The music in X-2 is so beautiful and the piano arrangements are literally the best of any single Final Fantasy title. No exaggeration.
So freaking beautiful.
So freaking beautiful.
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Vane_MagicCity
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Man, you guys are really hyping me up about X-2.
XJF
Member
I had haste before luca on standard.
I've always loved how
it was a story about moving on: a crumbling society desperately trying to find something to cling to as their values have changed. The after effects of X were interesting and Yuna was on the same path too. So.. again.. shame on how the "happy" ending turned out. I loved the original ending of Yuna moving on from her past and finding her new identity in a changing world. Oh weeeelll..
Some of you guys said to go back to Besaid before
you get the airship else the Dark Aeon will appear. Someone said you have to walk all the way back. How do you get there though? I thought you couldn't get back to Luca after Operation whatever. I remember it spawns you like near the beach after that and I do not remember there being a way back. I assume once you get to Luca you take a boat?
SirNinja
Member
Haste is very early on in the Standard grid as well. Tidus only needs 10 Sphere levels to get it.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
You will access it in about 30 minutes.
Anyone else listening to the OST that came with the CE? Quite lovely.
I always
have Luzzu die because Gatta is the younger one
Fornaximus
Member
So tempted to get this for my Vita, even though I've already got a large backlog that includes P4G. Loved both X and X-2 on PS2.
MissFatality
Neo Member
The remake is SO good. They did an amazing job. It took me a bit but I think I finally got use to Tidus's plastic surgery. The soundtrack is beautifully done as well. 
Black Door
Banned
Lulu's overdrive sucks. Just teach Yuna black magic instead.
Yeah society transition was well done...Yuna's reflections on her journey were awesome and she has a lot of depth. She is strong enough to move on with her life which she actually did but then had to bring tidus back..that sucked imo
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Can I just say, all this FFX-2 talk is making me eager to give the game another shot after finishing X.
When it first came out, I was so put off by...well how goddamn Toriyama it was (little did I know what was in store for us years down the line), and how they slutted-up Yuna with her new outfit. It seemed like a betrayal to her character. (As the game felt like a betrayal to X's universe in general.)
But, I get that the game's goofy and super tongue in cheek. I think I'm gonna go in the second time around pretending it's a different take on X's world and a parallel story of sorts as opposed to a direct sequel. Not sure I'll be able to stomach it, but after the "stories" of XII and XIII trilogy, I think my tolerance has grown.
When it first came out, I was so put off by...well how goddamn Toriyama it was (little did I know what was in store for us years down the line), and how they slutted-up Yuna with her new outfit. It seemed like a betrayal to her character. (As the game felt like a betrayal to X's universe in general.)
But, I get that the game's goofy and super tongue in cheek. I think I'm gonna go in the second time around pretending it's a different take on X's world and a parallel story of sorts as opposed to a direct sequel. Not sure I'll be able to stomach it, but after the "stories" of XII and XIII trilogy, I think my tolerance has grown.
bobawesome
Member
Does X-2 have a more traditional world map or is it pretty much like X?
The same as X only you have the airship from the start. You can start and go anywhere you want. It's probably the most unlinear and open Final Fantasy game out there.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
On that point, at the time, sexing up Yuna wasn't seen as the obvious "cash in" that it would be seen as today. It really was a bizarre move at the time "you got your handguns and blatant sexuality in my Final Fantasy??" Same with the pop music.
Nowadays after games like XIII-2 and LR, this kind of stuff is now in FF's DNA. It's no longer a strange new addition to the series.
Velcro Fly
Member
Well I've been sick all week but I'm finally going to start FFX! Hoping it's as wonderful as I remember it being all those years ago when I first played it.
Yeah, one of the rare times the "bad ending" is far superior.
Which is weird since it still takes place in a corridor.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Lightning Returns.
XJF
Member
You have to use the DATA TRANSFER option from the games main menu.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Once you get over the fact it's completely different from X, and also that X's ending is perfect and X-2 is really unnecessary, it stands alone as a very fun game with an enjoyably hyperactive combat system.
Ahh.. yes.. that would work too. I suppose you could make the case since Lightning Return's storyline pretty much goes by how you want to do it and is never really fixed (other than the outcome). I think the reason I still want to say X-2 is because of the sheer scope and all of the different endings, those different scenes you can watch with the sphere, and all of the optional content. But you have a strong case for LR.
I would love to teach yuna black magic, any way to get her to learn it quick?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I suppose you can skip a lot of stuff in X-2. It's very optional.
In LR I'm finding I need to do as much of the side quests as i can just to win at the major boss battles (normal difficulty... which is quite hard).
Jazzy Network
Member
When did everyone jump on the FFX-2 bandwagon?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Or the X bandwagon for that matter. Extremely divisive games back then. Now? Sacred ground.
It's not nostalgia per se (though it's a part of it), but time tends to build a game's esteem.
Off topic aside, but I remember a time when Super Metroid wasn't considered GOAT. 10 years later? It was top 3 material.
Quite true! I loved Lightning Returns too. I actually really like what Toriyama does with the gameplay in his games. He's actually a very competant director when he isn't muddling around with the plot of his games.
I've been on it since release date 2003!
Jazzy Network
Member
Lightning Returns best game ever created in 2025 confirmed.
hipsterpants
Member
In terms of art and character design, this game might actually have the best I've ever seen. The outfits are ridiculously complicated but they blend perfectly with the rest of the world (Lulu does look a bit out of place, though).
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Well I didn't want to say it
3/4 off-topic mentions of LR are by me in this thread. Xo(I do think that game's esteem will rise in time).
That may be the case.
Although personally, I was pretty negative on X over the last decade but... I'm curious to revisit it. In my mind I'm tentatively fond of it now.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Well I didn't want to say it
(I do think that game's esteem will rise in time).
I genuinely think Lightning Returns is a great game myself.
It's been my fav in the series since it came out. I've caught a lot of flak for my avatar over the years, but I think it holds up remarkably well for a game of the era.
I've loved X ever since I first played it. It was my first FF game actually and I still consider it the best of any I've ever played.
I don't remember X being that divisive, it was pretty hype at the time. X-2 was considered a travesty by a lot of people who refused to play it though. To a lot of them it wasn't the gameplay or story but just the idea of a Final Fantasy having a direct sequel. And the sexy costume focus didn't help.
It's the Nier of 2014!Well I didn't want to say it
(I do think that game's esteem will rise in time).
Anywho.. beat
Seymour's first battle
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Well I do remember it being divisive on forums and the like. Then again: Final Fantasy. There is a case to be made that every FF has been divisive to some degree since VI.