Quote Originally Posted by Sepho
FFV didn't have the general pop culture feel of FFX-2, but getting down to the gameplay, FFV was definitely the inspiration for the Dress Sphere system. I don't much care for a lot of things about FFX-2, but I didn't think the DS system was so bad, and I still had fun playing the game. I like the original Job System better, but X-2's system wasn't bad.

I'd still play FFV - disliking Dress Spheres doesn't mean you'll dislike the Job System. It doesn't have that "dressing up Barbie" stuff you describe.
Cool, perhaps I'll like that one then. It was the whole pop-culture/girl-power/girly-dress-sphere crap that turned me off. I'll see if I can download FFV on a ZNES emulator or something. Thanks.