Was X-2 Necessary? (Warning, unmarked spoilers)

[Xander]

Originally posted by brokensailor8335
I think too many people are afraid of seeing something different for a change *sigh*.

Damn right.

FFX-2 does have a plot and people who say it hasn't can't have even read the back of the box. Square are just trying new things, so what? For all the people who complain about FFX-2, did anyone ever tell you you don't have to play it? You don't even have to look at it! *locks FFX-2 haters in a room together with "Alfred Chicken"* Go play that and then learn to appreciate a good game >=O [/rant]

[Yrkoon]

i agree with xanders post

any one who says theres no point to ffx-2 im gonna lock up in a room with penance :P

[DocFrance]

Originally posted by Xander
*locks FFX-2 haters in a room together with "Alfred Chicken"* Go play that and then learn to appreciate a good game >=O [/rant]

Comparing a crappy game to another even crappier game doesn't make the less crappy one any better - it's still just as crappy.

It's like saying, "Hitler killed less people than Stalin, so Hitler wasn't all that bad."

[Xander]

FFX-2 wouldn't be so well selling if it was a "crappy" game. If there were no previous Final Fantasys and FFX-2 was just a game on it's own I bet nobody would be complaining. It's just because it's different that they are.

[DocFrance]

I'm not saying it's crappy; I'm just saying that you can't compare two crappy games to make one look good.

[Xander]

So, you *were* saying it was crappy.

"Comparing a crappy game to another even crappier game doesn't make the less crappy one any better" as in comparing FFX-2 to Alfred Chicken

Anyway, never mind, I just get touchy when people say FFX-2 is crap. Peace and stuff *snuggle* =D

[SeeDRankLou]

Originally posted by DocFrance
I'm not saying it's crappy; I'm just saying that you can't compare two crappy games to make one look good.

Well there's the contradictory statement of the week.

Originally posted by Xander
If there were no previous Final Fantasys and FFX-2 was just a game on it's own I bet nobody would be complaining. It's just because it's different that they are.

True that.

[Yrkoon]

congrats docfrance u win the medal for contradicting your self a lot in 2 sentences :P

[Big D]

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, whether they like it or not. However, "this game is good coz I said so and that means you're wrong" or "this game r sux0r coz I said so and therefore you are wrong" doesn't prove anything to anyone. Nobody has to like a game, or its reasons for existing, but nobody's required to hate it either.

[DocFrance]

People love picking apart my posts.

[Xander]

Let's just forget it and get back on topic, that includes myself xD

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

And in case we all need a refresher on what that is, the question is do you think it was necessary to the storyline, given the ending of FFX?

[Big D]

FFX's storyline didn't necessitate a sequel, in my opinion. However, every FF I've played has been worthy of a follow-up; the endings are always just open enough to allow for something more. FFX works just fine as a stand-alone story, but X-2 allows for an enjoyable re-visit to that world, to see how things change when the world's actually been saved from a great peril.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

I never really thought that any Final Fantasy game needed a sequel, though I admit I haven't gotten around to beating most of them. For IV and VI though, for example, I didn't really see any need for continuation.

[Savannah]

Square should have dropped the FFX-2 project to work on FFXII more. I really haven't seen it become that popular, even with guys (despite the hot chicks, they seem to be put off by the fluffy storyline). I was really disappointed in Square. Not that they are innocent of having hot girls in every game in the past, but this was just a blatant attempt to sell sex. I even heard somewhere that there's lesbian innuendo in it.