Is X-2 worth playing?

[JanTran-Sama]

I loved playing Final fantasy X during normal playthrough and i beat it with semi difficulty without guide.

Gameplay: 5/5 best game mechanic, with switch and strategy and exploit enemies
Story: 4.5/5 cohesive, simple traveling around the world and explore religion
Character: 3.5/5 Lulu and Auron are tha best, and i really hate Tidus voice and his character
Voice: cheezy/5 self explanitory: Ha-Ha-Ha-HA -HA
extra content: 1/5, need to increase the speed of putting sphere grid.. takes to long to grind.

[JanTran-Sama]

Originally posted by RetroDash:

I loved playing Final fantasy X during normal playthrough and i beat it with semi difficulty without guide.

Gameplay: 5/5 best game mechanic, with switch and strategy and exploit enemies
Story: 4.5/5 cohesive, simple traveling around the world and explore religion
Character: 3.5/5 Lulu and Auron are tha best, and i really hate Tidus voice and his character
Voice: cheezy/5 self explanitory: Ha-Ha-Ha-HA -HA
extra content: 1/5, need to increase the speed of putting sphere grid.. takes to long to grind.

so hows X-2?

[ramsza]

Story is okay, but a bit weak for a FF in my view. The story is very non-linear and you have to make a few big decicsion which effect what you can do later and what not. The game has New Game + function, meaning you can take a lot of stuff from the previous run if you want to explore other story path.
But the combat mechanics are pretty good. Instead of having a big party and switching out, you set the party before the battle, but you can switch the jobs of the characters in battle, e.g. warrior to mage if you need magic attacks.
So i would recommend play it for the battles and not for the story.
One thing you should be aware of os that reaching 100% and perfect ending is difficult even with guides.

[pre-eminence]

Going off you're own numbers,
you will not like the gameplay (not like X, more old achool ff) 3/5
won't like the story (not as good by any distance) 2/5
might like the characters? did you like Rikku? ?/?
Voices are the same actors... so you know cheezy/5
Great extra content, but maybe some of it will be too slow for your liking. 3.5/5

if you ever play it let me know how close I was ;)

[Serafie1999AD]

Originally posted by pre-eminence:

might like the characters? did you like Rikku? ?/?
Voices are the same actors... so you know cheezy/5

There's almost no Tidus in this game, so it automatically makes the cast of characters better, IMHO. Yuna has also become more independent. She's still the same kind person at heart, but she's no longer a religious doormat.

Voice acting has become a lot better, IMHO. Again, not much Tidus, but his voice actor does a better job, especially when he's voicing another character in the game. Yuna's English voice actor has also improved a lot. In the original game, she was terrible, read her lines from the paper and spoke with huge pauses, but in FFX-2, I found her acting flawless.

[ShinkuTear]

10-2 Story is generally far more light hearted and cheery compared to 10. I does get serious, but not quite as serious as 10.

That I know of, A lot of people who dislike 10-2 tend to dislike it for how the game starts. The games opening is not how the entire game ends up, if the opening bugs you at all, consider giving it fair chance anyway, there are all of 2 moments in the whole game like that.

The general gameplay is something that plenty of people love about 10-2, to the point that some people who dislike or hate the story will still play, simply skipping story scenes if needed

[Raemnant]

10-2 has arguably the best combat system of the entire franchise. Its worth playing for that alone, I'd say. The story is a bit quirky, but its also deceptively heavy, because while its wonky, it is the way it is because the whole world was turned on its head, and literally no one knows what to do about it. People finally have the time and motive to pursue things, now that Sin is forever gone.

[JanTran-Sama]

Originally posted by pre-eminence:

Going off you're own numbers,
you will not like the gameplay (not like X, more old achool ff) 3/5
won't like the story (not as good by any distance) 2/5
might like the characters? did you like Rikku? ?/?
Voices are the same actors... so you know cheezy/5
Great extra content, but maybe some of it will be too slow for your liking. 3.5/5

if you ever play it let me know how close I was ;)

I can agree mostly of your score but i think in term of class system combine with Atb is quite coll mechanic.
Riku in bikini = thumps up
charlies angle / 5 not kind of my type, but i will try to complete it because of the good gameplay mechanic.

too many unimportant missions...

[pre-eminence]

Yeah I love the fighting in it tbh, but I like the game. Glad I was close with some of my calls ;) just skip the extra stuff if it's not for you, you can easily just go for the main story missions and skip most of the content in the game.

[RageArmor]

It is in my opinion. Just don't go in expecting FF10. Think of it more like FF3 at-least in the sense of job classes.

[Serafie1999AD]

FF5 would probably be a better comparison than FF3, since the game is somewhat similar to FFX-2: the story is quite lighthearted and has lots of humor (although both games do get pretty dark at times), but the job system is highly addictive and the game is really fun to play because of the battle system. FFV also becomes non-linear very quickly, allowing you to explore optional content and go to other locations rather than advancing in the story.

[RageArmor]

Originally posted by Serafie1999AD:

FF5 would probably be a better comparison than FF3, since the game is somewhat similar to FFX-2: the story is quite lighthearted and has lots of humor (although both games do get pretty dark at times), but the job system is highly addictive and the game is really fun to play because of the battle system. FFV also becomes non-linear very quickly, allowing you to explore optional content and go to other locations rather than advancing in the story.

Haven't played 5 so i wouldn't know.

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by Cat Daddy:

its one of the worst FF games ever made.
your given 3 characters and there all moody women on their periods.

Mhm. There, there, buddy, it'll be alright.

Originally posted by Cat Daddy:

Pain is a lesbian character just thrown in there for randomness...no background story, no character building, no explaination of why shes suddenly bffs with rikku and yuna. Its like shes the original femenist sjw character BEFORE this crap actually happened.

I mean, there's literally zero hints at Paine liking girls in, like, ANY way. Even the yuri goggle crowd never intimated anything of the sort (beyond her simply being female). If her having short hair and not being a demure lady is all it takes to label her a lesbian feminist SJW (and she never makes any statement even as much as vaguely hinting at SJW), then I think the problem here might lie in the head rather than the canon. I mean, this game is probably a SJW feminist's nightmare, it's full of fan service and stereotypes. Or is "female lead characters" enough these days to accuse a game of pushing some sort of feminist agenda?

Originally posted by Cat Daddy:

you have a stupid story that makes pretty much no sense, all the previous characters are now misserable - wakka, kimarhira, lulu etc all just seem totally unhappy with there lives

This sounds more and more like you haven't actually played the game. None of them are miserable. In fact, they're quite happy where they are - which is WHY they're trying so hard to work through the issues they're currently having. Not because they hate where they are, but because they love it, and want to protect it.

Originally posted by Cat Daddy:

dear god the battle system....

its total crap and if anything u will end up like dozens of other users and make a thread here saying - WTF HAPPENED TO FINAL FANTASY??-

Many regard FFX-2's battle system as one of the best if not the best in the entire series. It recalls concepts from several previous titles, and is the pinnacle of ATB fighting, both staying true to turn-based combat (the classic FF formula) and providing a more relaxed, action-y pacing at the same time. All the while sporting a complex job system with on-the-fly changes and countless configurations, not to mention the Creature Creator system added in the International Version which adds even more depth on top of that.
In critiques from here to Spira the battle system of FFX-2 is consistently lauded, and even those who otherwise dislike the game regularly concede that the battle system is the game's "one redeeming feature" (to paraphrase).

Judging from your glaring lack of knowledge and puerile rhetoric, I'm guessing you're just trying to vent some sort of frustration. Which is fine. Everyone needs to let it out sometime. But don't be surprised if people cannot bring themselves to take anything you say seriously, because Yevon knows you're not delivering it in an appropriate manner.

[Serafie1999AD]

Originally posted by Cat Daddy:

its one of the worst FF games ever made.
your given 3 characters and there all moody women on their periods.

Wrong game. Cloud, Squall and Tidus are playable characters in other games, not this one.

Pain is a lesbian character just thrown in there for randomness...no background story, no character building, no explaination of why shes suddenly bffs with rikku and yuna. Its like shes the original femenist sjw character BEFORE this crap actually happened.

Are you projecting, perhaps? Paine shows no lesbian tendencies, and nothing in the game indicates that she's a feminist or SJW, or even liberal. There are side quests to explore her background story, and her connection to the other characters, and it gets quite deep.

Rikku is just terrible now and yunas attitude has changed and made her come across as a moody teenager who just needs the D to sort her out.

Either you are projecting again, or you've got Yuna confused with Squall.

you have a stupid story that makes pretty much no sense, all the previous characters are now misserable - wakka, kimarhira, lulu etc all just seem totally unhappy with there lives, the world seems rather crappy now when u figured they would be throwing parties none stop,

I don't see how they are miserable or unhappy with their lives. Lulu is expecting a baby, so I'd say her and Wakka's lives are pretty good at the moment. I don't see how Kimahri is unhappy, either. The world is at a turning point since everyone is trying to enjoy their lives for the first time, now that Sin is gone. Of course, there's still some open questions for them, like the religious vacuum now that Yevon is gone, and how to protect the happiness without repeating past mistakes.

the battle system....dear god the battle system....

its total crap and if anything u will end up like dozens of other users and make a thread here saying - WTF HAPPENED TO FINAL FANTASY??-

Are you confused about the game again? What are Final Fantasy battle systems usually like? Usually you have a battle system with an ATB, and characters have certain jobs. In FFX, you don't have an ATB, and your characters don't have any jobs (instead, everyone can become good at everything, as long as you grind enough). In FFX-2, you have a battle system with an ATB, and characters have certain jobs. The job change system is a bit similar to the one used in FFV and FF Tactics, which are especially known for their fantastic battle systems. The ATB system has been developed since its predecessor (i.e. FFIX): turns no longer get stuck in an action queue, but characters act swiftly, and you can even combo the actions by timing them properly.

dont play it coz it ruins everythung that makes X such a great game. Its like making a new lord of the rings film AFTER ROTK were 2 years into the future the main character is Burnard the toilet cleaner of the prancing pony and instead of seeing the characters u want to see etc u just see Burnards routine of cleaning pish and poo

im gona be doing a proper review of it in a few weeks for youtube once this extreme hot weather here has cooled down abit if you want some exact details but in short - play x-2 and it ruins everything that made x great

Well yes, admittedly FFX-2 ruins all the things that made FFX great, such as having a whiny sport star as a main character, bland monotone acting by Hedy Burress (she learned to act in FFX-2, so her character is obviously ruined because... she... no... longer... speaks... like... this...), linear gameplay where you just walk a straight path from Besaid to Zanarkand, long unskippable cutscenes before boss fights, lovely minigames like thunder dodging, Chocobo Trainer, Cloisters of Trials and the 10 sphere hunt with icicles, and a postgame consisting of neverending, repetitive grinding.

[pre-eminence]

Yes, you are all right in your own minds and that is all that matters to each of you so you can go on and be happy with having won. Or you can keep arguing over your opinions and I will continue to enjoy reading them and I guess you will lose to yourselves?

[Hinnyuu]

Honestly between the spelling, formatting, and rhetoric, I'm not even sure we aren't being majorly trolled here. It's certainly more palatable than the alternative.