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I actually agree with many of your points, so shame on me. But I guess the cardinal sin is having to dig for the sigil and other rare items from Blitzball. That annoyed me.
Basically for me, every endgame weapon with awesome power has some annoying minigame behind it.
Blitzball is actually really fun when keepa doesn't freaking suck., Like your'e name is keepa for goodness sake! Learn to be a better keeper!
I never really tried for hte lightning one but I actually enjoyed the minigames in this one. I mean nothing will be chocobo hot and cold. I agree that the celestial weapons are meant to be difficult to get. So yeah the minigames are tedious.
You kept Keepa? Whyyyy? Get Jumal in da smurf, until Nimrook gets released then get him at all costs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freya
By the end I was winning every game between 10 and 5 nil.
Larbeight of the Kilika Beasts is the best forward there is but i was never able to get him he kept re-signing for them
Yep you want Jumal for keeper until you can grab Nimrook.
Always get Ropp as well, he's a good defender and he ends up as literally the best one in the game. And yeah if you can get Larbeight and pair him up with Tidus on the offense, trout gets real. (Tidus isn't stat-wise the best but his Jecht Shot means he's still arguably the most worthwhile forward because he can just knock some dudes the smurf out.)
If I remember almost all of the Kilika Beasts are actually quite beastly at higher levels. I know Vuroja is one of the best MF choices. Also consider Brother, he's good in mid, faster than Sanic, and winning Blitzball games can only help his prospects of scoring with Yuna.
Keepa, meanwhile, has 99 Shoot at level 99. :eyebrow: I think that's the highest in the game. His other stats are no good so he's not actually worth using most of the time but yeah.
The only one I didn't like was the Lightning Dodging because it was just dull and tedious.
Blitzball I actually really loved and was outraged when they turned into into some crappy football management for beginners simulator in X-2.
I loved Blitzball! Couldn't even begin to imagine how many hours I spent with it. But yeah, the rest were boring.
The only FF minigame that comes close to beating blitzball for me is Triple Triad, and I pretty much lose interest in that when some of the worst rules come into play.
I have literaly spent 10x more time on blitzball than on the actual game.
Wouldn't it be great if all us blitz-heads could start our own league and play each other online? Someone design this game!
The plot characters usually all make it into my team. Rin is my center, he has a good pass rating and skill setup. Brother is one of my defenders, good attack and insane speed. And Wakka and Tidus are my forwards.
My only real complaint about Blitzball in X is how hard it gets to learn abilities as you progress because the computer sticks to only a few. When your only way to learn abilities is as Blue Magic, it sucks when the AI never thinks about even equipping the ones you need.
And they butchered Blitzball in X-2.
Larbeight attacker is the best, but hard to get. Another good player is in Besaid but you cant get until you destroy DV. Wedge as a forward is a beast at lower levels. Best defence i'd say is Kyou and Ropp. Brother in midfield, Tidus and Wedge upfront. Bingo bangoQuote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
EDIT: I forgot a better Goalie than Jumal is Durren. Get him (Kyou is actyually better than both but he's even better in defence so I'd keep him there)
Yeah, it sucked, but when I played again a few months ago I didn't have nearly as much trouble as I remember having years ago. It was still enough to frustrate me beyond belief though. I flat out gave up on lightning bolt dodging this time around, however, which is weird because when I played years ago I found it to be pretty easy.
I actually really enjoyed most of FFX's sidequests, and the only FF I never really got into the sidequests of was FFIX, although I did beat Ozma, who was the easiest superboss ever.
I actually liked FFX-2's Blitzball
It wasn't AS bad everyone's saying, put it that way. It was okay!Quote:
Originally Posted by leader of mortals
This. I beat it once, on my second playthrough when I decided to go after all the ultimate weapons. Since then, I haven't been able to get it after wasting countless hours. My alternative is to build him a better weapon.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
I couldn't stand playing it at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by FormalhautIt wasn't AS bad everyone's saying, put it that way. It was okay!Quote:
Originally Posted by leader of mortals
But what really kills it is that they had a fun, well designed game already in existence, and they scrapped it for something clearly inferior.
I enjoyed blitzball, at least until it came time to try and get Wakka's celestial weapon. Then I learned to dislike it. Whatever your opinion on blitzball, though, at least it beats the pants off of triple triad and tetra master. I will say at least that it was bad form to include a forced match in the main storyline; both for blitzball, and tetra master in 9.
Gotta disagree with you there; what FF13 attempts to pass off as sidequests is worse. Couldn't even be bothered to attempt them. FF12 wasn't much better in this regard, either, although at least the fight with Gilgamesh was freaking awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Formalhaut