List of differences from the original FFX on PS2

[Lux]

Hi Guys,

I do very much love this game and I would like to get it on steam, but I'm reading its different from the original in quite a few ways?

I'm mostly fuzzed about gameplay differences, I mean I want the original experience and the same difficulty that it was on ps2, I'm just not that into playing an easier version of the game, just makes it less enjoyable.

Anyone who can give me a list on the things that are different vs the original version on ps2?
I'm really eager to play this game again, I just don't want to be in for a disappointment when I expect it to be the same as the ps2 version!

Many thanks,
Lust

[Mikasa Ackerman]

its mostly the same , theres a few minor things they changed
wakka and Rikkus sigil & crest have swapped names , atleast from what i noticed
home glitch has been fixed ( revert story progress by somehow triggering the loading zone in bikanel)

the game has a Cloud saving option + 200 Saveslots ( sadly not more , tried it , but you can always move them out of the saves folder , store them someplace else and voila , more saves )

you can edit your saves using ffxed ( i think PS2 could too )

and in the ending , they changed thank you to i love you ( atleast in the german version i know it for sure)

heres a full list :
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_X/Version_differences


but dont worry the gameplay is the same
you can even increase the difficulty on the PC version , simply download FFXED and the other tools , and raise the partys Sphere Level so Tidus starts with the Sphere level auron has for example , doubt you can get more than 2-7 Level ups before reaching Luca that way


i already played it alot now and honestly some changes took me some time to even notice ( was mostly subtitles that got corrected or changed

sadly the butterfly game is still the same ,i recommend using the PS2 guide or a Map with the spots , its hard to tell where they are

also the graphics arent changed too much , theres still the same old static camera and most ground textures still look very much the same

but theres Texture mods on the internet , look here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BclDP4VV1tU

these were the 4k textures , theres even 8k ones

EDIt : pls watch it on youtube , on steam 4k lags

[Lux]

Thank you for the detailed reply! I heard something about the sphere grid being changed, remember there being a simple one and a master one, where the master one was ultimately the more rewarding one.

Do you happen to know whether or not this is still the case?

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Originally posted by Lust:

Thank you for the detailed reply! I heard something about the sphere grid being changed, remember there being a simple one and a master one, where the master one was ultimately the more rewarding one.

Do you happen to know whether or not this is still the case?

oh ok , wasnt sure which version you played on ps2
the Expert spheregrid already existed on the European PS2 version , and in my opinion its alot better than the standard one


on standard you are pretty much restricted to leave everyone on their path on the Expert grid , tidus can switch to Aurons grid after learning the group flee ability and on Haste he can go to auron aswell ( i usually use these 2 connections to teach Auron haste quickly , he also can get to rikkus section very easily , the only section that is locked off with a level 1 Lock is Rikkus section in middle ( where all spawn ( Lulu and Yuna are like 3-5 nods away from each other , wakka is like 4-6 nods above lulu , kimahri is in the middle of that section , rikku to the right

if you dont mind waiting a bit , i can quickly make a video showing off the expert grid

[Mikasa Ackerman]

video will still take around 13 minutes to upload , 1 thing about the expert grid you should know , it has 50 Nods less than standard , so if you want all Stats on 255 you can get HP and MP on 99.999 & 9.999 thats not possible .

[Mikasa Ackerman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO77Ee8Ug2c

heres the video , i mostly showed off the Expert Spheregrid