The FFX-2 appreciation thread

[eternalshiva]

*brain cramps*

wow Seed ;p Put lots of thought into this *contemplates*

[Sefie1999AD]

Wow, great speech, SeedRankLou. Couldn't have said it better myself. It's also incredible how you made a note about some of the music themes. I thought I was the only one who noticed some good music themes here and there rather than saying right away that this is the worst FF soundtrack ever.

Yuna’s character took a 180 that I personally didn’t see coming. She changed in ways that took me completely by surprise. If you look at her transition as a whole, from the beginning of Final Fantasy X to the perfect end of Final Fantasy X-2, it is truly awe inspiring to see how she changed and grew, very enthralling. In fact, to see her character change like she did leads me to believe that Hedy Burress purposefully did Yuna’s Final Fantasy X voice the way she did, it wasn’t just bad voice acting (possibly).

I agree with you, I just love it how Yuna has changed from that doormat in FFX to an independent character capable of using her own brains. I often say that Yuna changed, to quote Disney's Hercules, from Zero to Hero. And I really can't believe that Hedy Buress was able to improve her voice acting so much in only 2 years.

She found out who she really was, gave herself the chance to be who she really was, and realized that Tidus’s sacrifice was not the way. It worked, and Sin was destroyed, but the ends don’t justify the means. To have to lose in order to win isn’t winning, isn’t victory. Her speech before the fight with Vegnagun is a perfect example of how she changed, not just that she said that, but that she had the courage to say it. After all is said and done, Tidus’s fading had more of a meaning that just to save Spira, and that meaning is given through this story and through Yuna’s journey. Whether he comes back or not is just icing on the cake.

That's right. That's why I really liked FFX-2's final battle and the dialogue before it. The characters have developed, Yuna has developed, and it shows in the way that she doesn't want to repeat the same tragedy she had to go through at the end of FFX. (SPOILER)About Tidus coming back, we've already had this discussion before. The normal ending, with the cutscene where Yuna says farewell to Tidus or with Yuna telling the Fayth, "It's better this way. He's already with me.", is more emotional and more realistic. The good ending is more romantic and happier, but also somewhat cheesy. I guess it's a good thing. Those who like sad farewell endings can get what they want, and those who want a happy end also get their wishes granted.

[aeris2001x2]

"Wow, great speech, SeedRankLou. Couldn't have said it better myself. It's also incredible how you made a note about some of the music themes. I thought I was the only one who noticed some good music themes here and there rather than saying right away that this is the worst FF soundtrack ever."

oh it still is the worst ff soubdtrack ever. but it does have some good songs as mentioned above. however it is the first ff soundtrack to have less then 100% good music.

" And I really can't believe that Hedy Buress was able to improve her voice acting so much in only 2 years"

yes she was able to do that by working in the anime industry, samarui x in particulary. (that guy who was [spoilers]cut in half by sin also worked in samarui x and wakka has been in anime[/spoilers] in samarui x she was absolutley amazing, even better then ffX-2.