Quote Originally Posted by DJZen
That said, I feel that FFX-2 is a definite THROWBACK to the oldschool FF games.
Thank God someone else realized that.

'FF Classics' is a pretty broad category really. So instead I’ll just compare FFX-2 to each one.

FFI: Definitely preferred FFX-2 over this. Sure, you have to respect it for being the foundation of the series, but it’s pretty outdated nowadays. I would only play the original for the difficulty.

FFII: Only FF game in the main series I haven’t played.

FFIII: I would consider FFIII to be superior to FFX-2, namely because I preferred the NPCs and the plot. Also, despite being rather old, the game is still incredibly fun to play. Also established a hell of a lot of the themes that the series would become famous for.

FFIV: Until the GBA remake, I probably would have considered this game the worst in the series. Sure, it had a pretty good plot, but the immensely flawed battle system made the game almost unplayable. FFIV advanced is much better due to the upgraded ATB system, but unfortunately this made the game too easy. The graphics have aged pretty terribly compared to FFV and FFVI, to the point where it almost looks like a NES/SNES hybrid. FFX-2 trumps this game by quite a large margin due to its awesome game play, even though I consider FFIV to have the better story.

FFV: Pretty much the FFX-2 of Classic FF games. Not only does it share many similarities to FFX-2 (limited PCs, Job System, large amount of sidequests etc.), it's also another game that people site as their least favorite in the series. I never really understood what people hated about this game. The plot is generally solid, the gameplay is the best of the Classic Games and the characters, while not as complex as those in FFVI, are still fairly likeable. Some times I wonder whether people just had a hard time getting over the fact that the antagonist was a tree…

FFV is definitely just as fun to play as FFX-2, but trumps it due to its epic story line and expansive universe (3 Worlds is pretty nice).

FFVI: A comparison between these games is kind of hard, because they are pretty much the antithesis of each other. FFX-2 is very light hearted and focused more on gameplay, while FFVI has a rather serious tone and is more focused on plot. Overall, it simply depends what you prefer in a game. I prefer FFVI, because I enjoyed its story more than I did FFX-2’s gameplay. Also, FFVI’s battle system, whole not as good as FFV’s, is by no means terrible, so over all this simply makes FFVI a superior quality game.

So overall, out of the 5 ‘oldschool’ FF games that I’ve played, I would consider FFX-2 to be better than 2 of them.

Not really sure how to interpret that, but there you go.