So! What do you think of the game so far?

[blitzballstar01]

Im in chapter 5 and have like 74% through the game. i know some of the things that i missed but some of them i really have no idea.

but anyways, i really like the whole way this game is set up. the battle system is awesome, it feels more realistic, unlike the old turn based things. the dresspheres are awesome too. i have like 3 things mastered on each person...lol (pretty sad for being on chapter 5 ).

i personally like the "girly" attitude in the game. yes, its different than every other ff game, but that was their aim. it probably also brings more girl games into the ff world. thats a good thing. (but ive been into it since ff7 and im a female but still...im sure it helps)

so yea, thats my opinion



(p.s. what thunder plains mini game are you guys all talking about?? i probably missed it cuz i never played it...
and another thing...do you have to WIN blitzball to get the perfect ending? cuz i really hate the way its set up in this game with a deep purple passion... its so stupid. i dont get to do anything but watch them. i wish they woulda stuck with the ffx way. so yea its practically impossible for me to win. cuz everyone just seems to be better than me. ive played like 6 games, lost them all, and only scored twice. thanx)

[eternalshiva]

Calibrating the Thunder Towers ... arg... I hate the higher level ones. if you talk to the guy squatting by the tower near the save point, twice, he asks you to help him. The first few are super easy but the other ones are the devil!

[Kupo]

Thank god you dont actually have to successfully calibrate them all to get the % completion for your storyline, ya? You just have to attempt it. Eventually I did get them all, but it was rough and took about 10,000 tries. Akin to the dodging chocobo race in FFX. :moggie:

[eternalshiva]

THAT STUPID DODGING CHOCOBO GAME *still gets in a rage* I never finished it to get tidus's thingny. BURN!

[Starcrest]

it's a good game, the battle system takes time to get used to, since it's not turns like others, but, it's ok. I'm not to far into the game, so, I don't know much about it, but the much I played, was really good

[Kupo]

My only quibble (its tiny, barely counts!) is that sometimes when you run from one place to another and the camara angle changes, you keep running into walls or back into the frame you just came from. What I would give to get Yuna to run straight down one of the corridors on the Celcius instead of hitting the walls like a drunken sailor, I dunno.

But like I said, it's only a minor thing and doesn't in any way make me like the game less! :moggie:

[Siwolae]

So far i'm enjoying the game. nothing was really going on in the beginning but once you hit the end of chapter 3 BANG! things were really gettin' good especially when N, G, and B were talking in Bevelle. O_O whoa!

[eternalshiva]

Originally posted by Kupo
My only quibble (its tiny, barely counts!) is that sometimes when you run from one place to another and the camara angle changes, you keep running into walls or back into the frame you just came from. What I would give to get Yuna to run straight down one of the corridors on the Celcius instead of hitting the walls like a drunken sailor, I dunno.

But like I said, it's only a minor thing and doesn't in any way make me like the game less! :moggie:

omfg I so agree with that. I hate the fact that you're runing in one direction and then the screen does a 180 and then you're heading in the direction you just came from. :grr: sometimes if I'm not paying close attention I end up stuck in the loop between the screens, Yuna's running back and forth like a retard xD

[Sefie1999AD]

Originally posted by eternalshiva
umm... I got the good ending without playing Blitzball at all. I was at 70% to. You have to hear the whistle 4 times when Yuna first falls into the farplanes, after Ixion. That's a must to get the good ending.

What if you miss one of events like that? Does that mean you can't get the good ending anymore? And doesn't anyone have a list of things you're supposed to do to get the good ending?

FFX-2 sounds like a good game so far. It will be released in Europe somewhere in February 2004, and I'm pretty much looking forward to it. I'm just worried about what you said about sidequests and minigames, like Thunder Plains, Blitzball etc. FFX's minigames and sidequests sucked big-time, IMHO, so I hope FFX-2's aren't like FFX's.

[eternalshiva]

I think you'll like it, its super girly but evantually you get over it and start appreciating the humour in it :P. Site Staff is currently working on the FFX-2 section so there will be a guide up for that evantually

You can't miss specific events to get the Good Ending, otherwise you'll get the SAD ending all the time *thinks of Pyrostatic and how he kept missing all the events and getting the sad end ROTFL*

If you don't trigger memory events *Yuna talking about her FFX journey* and the whistle event, the Fayths don't help you. :/

[Ashi]

I only just got it yesterday. I was going to beat another game first but I changed my mind.

Impressions:

Girly. Very girly. And very colourful (hey I like colours ). But I admit it's kinda nice to go back to Spira, revisiting places and feeling nostalgic.

I think the active battles can be turned off in the options? I saw a similar option but haven't really messed with it. I like how the battles are right now, they're different, speedy and ... well, active. I pretty much tried to steal items and gil from all monsters so far and get really annoyed when other characters kill the monster before I could steal from it.

I'm not too comfortable with the grid yet. Pondering getting most or all skills with each job at a time... or is that not possible?

I didn't like the "you're free to go where-ever you want" thing. It feels like there's no basis to your actions. Non-typical rpg style finaly getting to me. I thought I'd go to bed and forget about all this game but now it's all I can think of, argh!

I'm not flaming the game, btw. I DO want to play...

[blitzballstar01]

yea i understand what youre saying. but i kind of like the freeness. it makes it seem like youre more in control...like you actually ARE Yuna. but thats just my opinion.


(o and p.s. i got so sick of trying to beat trema that i just gave up and beat the game lol. i still have that file saved so i can go back if i want. but the ending is awesome...i got the good ending!!!)

[eternalshiva]

wee! I'm at 99% so I think I'm going to give up on the STUPID CHOCOBOS >:/ and beat Trema instead Suicide mission yes but everything is mastered and my characters are at level 99 AND I have the Auto-life grid Maybe I have a chance? xD

[Kupo]

You sound prepared to go up against him, def. Of course, the battle is still super-hard no matter what, so there is always an element of luck involved. *cheers* Don't give up! :moggie:

[Siwolae]

wee! I'm at 99% so I think I'm going to give up on the STUPID CHOCOBOS >:/

Clasko and those chocobos ruined my chance of getting a 100% on my first try. i thought i only really needed 1 chocobo in the whole game. ;_;