The second I heard that a Final Fantasy X-2 was coming out, I beat it to the store, bought it, and started playing.
I was disappointed beyond belief. Every girl seemed to be wearing nothing more than underwear. In Rikku's starter "dressphere" she wasn't wearing much more than a bra. This game would appeal to horny teenage guys everywhere, but not to much else. This story has no plot whatsoever, just a bunch of giggling girls at every corner. If you ever had a stereotype that girls were all giggly and self-absorbed, this game will only enforce that idea. I especially disliked this story because in FFX Rikku and Yuna came off as really annoying and dependent on the bigger guys to take care of them. I actually like Lulu, who could handle conflict and battle and was a total kick-butt girl.
The scenery is exactly the same as FFX. I was incredibly disappointed (yet again) to see that all the sights were the exact same, minus a few places. I'll admit that the places WERE beautiful, but so were they in FFX! What also bothers me is that you have no apparent storyline. You pick where you go, complete a few mini-missions, and that's it. There is no real bigger plot line.
I have to say, what??? to the whole "sphere hunter" thing. Okay, what exactly is a life as a sphere hunter? Sounds superficial and stupid to me. And it is. Again, what??? to the whole "dressphere" thing. Basically the girls strip (another point for you teenage boys) in the heat of battle and change outfits to get different abilities. I have to say, that not only sounds ridiculous, it IS ridiculous. Like what you wear can actually affect how much HP you have or your strength.
Yuna used to be a very quiet girl, but now she's turned into a Rikku. And Rikku's turned into a....... well, a bigger Rikku. I don't like the way Yuna's not Yuna anymore. All right, Paine is not quite as giggly, but she kinda reminds me of Lulu in the beginning of FFX. A little grouchy, looks depressed, etc. So not exactly a new character.
The battle system is tough to understand at first, and unlike FFX because if you are in the Active Mode, enemies will attack you while you are planning out your strategies for battle. So when I began, I just frantically tapped attack for everybody as fast as I could.
The music made me want to crack my head open. It was tittery and annoying at best. I won't go further.
The voiceovers were quite good. Yuna's voice matured, which bugged me, but I guess it should in a span of 2 years. Rikku's was just about the same.
The game can (and will) get annoying at times, because of all the extra things you can (and feel compelled) to do. You can always either go exploring, or just blast through the game to advance the story. I always chose to explore, but I seriously wasted my time. The honest-to-goodness only reason I saw this game through was because I wanted to see the special ending with Tidus. I think Square banked too much on people buying FFX-2 because they wanted an continuation of FFX, not because they actually liked it, because I sure didn't (an opinion I hoped you picked up on already).
I have got to say, the thing that positively bothered me the most about FFX-2 was the whole "sing/dance" thing. Ummm, wtf is that all about? You can dance your enemies into oblivion? Oooh, how clever and plausible. Not. And shy Yuna dancing and singing? I couldn't believe it.
In FFX you had characters with special strengths (Auron took care of armored fiends, Lulu took out elemental fiends, Wakka hit fliers with his ball, etc.) in FFX-2 your strength and your specialties rely on your current dressphere. Again, wtf? As long as you're wearing the right clothes, you can be a singer, dancer, gunman, warrior, or others. There is no development of a character's strength and abilities. Or very minimal development.
A summary of FFX-2: Giggling, slutty girls run around the world at will to find little spheres and battle other petty sphere hunters. That's about it.
I beg you not to waste your money (or time) buying this game. If you want to try it out yourself, at least borrow it from a friend or something. See how you like it before you go rush, rush, rushing out to buy it.
Oh, and if you're just gonna play this to see the special endings with Tidus and Yuna, well, I say watch it online.
A WASTE OF YOUR TIME.
I was disappointed beyond belief. Every girl seemed to be wearing nothing more than underwear. In Rikku's starter "dressphere" she wasn't wearing much more than a bra. This game would appeal to horny teenage guys everywhere, but not to much else. This story has no plot whatsoever, just a bunch of giggling girls at every corner. If you ever had a stereotype that girls were all giggly and self-absorbed, this game will only enforce that idea. I especially disliked this story because in FFX Rikku and Yuna came off as really annoying and dependent on the bigger guys to take care of them. I actually like Lulu, who could handle conflict and battle and was a total kick-butt girl.
The scenery is exactly the same as FFX. I was incredibly disappointed (yet again) to see that all the sights were the exact same, minus a few places. I'll admit that the places WERE beautiful, but so were they in FFX! What also bothers me is that you have no apparent storyline. You pick where you go, complete a few mini-missions, and that's it. There is no real bigger plot line.
I have to say, what??? to the whole "sphere hunter" thing. Okay, what exactly is a life as a sphere hunter? Sounds superficial and stupid to me. And it is. Again, what??? to the whole "dressphere" thing. Basically the girls strip (another point for you teenage boys) in the heat of battle and change outfits to get different abilities. I have to say, that not only sounds ridiculous, it IS ridiculous. Like what you wear can actually affect how much HP you have or your strength.
Yuna used to be a very quiet girl, but now she's turned into a Rikku. And Rikku's turned into a....... well, a bigger Rikku. I don't like the way Yuna's not Yuna anymore. All right, Paine is not quite as giggly, but she kinda reminds me of Lulu in the beginning of FFX. A little grouchy, looks depressed, etc. So not exactly a new character.
The battle system is tough to understand at first, and unlike FFX because if you are in the Active Mode, enemies will attack you while you are planning out your strategies for battle. So when I began, I just frantically tapped attack for everybody as fast as I could.
The music made me want to crack my head open. It was tittery and annoying at best. I won't go further.
The voiceovers were quite good. Yuna's voice matured, which bugged me, but I guess it should in a span of 2 years. Rikku's was just about the same.
The game can (and will) get annoying at times, because of all the extra things you can (and feel compelled) to do. You can always either go exploring, or just blast through the game to advance the story. I always chose to explore, but I seriously wasted my time. The honest-to-goodness only reason I saw this game through was because I wanted to see the special ending with Tidus. I think Square banked too much on people buying FFX-2 because they wanted an continuation of FFX, not because they actually liked it, because I sure didn't (an opinion I hoped you picked up on already).
I have got to say, the thing that positively bothered me the most about FFX-2 was the whole "sing/dance" thing. Ummm, wtf is that all about? You can dance your enemies into oblivion? Oooh, how clever and plausible. Not. And shy Yuna dancing and singing? I couldn't believe it.
In FFX you had characters with special strengths (Auron took care of armored fiends, Lulu took out elemental fiends, Wakka hit fliers with his ball, etc.) in FFX-2 your strength and your specialties rely on your current dressphere. Again, wtf? As long as you're wearing the right clothes, you can be a singer, dancer, gunman, warrior, or others. There is no development of a character's strength and abilities. Or very minimal development.
A summary of FFX-2: Giggling, slutty girls run around the world at will to find little spheres and battle other petty sphere hunters. That's about it.
I beg you not to waste your money (or time) buying this game. If you want to try it out yourself, at least borrow it from a friend or something. See how you like it before you go rush, rush, rushing out to buy it.
Oh, and if you're just gonna play this to see the special endings with Tidus and Yuna, well, I say watch it online.
A WASTE OF YOUR TIME.