X was the start of the downfall?Doomsdaylee said:
You're dreaming mate, FF has generally been shit apart from exceptions like the first 3, 6 or 9.
Final Fantasy X HD PS3 Reportedly Includes Final Fantasy X-2
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You're dreaming mate, FF has generally been shit apart from exceptions like the first 3, 6 or 9.
Hey, maybe I'll finally be able to play FFX
Though I'll probably have to import it from NA or something *sigh*
Though I'll probably have to import it from NA or something *sigh*
Yesssssssssssssss! I was hoping that they'd do this honestly. So much nostalgia-goodness...I think I might even get the collection for PS3 and then pick up X-2 again separately if I decide to get a Vita down the road. Assuming, of course, they do in fact release this outside of Japan.
Don't mind me, I'll just escort myself to the pasture with the other black sheep who enjoyed Final Fantasy X-2.
Don't mind me, I'll just escort myself to the pasture with the other black sheep who enjoyed Final Fantasy X-2.
I hope this comes to the US as well. I'd love to have X-2 on Vita with its sequel.
I don't think I've ever genuinely understood the hate for X-2 that everyone has. Okay, so it's no longer a story about mopey teenagers being sad about having to save the world, and is now about three teenage girls who want simply to have some fun. Is that really such a bad thing? I mean, really?
And forget all that, the fight system is excellent, with the dresspheres essentially being a re-imagining of the jobs system from V.
The story is a bit meh, starting out as a search for Tidus, shifting into a political commentary that does little more than establish the sides of a basic conflict, and ends with a massive mecha-satan battle. But it serves its purpose very well, and never comes across as particularly obnoxious. Overall, I think it's a decent package.
tl;dr hooray!
I don't think I've ever genuinely understood the hate for X-2 that everyone has. Okay, so it's no longer a story about mopey teenagers being sad about having to save the world, and is now about three teenage girls who want simply to have some fun. Is that really such a bad thing? I mean, really?
And forget all that, the fight system is excellent, with the dresspheres essentially being a re-imagining of the jobs system from V.
The story is a bit meh, starting out as a search for Tidus, shifting into a political commentary that does little more than establish the sides of a basic conflict, and ends with a massive mecha-satan battle. But it serves its purpose very well, and never comes across as particularly obnoxious. Overall, I think it's a decent package.
tl;dr hooray!
I knew I liked you for reasons other than Dude, Where's My Car?.Marter said:
On-topic: Final Fantasy X-2 is my favorite game of all time, but I haven't played the more intricate and content-laden International + Last Mission due to the lack of localization and the ostensible need for me to emulate. Even if the international editions are exclusive to Japan, though, Final Fantasy X-2 in glorious, stunning HD is more than enough to make me want a PS3 again.
...oh, and Final Fantasy X is cool, I guess.
My response to this was a great big meh mostly because the Final Fantasy fans I know HATE X-2 but love X, however I don't see how X-2 being included would detract from purchasing.
As far as the X-2 battle system goes I thought it suffered from only having a 3-member party. Been some time since I played it and I only ever got around 20 hours in but from what I recall while I tried to stay flexible and try different jobs I always had to keep switching back to my goto formation, especially for bosses. I think it was white mage+black mage+melee, so basically the MMO routine with the melee the only one you had a few options to actually experiment with. Having a 4th party member like in FF III and V would have let me branch out more with some of the more original jobs.
I would have much preferred FF XII to these two. The battle system in FFXII is amazing.. no random battles, hooray! It was the first FF game in which I didn't mind grinding a bit, thanks to the gambit system. The story was perhaps not the strongest overall, but the worlds, characters and battle system was top notch in my book.
FFX-2 allows class changes mid-battle though, and in that way Spherechange is a precursor to FFXIII's Paradigm Shift. You don't need to stick to a particular party setup, hell, 3 Dark Knights worked just fine for me. Swapping a White Mage in to heal is easy enough, or you can just spam items. Class systems in the early Final Fantasies are more rigid in that winning is more about preparation than anything else.RandV80 said:
Ukomba said:
Yes you could switch jobs mid battle but when the battles get tougher that doesn't matter much if they weren't good at another job. You try to build them up to be good at other jobs but then I was constantly switching my good white mage back to and keeping her in the healer role. Which meant the only option to break the stalemate would be to grind grind grind.excalipoor said:
As a disclaimer I should add that I've always held the opinion for JRPG's that the bigger the party the better, and have always held a grievance with Square following FFVII that apparently think a party of 3 is the perfect number.
I probably wouldn't play X-2 before finishing X, and I prefer my JRPGs portable, so I'll stick with the Vita version unless there's a huge price discrepancy.