Is it the Dark Aeons? I never got to fight those

[Blind]

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[Toysoldier]

It is the international edition which does have Dark Aeons.

[Fli]

It's the international version so it'll have:

• Addition of the Expert Mode Sphere Grid.
  
• Addition of six new Skill abilities: Extract Power, Extract Mana, Extract Speed, Extract Ability, Full Break, and Nab Gil, along with two new Special abilities: Pilfer Gil and Quick Pockets.
  
• Raise MP cost of Quick Hit from 12 to 36.
  
• Addition of ten optional Dark Aeon battles: Dark Valefor, Dark Ifrit, Dark Ixion, Dark Shiva, Dark Bahamut, Dark Yojimbo, Dark Anima, Dark Cindy, Dark Sandy, and Dark Mindy.
  
• Addition of superboss Penance which appears after defeating all dark aeons.
  
• Inclusion of Another Story, also known as Eternal Calm - FINAL FANTASY X-2: Prologue.
  
• Inclusion of developer interviews.
  
• Quick Hit has its recovery speed lowered by one.
  
• Auron's Masamune is downgraded from the original Japanese version, where it dealt double the damage based on remaining HP compared to US/Int./PAL versions
  
• Auron's Tornado hits twice instead of once.
  
• Wakka's overdrive now receives damage bonus based on how much time is remaining when the last slot is hit.
  
• Anima's Oblivion hits 16 times instead of once. Damage constant for the overdrive has been lowered from 75 to 4.
  
• Magus Sisters' Delta Attack hits 6 times instead of once. Damage constant for the overdrive has been lowered from 60 to 10.
  
• Yojimbo's initial compatibility was increased from 50 to 128.
  
• Yojimbo's attack formula has been altered, and now it is much easier to get Zanmato than in JPN/US versions.
  
• Omega Weapon is buffed from the original version. It now boasts 999,999 HP instead of 99,999 HP, absorbs all elements and is weak to Osmose.

Spoilers for optional stuff later on.

[Blind]

Raise MP cost of Quick Hit from 12 to 36.

THOSE FIENDS!!!!

[Pacino]

You won't be beating the Dark Aeons without celestial weapons and ridiculous amounts of farming and grinding anyway. I beat the game 100% on PS4 and had the story finished after about 40 hours, it then took over 100 hours to get the Platinum trophy.

[Blind]

Ya, I 100%'d the PS2 version - including all the Arena content and improved the entire sphere grid even though it's not neccessary

But there were no Dark Aeons in the PS2 version

[Nishan]

Better take advantage of boosters for the dark aeons...

I did it legit on the ps3 but on replays I don't think I want to put the same amount of time in unless there is some sort of speed boost like FFIX

[Reign]

There was a version on the PS2 with Dark Aeons, right? I'm not going crazy? I remember fighting them all, and Penance...

[Charllize]

Originally posted by Terapayne:

There was a version on the PS2 with Dark Aeons, right? I'm not going crazy? I remember fighting them all, and Penance...

European PS2 version have dark aeons. EU version launched later then US version and based on japanese international version. EU PS2 version content are identical with remastered version.

[LadGaga]

Originally posted by Nishan92:

Better take advantage of boosters for the dark aeons...

I did it legit on the ps3 but on replays I don't think I want to put the same amount of time in unless there is some sort of speed boost like FFIX

There's a 400% speed booster yes.

With auto battle you will be leveling way way quicker than in the original even if you touch no other boosters.

[Reign]

Originally posted by Charllize:

Originally posted by Terapayne:

There was a version on the PS2 with Dark Aeons, right? I'm not going crazy? I remember fighting them all, and Penance...

European PS2 version have dark aeons. EU version launched later then US version and based on japanese international version. EU PS2 version content are identical with remastered version.

Good. And here i figured I was going mental.

[Charllize]

Originally posted by Shirayuki474:

Originally posted by Terapayne:

Good. And here i figured I was going mental.

No they are not indentical. First release of EU version had Dark Aeons and Penance, second one (International) had few more abblities and little reworks of equipment and enemies along with Dark Aeons and Penance.

Ah, thanks for correct:)