is...is it over??
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy IX
is...is it over??
X-2 is a more fun game than IX.
X-2 is also a better game than IX.
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But the only part of the game that was fun was the battle system. The rest was either mind numbingly boring or stupid. Which was a real shame because while I don't think FFX is one of the best games in the series, I think it had more potential for an interesting sequel than most if not all games in the series if only because the fundamental way of life of everyone in Spira would have had to change so drastically. But they never do anything interesting with it.
You've not actually given a reason as to what, critically, is wrong with Final Fantasy X-2.
So while you do that, let me tell you what's right with it. Final Fantasy X-2 has arguably the best overall gameplay of any Final Fantasy game. It definitely has better gameplay than FFIX. Better combat, better ability system, better open ended exploration and quest resolution, better environmental and dungeon design and better minigames. (Though it's a close call on that one!)
The only places I can see IX triumphing is better music and story/characters. Mayyyyyyybe better art direction. But then X-2 has better graphics so eh.
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Really the most important part though, IMO. I realize I'm probably a minority in the forum but I don't play FF for story or characters. So I feel as though I can't really be blamed for preferring a game based largely on its battle system.
More than anything, I just love that there are so many fans of all the different games in the series.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
I find IX's game more engaging. X-2 was kinda... well a little all over the place. The gameplay was great though.
A lot of it has to do with story and characters that makes it pale in comparison to the other entries. It also feels more like a parody of Charlie Angels than a true sequel to Final Fantasy X. The women are dressed more skimpy and I can't determine who this game is catered to. Girls? Horny teenage boys? Fans of the sequel? All of the above? You go through the trouble of finding several different sphere grids and most of them are worthless, and making it nearly impossible to get a 100% because of all the ridiculous things you have to do (like talk to a certain guy before another guy) all to get an ending with a character a lot of people didn't care about in the first game wasn't the best objective for this one. I felt it cheapened the ending of the original game in all honesty.
The love story in this one is a lot better than in the first game, I'll give it that.
good things bout IX:
good things bout X-2: its pretty fun and coulorful.
Bad things bout ix: Dat battle system oh god.
Bad things about X-2: Dont like sidequests then you might not like this. also weird crazy person is commander of airship.
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