 5:55:31 PM
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X-2 doesn't even have the best battle system in an FFX game

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Bane_Of_Despair
02/20/23 6:03:00 PM
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Great music and gameplay

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trdl23
02/20/23 6:14:39 PM
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Terrible story, astonishing gameplay

...I'm still glad I played it so "like"

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andylt
02/20/23 6:14:42 PM
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I don't like your game. It sucks.

OK I have mixed feelings on it, but overall there's more bad than good. I like a lot of what it was trying to do, but it didn't nail the landing on much.

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scarletspeed7
02/20/23 6:20:37 PM
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Always good to learn which users to give just THAT much less credence to.


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_PandaMaster_
02/20/23 6:36:05 PM
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I like it, yes.

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foolm0r0n
02/20/23 6:39:57 PM
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It's great. The plot itself is pretty bad but all other aspects of the narrative are awesome.

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redrocket
02/20/23 6:59:21 PM
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Its really, really dumb, but its a fun dumb.

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BlueCrystalTear
02/20/23 7:37:13 PM
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Haven't played, but do own. Came in to see what people were saying. Not sure when I will get the chance to play it...

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colliding
02/20/23 7:38:37 PM
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on my second playthrough it wasn't as bad as my first impressions, but the number of missables/forced replays sucks

also the music is such a huge step down from its predecessor it's huge bummer

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mnk
02/20/23 7:40:27 PM
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I liked it up until the 100% guide I was following neglected to mention a necessary Comm Sphere scene in Kilika and I didn't want to redo a whole chapter to remedy it.

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Murphiroth
02/20/23 7:43:48 PM
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Snake5555555555 posted...
Love it, probably has my favorite combat system of any FF, the vibes are great, most of the characters are great, just all around enjoyable game.

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colliding
02/20/23 7:50:08 PM
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Leonhart4 posted...
X-2 doesn't even have the best battle system in an FFX game

also I want to go ahead and agree with this. I loved X-2's battle system the first time, but on my replay last year I thought it lacked something. Yes, being able to cycle through jobs mid-battle is interesting and visually stunning for a PS2 title, but also the game didn't do anything with it. The game is either extremely easy (if you're equally leveled or overleveled (which is easy to do)) or impossible if you're underleveled. Maybe I'm wrong about that last part but I don't think I am. There are also tons of jobs that feel relatively useless compared to others.

If they could keep the switching but balance the jobs and add some strategy then it might really be something special.

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MZero
02/20/23 8:05:04 PM
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Lopen posted...
Tepid dislike. I don't passionately hate it but I've tried several times to get through it and I just can't despite the gameplay being solid

this

Leonhart4 posted...
X-2 doesn't even have the best battle system in an FFX game

also this

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azuarc
02/20/23 8:09:09 PM
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neutral, but leaning toward positive

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foolm0r0n
02/20/23 8:38:52 PM
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colliding posted...
also I want to go ahead and agree with this. I loved X-2's battle system the first time, but on my replay last year I thought it lacked something.
This for sure. It's really fun and flashy, especially for the time, but it seriously lacks the depth of FFX. There are a bunch of really easy cheese strats after getting a few spheres. You just pick one and steamroll the whole game with it. Using any other spheres or garment grids was just intentionally hurting yourself.

Whereas each area in FFX felt like a real step up in challenge with new attack patterns from enemies, and most every boss is some sort of puzzle that is really well balanced. You can always grind to make the boss easier, but you have to figure out the "trick" either way. On replays it ends up being super fun to use your knowledge to go way faster and beat bosses underleveled. Really rewarding to learn and optimize that battle system.

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pjbasis
02/20/23 8:39:51 PM
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More fun than ffx

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Denji
02/20/23 9:07:38 PM
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I like the game but then I decided to 100% it which made me hate it.

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lordjers
02/20/23 9:46:13 PM
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The strong aspect of the game isn't the story, or even the gameplay, it's how the world feels. Been able to revist areas really adds good layers to the experience and I found that really cool. I liekd the interaction between characters as well.

On the other hand, there isn't going much in certain areas in certain loops of the game. What I like the least isn't even the main plot (which sucks), or that you aren't done leveling jobs when the game ends (and again and again), it's the missables and BS hidden stuff that only get unlocked with several arbitrary answer combinations, or the order in which you do trivial things. Game is riddled with those and require several playthroughs to get everything, and if you missed what you wanted, you have to wait till the other loop, and by then you aren't replaying the game cause of the fun factor.

I like the game more than I don't, but the things I don't like can get really agggravating.

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Raka_Putra
02/20/23 9:51:51 PM
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It's fun, the dress spehere system is camp and fabulous, but I really hate how the story is structured and how easily missable things are.

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ctesjbuvf
02/21/23 5:08:09 AM
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It's enjoyable enough to play but not fantastic and as a story entry I wish it doesn't exist because FFX ends perfectly and this game does it no favors.

It's ironically probably the only game I have bought multiple times despite not enjoying it that much because it's bundled with FFX all the time lol.

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SHINE_GET_64
02/21/23 5:10:49 AM
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Best version of the ATB system

Not a fan of how missable a lot of things are. Really hard to get 100% without just resorting to a step by step guide

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MZero
02/21/23 6:06:37 AM
#32:


ctesjbuvf posted...
It's enjoyable enough to play but not fantastic and as a story entry I wish it doesn't exist because FFX ends perfectly and this game does it no favors.

It's ironically probably the only game I have bought multiple times despite not enjoying it that much because it's bundled with FFX all the time lol.

ruining FFX's ending is its biggest crime, yeah

and lmao yeah it's my second most purchased game technically and I've never beaten it or even gotten very far

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Cavedweller2000
02/21/23 6:07:28 AM
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One of my favourite platinums

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Mobilezoid
02/21/23 6:18:22 AM
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While I mostly enjoyed the ending of FFX, it had one huge problem for me. One of my favorite things about X-2 is that it explicitly calls out that problem from X and addresses it!

I hated how Tidus was so against Yuna sacrificing herself, only to then essentially sacrifice himself instead. I know why it kinda had to happen, but I didn't like how no one pointed out the hypocrisy. It was just treated as a valiant thing. In X-2, I loved how Yuna acknowledged the bitter feeling she'd been left with, and she refused to allow anyone to sacrifice themself this time around. She didn't like that plan. It sucked. That quote is a meme for a good reason, it's a funny line, but I unironically love it because it shows how far she's come as a character. Yuna starts X as someone ready to sacrifice herself, then ends X-2 as someone who won't allow sacrifice at all. So good.

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Leonhart4
02/21/23 6:27:48 AM
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Nah, it's terrible and undermines everything Yuna claimed to stand for in FFX

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foolm0r0n
02/21/23 9:53:49 AM
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I do think that part is good. People hate when beloved characters change and evolve but it makes a lot of sense, especially considering she was like 17 in X.

But it wasn't a problem in X either. Tidus is impulsive and narcissistic, so it's not surprising that he's hypocritical there. He also learned he's a ghost who never should've existed in the first place. Of course he wanted to have some agency in his life after being a puppet of the fayth. Yuna also wanted agency, but after Yu Yevon was killed, Tidus knew Yuna would have a whole lifetime to experience that. The sacrifice just made sense.

Also I don't think X-2 affected anything of X's story. It stayed fully at arms reach IIRC, maddeningly so. Except for the true ending but even that was all tease.

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MZero
02/21/23 10:51:20 AM
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Mobilezoid posted...
While I mostly enjoyed the ending of FFX, it had one huge problem for me. One of my favorite things about X-2 is that it explicitly calls out that problem from X and addresses it!

I hated how Tidus was so against Yuna sacrificing herself, only to then essentially sacrifice himself instead. I know why it kinda had to happen, but I didn't like how no one pointed out the hypocrisy. It was just treated as a valiant thing. In X-2, I loved how Yuna acknowledged the bitter feeling she'd been left with, and she refused to allow anyone to sacrifice themself this time around. She didn't like that plan. It sucked. That quote is a meme for a good reason, it's a funny line, but I unironically love it because it shows how far she's come as a character. Yuna starts X as someone ready to sacrifice herself, then ends X-2 as someone who won't allow sacrifice at all. So good.

It wasn't hypocritical at all. Yuna sacrificing herself wouldn't have killed Sin, it would have just brought the Calm for a couple of years. Tidus, on the other hand, sacrificed himself to get rid of Sin for good. The outcome is drastically different so you can't really compare the two. It's like saying it's hypocritical to be against someone sacrificing their life for a sandwich but then you sacrifice your life for a friend. Apples and oranges.Tidus cannot exist in a world without Sin, but Yuna can. Well, until X-2 ruined everything anyway.

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MacArrowny
02/21/23 10:53:51 AM
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FFX and X-2 are both kinda weak. I think the area design in X-2 is pretty bad, generally.

Mobilezoid posted...
I hated how Tidus was so against Yuna sacrificing herself, only to then essentially sacrifice himself instead.
But...he's already dead.

What do you think about FFX-3 btw? Better or worse than FFX's ending?

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Shattered
02/21/23 11:24:33 AM
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I liked it. I also really enjoyed that tower thing.
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FFDragon
02/21/23 12:08:16 PM
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X-2 is the only good X game

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most_games_r_ok
02/21/23 1:33:59 PM
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Hmmm. Kinda on the fence for this one here. I really enjoy the battle system. Kinda like seeing a different side of Yuna. That being said it's far too silly for its own good. And all the missables in the game drag it down hard.

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guffguy89
02/21/23 2:34:59 PM
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FFX is my favorite final fantasy game.
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FFX-2 is my least favorite final fantasy game that I have played and I have still been unable to finish it after multiple attempts.

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