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Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster |OT| G - A - F in position, it's showtime gurlz!
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I don't remember these games ever being this detailed before. I mean, it was there, but maybe it's because I played on sd.
Just beautiful.
They weren't that detailed. The environment textures seem to have been improved a lot
Cheese? As in restart lol? But yeah this match is fucking bullshit. They scored two points in half time. By the time I finally managed to get the ball to Tidus it was half time -__-. Second half of the match just started. Wish me luck D:
Although Yuna's name doesn't quite mean "Moon".
I don't think Wakka being named that made much more sense to Western players (it's "water" in Ainu) and yet the name stayed.
That was rather dumb (he really isn't a mute protagonist nor a blank canvas when it comes to his past) and needlessly complicated things.
(Based on that new audio drama, they might have finally gotten over it though.)
Not that it would be keep them from understanding the plot. Good thing, too, considering most Japanese players wouldn't know either (it's an Okinawan-based pun, remember).
And learning a little something about foreign cultures once in a while isn't exactly a bad thing. Does everything always have to be dumbed-down? "Ohnoes, cultural differences! Let's not even try!"
For some reason I can't do it? I learned in on the boat but it's not giving me the option
You have to get Tidus to level 3 by halftime, so that he gets a slot to equip it. The best thing to do for the first half is probably to pass the ball around a bit to get some levels, especially for Tidus.
So yeah, you can only use it in the 2nd half, and only for part of it because of the story, it's a bit annoying.
No problem! I love good fan art. If I find some more noteworthy stuff I'll be sure to post it here.
I see. The Besaid Village theme is another one I wish they'd left alone. The new version is good, but I notice they skipped to the version you hear upon revisiting Besaid/Kilika in the original game. I miss the little flourish that played at the end of the first version of the original.
The battle theme is good. I do agree it's a little busy. I enjoy my music a little cacophonous, bits it's not needed here.
Wolf Akela
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First half = camp your own goalpost, pass ball around to level up.
Second half = camp again, get Tidus a clear shot (he can break the one player defending against him), do a Jecht/Sphere Shot for a guaranteed score, then camp your goalpost again
Yeah for some reason the game just completely fucked me over the first half which caused me to do terribly the second one too.
Sweet thanks. Just going to reload my save point.
CambriaRising
Member
All this work and you still can't skip cutscenes. *sigh*
Changing names slightly to be more appealing isn't really dumbing down. It's not like they renamed him John or something, come on.
And yes, I know learning about other cultures is not a bad thing. You're preaching to the choir, I speak three languages and have lived and gone to school/university in 3 different countries before.
Being trilingual I also understand the woes and efforts that translators go through, and while translators may sometimes make questionable choices, this is hardly one of them.
Fuck you Goers. Fuck you Blitzball. Did I understand something wrong or does Blitzball only follow the rules it showed me when it feels like it or is it the random aspect thats making me rage? I swear I have the stats to do something and the enemy doesn't and yet I fail with the move and they succeed. wtf is this bs -__- Here I go again :l
No, but the logic behind it feels disturbingly close to the good old "then again, it's the foreign kid's fault if his name sounds dumb". A bit of a shitty/backwards posture, and I think we'd all be better off if it eroded away sooner rather than later.
vagabondarts
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It's awesome!
Do you see yourself finishing a long JRPG on a home console? That's probably the most important factor - most people who get it on Vita are doing it because they don't see themselves sitting on their PS3 for another 50 hours. Do you have decent speakers hooked up? The PS3 version's audio is better for sure - they spent quite a bit of time on the audio mix by the sounds of it.
Seriously?
Guess I will keep the game in its wrapper.
Sometime I don't know why I even buy HD remake from SE =/.
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There's dice rolls / randomness involved. I'm sure someone's figured out the exact mechanics, but the short of it is that a SH>CA won't always score, but at the same time, the opposite can also occur.
In the case of Tida/Tidus it isn't. They're both just as unusual for English names as one another.
In fact I don't even know what you're getting at because Tida would be an odd name for a Japanese person too.
If it was a case of changing the names just because they sound foreign then they would've changed Yuna, Wakka etc too.
I can think of a lot of cases where this is or has been a problem but FFX isn't really one of them and I think you're making something out of nothing.
Probably the only oversight to an otherwise excellent port.
CambriaRising
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It's only frustrating me right now because of trying to win the first blitz ball match. Every time I retry it's a 6 minute cutscene.
ZombiePlatypus
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So, is it possible to defeat Belgemine on Mi'ihen Highroad? If so, what do you get?
If you don't think that's why they changed the name, I guess I'm not sure what you mean by "more appealing".
EDIT: I should probably add that this is all if the decision to spell the name as "Tidus" in alphabet despite the kana spelling was motivated by a "-a sounds female, let's change that into a male-sounding -us (and keep Wakka as is because we're not making much sense)" from the US side. It could also simply be Square being Square and coming up with silly kana spelling/alphabet spelling combos.
Yes, it is. Be in overdrive, Grand Summon Valefor, Energy Blast, ???????, PROFIT.
You get an Echo Ring if you beat her, Seeker's Ring if you lose.
charlequin
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TIME HAS VINDICATED ME
X-2 DEFENSE FORCE ASSEMBLE
(i wish to god my old ffx2df avatar wasn't a broken link in that thread)
SirNinja
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None of those are missable either. This is a good list of where you can get them all (here's one for the Primers as well).
Hehe...Hamauzu kind of cheated on that one. That's actually a track from a solo album he did back in 2007. (The "new" Via Purifico theme is also just the exact same track from the FFX Piano Collections album.)
In the sense that they just thought Tidus was a better/more suitable name period. And I'm inclined to agree, I prefer Tidus to Tida.
Tida is not a real name in Japanese or English, neither is Tidus. So likening it to racism is a stretch. If that were the case, like I said, they would have changed names like Yuna (Which is a real name) as well - but that was left as is.
Yeah, I've been one the X-2 bandwagon since day one back then. Even had the Yuna, Rikku and Paine figures (sadly sold them on eBay some time later).
It was the whole reason I only wanted X-2 and on Vita. 1080p on the TV would've been nice, but I didn't wanted X and the overall experience would've been kinda similar to back then, just with prettier visuals.
Now, just have X-2..on a portable...with new content and improved visuals and sound (and 3 cards!!).
It was the whole reason I only wanted X-2 and on Vita. 1080p on the TV would've been nice, but I didn't wanted X and the overall experience would've been kinda similar to back then, just with prettier visuals.
Now, just have X-2..on a portable...with new content and improved visuals and sound (and 3 cards!!).
"Better/more suitable" how? Personal preference?
I'm excited to get play X-2 again just because Spira is really interesting after the events of X. Also, I suck at the combat in X-2Yeah, I've been one the X-2 bandwagon since day one back then. Even had the Yuna, Rikku and Paine figures (sadly sold them on eBay some time later).
It was the whole reason I only wanted X-2 and on Vita. 1080p on the TV would've been nice, but I didn't wanted X and the overall experience would've been kinda similar to back then, just with prettier visuals.
Now, just have X-02..on a portable...with new content.
How'd you get X-2 without X?
Retail copy, X is a cart, X-2 is digital and I'm mostly digital currently. Traded X and ended at $23.49 for the game and 3 cards.I'm excited to get play X-2 again just because Spira is really interesting after the events of X. Also, I suck at the combat in X-2
How'd you get X-2 without X?
CambriaRising
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Seems like 3rd time was the charm. Won during overtime
Same here. Literally just fist bumped the air and probably woke my wife and daughter. Not a single fuck is given.
That's a great deal. Hope you enjoy the remaster. Certainlly been enjoying how good X looks on the Vita. dat art style and new higher res assets are hnnnng.Retail copy, X is a cart, X-2 is digital and I'm mostly digital currently. Traded X and ended at $23.49 for the game and 3 cards.
Me to you atm
Yep :lol
If you talk to Female luca goers they call you cute and one of them asks if you "want to have some fun?"
ZombiePlatypus
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Ah thanks.
Btw, what are you guys doing with Kimahri on the Sphere Grid? I have him still sitting at the start of my expert sphere grid cause I'm not really sure which direction to take him. Suggestions?
My Kimarhi is pretty beastly. Oddly enough I sent him sort of Rikku's way, (to the right and up), grabbing cure and esuna (and a strength +4 and +3) on the way. Not only is he pretty strong, but having steal and use early was pretty nice. He's kind of heading towards pilfer gil.
Anyway, I have to turn in. Got to the Thunderplains, made some Lightning Ward armor, finally able to rotate in the whole team, pretty cool
Anyway, I have to turn in. Got to the Thunderplains, made some Lightning Ward armor, finally able to rotate in the whole team, pretty cool
Man, replaying this reminds me of what great lengths Tidus went to being such a completely dis-likable shitbag early on.
You had one job, to come back on time for a Blitzball match. One job. What the fuck, really. I don't care if it's poor writing or a justified plot device or a character arc. Unreliable people are the absolute fucking worst. I mean really. You spend the first three hours of the game raving about how you play to win, then you make yourself look like a spoilt dick with a megaphone, then you just disappear and leave everyone hanging. Ok man. Ok, I get it.
I'm playing through ffx, but I'm honestly more excited to play ffx-2.
FFX-2 has one of the best gameplay in the series imo.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
They should just give Tidus a default name, like Mass Effect's Shepard.
It's totally weird that none of the person he knows, including his dad, his mentor figure, his friends that he poured sweat and blood with, and even for hell's sake the supposed love of his life never *ever* call him by name, only a variation of "you" or "him."
It's totally weird that none of the person he knows, including his dad, his mentor figure, his friends that he poured sweat and blood with, and even for hell's sake the supposed love of his life never *ever* call him by name, only a variation of "you" or "him."
DownLikeBCPowder
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Did they change the song "Sprouting"?? It was so good.. !
lol hilarious...and the guys say the girls are brewing trouble or something to that extent! hilarious moments...
I love eavesdropping on wakka and lulu in the ship as well...I think the voice acting really conveys that wakka and lulu go way back...pretty awesome.
And doing jecht shot to fight the memories of course!