The deal with X-2...

[Fynn]

FFVII's clock stops at 99:99:99

That's one interesting clock.

*99:99:59

Still kinda weird.

[Mercen-X]

On my first playthrough the final boss was easy. On my second playthrough Vegnagun seemed impossible to defeat. I actually found the game to be one of the more challenging ones.

Yeah, I think I had that problem. Damned weird.

[Final Fantasy Rookie]

The most difficult part for me in the game was trying to get 100% completion, obtaining the Lady Luck dress sphere (which to this day, I've never succeed in kicking Shinra's ass), finishing the Fiend colony (never got to fight King Vermin), and of course, the Via Infinito. Aside from all that, I thought X-2 was an enjoyable entry and loads of fun but I still like X a bit better.

[Old Manus]

*99:99:59

[Nebulance]

The most difficult part for me in the game was trying to get 100% completion, obtaining the Lady Luck dress sphere (which to this day, I've never succeed in kicking Shinra's ass), finishing the Fiend colony (never got to fight King Vermin), and of course, the Via Infinito. Aside from all that, I thought X-2 was an enjoyable entry and loads of fun but I still like X a bit better.

I'm in the same boat about Via Infinito -- I got down to level 80 or 90 or something, and I just got exhausted with it... the story was less than stellar to me and didn't really connect with X in my opinion -- Yuna's polar-opposite personality bugged me a lot, to say the least.

[Jinx]

I have to say, that's like, the biggest reason I didn't like FFX-2. If they had kept Yuna's personality the same way it was, I think it could've made the story much better.

Of course, then you wouldn't have had a J-Pop panty party.

[black orb]

>>> We need a FFX-3 with even more fanservice..

[BG-57]

There have been some homebrew attempts, one of which I was involved with, but nothing canonical as far as I know.

My feeling for this game are very mixed. On the one hand it's clearly inferior to FFX and will always be compared unfavorably to it's sister game. On the other hand, it has a great battle system and the original ideas were good.

Frankly it should have been a stand alone game but it would never have been made except as a sequel.

I have problems with the uneven music, the plot silliness, the distracting costumes, but those pale in comparison to my biggest problem with this game: the carryover characters from FFX are portrayed in FFX-2 in ways that demean and diminish their characterization.