Current Events > Started Final Fantasy X last night.

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MAN FUCK SEYMOUR

Creep

Really enjoying the plot development outside that marriage proposal though. The farplane and flashbacks.

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TheRadiant posted...

I started it a little bit after I beat FFIX but I'm burned out on JRPGs

I'm wondering if I should play X2 immediately after, or the same thing will happen

Other options... go into Ni No Kuni 2 (beat #1 about 8 months ago)... try the Tales series (own Symphonia and Berseria)... surely a few others I'm forgetting... or take a break

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TroutPaste posted...

I'm wondering if I should play X2

No, you should never do this

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TroutPaste posted...

I'm wondering if I should play X2 immediately after, or the same thing will happen

ehhh

I can very easily rant into 2 post long walls of text about FFX-2

But suffice to say it has an entirely different tone to FFX and shits on a lot of its plot and characters

I'd say play something else first

like Dragon Age

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Rikku drank too much caffeine

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UnfairRepresent posted...

ehhh

I can very easily rant into 2 post long walls of text about FFX-2

But suffice to say it has an entirely different tone to FFX and shits on a lot of its plot and characters

I'd say play something else first

like Dragon Age

Noted

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X-2 does have some of the best gameplay and the best use if the job system in the series however.

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spikethedevil posted...

X-2 does have some of the best gameplay and the best use if the job system in the series however.

I prefer the job system in FFTactics, but I can't blame anyone for liking X-2's system. I wish I'd liked anything more about X-2 than just the combat, but....

TheRadiant posted...

No, you should never do this

Don't listen to this. Form your own opinion.

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where r u in the game

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tiornys posted...

I prefer the job system in FFTactics, but I can't blame anyone for liking X-2's system. I wish I'd liked anything more about X-2 than just the combat, but....

I wish they had kept X-2s combat system for the rest of the franchise... A winning formula, yet they kept pushing action rpg instead of turn-based.

It worked well in VIIR with its mix of action and turn based.

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bloodydeath0 posted...

where r u in the game

Just got through the lightning fields. yuna is going back and forth about the marriage

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I want to play this again sometime. I never quite finished with the PS3 remaster.

I like this game a lot because Endgame stat maxing doesn't feel overly tedious and is quite doable making the optional content quite accessible if you have the time to put in.

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Darkinsanity1 posted...

I want to play this again sometime. I never quite finished with the PS3 remaster.

I like this game a lot because Endgame stat maxing doesn't feel overly tedious and is quite doable making the optional content quite accessible if you have the time to put in.

I think you and I have differing definitions when it comes to tedious...

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Hopefully they remaster LOTR: The Third Age at some point. It had pretty much the same combat system as FFX.
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Joelypoely posted...

Hopefully they remaster LOTR: The Third Age at some point. It had pretty much the same combat system as FFX.

Really? I love this combat system; I might check that out.

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Yeah, it's worth a go if you can find a copy. I can't remember the story being that amazing but the gameplay, exploration, skills, boss fights etc. were well done.
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Joelypoely posted...

Yeah, it's worth a go if you can find a copy. I can't remember the story being that amazing but the gameplay, exploration, skills, boss fights etc. were well done.

Shit, I have that on Gamecube. Didn't play much of it

Only problem was... it's kinda blurry. They need to remaster it

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If you decide to play LotR:tTA just know that hard mode isn't anything remotely resembling balanced. On the one hand the enemies are ridiculously stronger and tougher compared to you, but on the other hand they give out a lot more XP.

3PiesAndAFork posted...

I think you and I have differing definitions when it comes to tedious...

Compared to stat maxing in other Final Fantasy games? Yes, it's quite easy to do in this one lol.

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Thats kind of an insane opinion. The level of tedium required to make FFX endgame content accessible exceeds the rest of the games in the series combined.

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I value my time way too much to do any endgame content in any FF game.

Edit: not to mention that fighting Penance is just max them out. There's no difference in the characters which IMO is the best part of the game.

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Ride ze shoopuff

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Hmmm. This conversation has made me realize that several of my favorite FF games have something in common: their endgame/postgame content is pretty accessible at expected endgame development. FFX is the main exception, and is also the one I've done the least endgame content in.

destrian522 posted...

Thats kind of an insane opinion. The level of tedium required to make FFX endgame content accessible exceeds the rest of the games in the series combined.

Oh I suppose you're thinking of the mini games for the crests and sigils and Blitzball. Only one of those I legitimately dislike is the dodging lighting 200 times. The rest I'm pretty good at. I also enjoy Blitz Ball which is funny because I'm not into sports at all but it's fun for me.

The stat maxing is pretty easy too, only bad part about that is catching all the monster types to fill our your coliseum but if you work on that along the way, that's not bad either. Once you have your coliseum finished its pretty efficient. Just farm certain monsters for direct stat boosts.

I don't really bother with it in other Final Fantasy games but it's not really necessary in other Final Fantasy games either.

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You also really don't need to dodge 200 Lightning Bolts. Lulu is so useless by that point you're doing it solely for completionists sake. Besides that, Lulu doesn't gain anything from a Superweapon that you can't just make, since you're not going to be attacking with her, even at max stats.

spikethedevil posted...

X-2 does have some of the best gameplay and the best use if the job system in the series however.

I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone says this.

I beat the game without dying once (Except one superboss who petrified a character who had petifry proof when she was in superform)

And not counting a handful of exceptions + superbosses, I beat nearly the entire game just by holding down X. There's absolutely no substance or strategy, you only learn abilities for the hell of it.

It has possibly the worst or at least most pointless combat in the entire series.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

I beat nearly the entire game just by holding down X.

No you didn't.

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dave_is_slick posted...

No you didn't.

Pretty sure its not possible to beat it that way unless you do a shit ton of grinding hell pretty sure you have to press X to attack and not hold it down but UR being contrarian is his gimmick so I wouldnt pay it much mind.

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IMO the X-2 battle system is fantastic but the game never gives you enough challenge to really let it shine. It's still fun to play with all the jobs though.

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El_Lingo posted...

IMO the X-2 battle system is fantastic but the game never gives you enough challenge to really let it shine. It's still fun to play with all the jobs though.

yeah things like the arena that were Japan only were a welcome edition to the HD collection.

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spikethedevil posted...

Pretty sure its not possible to beat it that way unless you do a shit ton of grinding hell pretty sure you have to press X to attack and not hold it down but UR being contrarian is his gimmick so I wouldnt pay it much mind.

On the PS2 you can just hold it down

And I did zero grinding although I did do side quests

Very little in the game is a match for just kicking the shit out of it and I was learning skills for the hell of it that I never used

I think its designed for people to purposefully play badly to experiment with random abilities and that's just silly to me

If you just attack, you pretty much always win immediately

spikethedevil posted...

yeah things like the arena that were Japan only were a welcome edition to the HD collection.

Yeah that's pretty much the only reason to play FFX2 IMO

watching my friend play the game as a Tonberry and an amorphous gel was hilarious

Only reason I'd reccomend the HD edition

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Ifrit looks badass in this game (bump)

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Yeah FFX has some great summon designs.

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Sorry I've been distracted. Made the Free Games Discord server for the past few days, took up most of my time

Last time I played, though... the story finally hooked for me. The farplane cutscene was AWESOME

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Farscape cutscene? Oh the Farplane bit where Lulu and Wakka talk to his brother and such. Yeah that was really cool.

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spikethedevil posted...

Farscape cutscene? Oh the Farplane bit where Lulu and Wakka talk to his brother and such. Yeah that was really cool.

oops. I typed it right last time.

That one, and when Seymour showed them 1000 years ago in his mansion

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Ah yeah thats a great scene.

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