The one on the right is my cousin. The one on left is her cousin. I didnt think anyone could hack a computer while drunk. I was so naiive.Originally Posted by FFGuevara
The one on the right is my cousin. The one on left is her cousin. I didnt think anyone could hack a computer while drunk. I was so naiive.
Last edited by Destai; 10-30-2005 at 02:51 AM.
ok i'll o back to happyland now
No wait.The One on the right is my cousin. The one on the left is my cousins cousin.
w/e
more seriousness
I really don't think they worked all that hard to make it.Okay then, but I still think that people would complain even in FFX-2 didnt come out! I mean Square Enix have worked hard to make FFX-2, it was not rushed, the have recrafted the characters and spira, I think it was a good idea, and I stand by what I say!
One really glaring example of how they rushed it. When you start the New Game in FFX, you start in Zanarkand. Pay close attention to the people in the shot, especially the two kids who say "Teach us how to Blitz!". If you go to Luca to play spherebreak, you can challenge these kids dispite the logic involved (SPOILER)They're dreams of the Fayth. And there was another guy in grey who turns up in the FMV of Zanarkand at Seymore's place. It's like the developers of 10-2 couldn't be bothered to make sure that the sprites all fit.
Also the game was horribly unbalanced. As in the bosses before the Final Boss were a good 20+ levels above the Final Boss (so you could knock him off with only normal attacks, without even needing to heal). There were places where the monsters were nigh on impossible and others where they were so easy it was 1-hit monster dies.
The story just seemed stupid at some places. There was a rescue Wakka mission at the beginning, and he's being trapped by lv 8 lizards. Puhleeze, they could have bothered to come up with a reason that a character that could kill the Final Boss in one blow 2 years ago now can't fight his way out of a paper bag. A broken leg, knocked out *something*, because without it, it feels like the whole mission was just thrown in. "Gee, I can't think of a good early mission. Let's make Yuna save Wakka!"
The jumping didn't quite work either. Half of the time, I'd hit jump, and Yuna refused to jump. I don't expect Jak & Daxter, but darn it, if I need to jump, let me friggin' jump. Either that, or remove the Jump feature. Some of the puzzles were interesting. But there was one godaweful puzzle, where (trying not to spoil here) -- you have to do something that a logical person would think would get you hurt or killed. Then you get a cutscene where that portion of the puzzle is solved.
The thing they got most right is the Jobs and the switing between Jobs. Dressspheres were fun, and for the most part, the battles were fast and fun. Some of the minigames were good.
Personally, I think most of the criticism that gets aimed at X-2 comes from bad expectations. Once I realized that the game was not a traditional RPG, and that the fun from playing it was not mostly derived from following the storyline, but from doing sidequests, minigames, and battling, the game became a lot more enjoyable.
FFX-2 is a fun, colorful ride through Spira. It's nothing like its predecessor, although coming after such a deeply developed game as FFX certainly didn't hurt it -- a whole setting and many characters are already fleshed out, leaving the designers of the game to concentrate on other things besides world creation.
And as for the characters being too girly? I say, let them have their fun. Just because the story does not concern itself with more dramatic matters such as saving the world from some maniacal bad guy doesn't mean it's not a good story. I haven't quite completed the game, but I'm on chapter 5, and it seems to me that the objective of the game is simply (SPOILER)to carry Lenne's last words to Shuyin on the Farplane . . . and maybe find out what the deal is with Vegnagun on the way. And really, these are young girls, suddenly released from a life of responsibility and free to roam the world at their leisure. Who wouldn't be happy and carefree?
Oh yeah, and the job system? Love it. The only downside is the transitions . . . even the short versions are long enough to disuade me from changing jobs in the middle of battle much, but I like them too much to turn off.It's really enjoyable, seeing all the different variations on a single, ofttimes classic, costume.
Well, I think I'm done my rambling now. In sum, I think that X-2 suffers from having people expecting and demanding a totally different game from what it actually is.
Oh, and I realize I don't have much [read: any] authority on these forums, but can we stop slandering former members? This is an interesting topic, but a page of "I don't like YunaBraska19 because she got banned" isn't. Thanks.
please back to the topic now or this thread will be locked!
OH NO!
I hate evangelion.............but i really just said that just in case yunabraska19 was reading it.
Owen made this sig. R.I.P.
It lacked depth of story, though it had alot of history you had to search for to find.
Evangelion hates you.
Exactly why i hate it.
Owen made this sig. R.I.P.
Too.... J-pop culture, and sorry I dont like that, J-pop a Chinese girl who is brain washed by American culture like me just doesnt mix...
I like FFVII more but somehow I like the setting of FFX-2 more than VII, maybe because FFVII's setting is just too depressing (It would be worse if its lacking Reno and Rude
I dont have a picture that meets this forum's rule
I totally agree with this dude event hough i havnt beaten it (dont tell me the end!) lol ne whos back to homework!
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