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Final Fantasy Let Down
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20-02-2004 1:36pm#1
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I see you can write normally after all.
As for FFX-2, going picking it up from parents in a few hours, will reserve judgement on it till i'm a fair bit in though. Even if I don't like it, I won't mind that square made it though tbh, because it's nice to see them experimenting with a game so popular.0 -
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picked it up yesterday put an hour or so into it last night, first impressions....
well just from inside the box, the manual was small, didn't look like there was a massive amount of effort put into it, least there was the bonus disc with FF X. However the game itself, different charlie's angel poses and i like the song god damn me
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the battles are fast, too fast for me at the moment i may slow them down, not sure what damage i'm causing and what the story is with these chain attacks.
have so far just obtained the black mage dress sphere but it seems interesting looking forward to getting into it a bit more.
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I'm stopping myself from buying it til June cos I know if I get it now I'll lose too much study time playing it!!
I thought it looked fabulous from the ads but I would cos I loved FFX and got really caught up in the lovestory between Tidus and Yuna.0 -
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Ok, I've been playing 27 hours, I'm 58% complete, done every sidequest so far, and am at the end of Chapter 3.
First things first, those disappointed with it so far, it DOES get a lot better the further you progress into it. I myself was disappointed with the extreme lack of plot and boredom at the start, but at the end of the second chapter the plot does start getting serious.
As you level up, you get better skills and the battles become more fun. Also, some the the dresspheres you get later on are lots of fun, like the dark knight and trainer.
Stick with it, it gets far better.
In comparison to other games, it's certainly not one of the best, I don't late the fact the you revisit areas from FFX over and over and over again, but I do like it
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It does seem like charlies angels, but the characters do begin to progress as the story goes on.
I dont think there is anything wrong with there being 3 female leads, they wud do the same actions and abilities as males wud, but i think you are right. Square obviously did this to branch their audience range into the female sex.
But even though their are only three different characters, each can change their apperance and abilities on a whim throught the game. In essence, their are more characters in this game than most final fantasies.
Totally agree with your final fantasy 7 comment Xcellor
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Originally posted by Xcellor
Hi,
Having neither the time to play on FFX or X-2 but being around to see my little brother who has all the time in the world I can say FFX impressed me moderately but the story didn't enthuse me greatly... a big massive yoke flying around called sin that blows up things... but well enough about that, sure it would have been more exciting if I had of got into the game....
FFx-2 is a cheap version of FFX using the same graphics. You have a reduced character set only 3 characters the whole way through... and all of them are female. It seemed a very chick oriented game I mean YRP??? What the hell is with that...
You cannot summon in it... so no cool summons.
The game really is a let down and I don't think Square should have released it... It doesn't live up to the Final Fantasy quality at all...
Final Fantasy 7 was the game for me... Final Fantasy 8 rocked too... Good stories, good graphics. If you play Final X-2 I guarantee you will feel shocked at the lack of character development. You will also feel you are part of a teen chick flick...
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actually FFX probably has the best story out of all the final fantasy games, or atleast a close best 2nd compared to FF7's story. FFX's story is really deep and has lots of plot twists etc. Sure it seems like a simple thing at the start but as the plot unravel's its a lot more complex than you might think. But then if your just watching someone playing a game from time to time you aren't really going to know much about the actualy story. I suggest you actually play the game through before deciding if the story is good or bad 0 -
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Originally posted by Memnoch
actually FFX probably has the best story out of all the final fantasy games, or atleast a close best 2nd compared to FF7's story. FFX's story is really deep and has lots of plot twists etc. Sure it seems like a simple thing at the start but as the plot unravel's its a lot more complex than you might think. But then if your just watching someone playing a game from time to time you aren't really going to know much about the actualy story. I suggest you actually play the game through before deciding if the story is good or bad
FF7 does have the best story i agree, followed closely by FFX , which is still a real cracker of a game for me.
This is more like a diet version of FFX tbh , but nonetheless, entertaining.
just so u aint too frustrated Xcellor , i'll clear up some stuff for you:
1. You don't have the time to play it , thats a shame alright, thats why you didn't get the whole plot of FFX , which rocks. Basically, Sin doesn't just go blow stuff up, it's a form of pure Evil hellbent on killing everyone because of so much hatred in Spira [ their world ] . The summoners are there to try eliminate it once and for all, as you find out in X-2 , Yuna annihilates it and the X-2 story is set 2 years later, when they are sphere hunters trying to find out about the past...( i thought they weren't Youth League :P ) .
2. Yes , the 3 All female char system is a bit lame , but that ties in with the whole "diet" version they made for the fans till. And the whole "surfer babe" guises look silly but oh well, you can only admire the artwork. BTW, Y.R.P stands for Yuna, Rikku, Paine .. must be some sort of Gullwing thing
3. You spoke about summons, more about the lack of them..... well i'll clear that also for you: The summons were created as part of souls called Fayth in FFX , where they would help a summoner they trusted to enlist their power to.
In X-2 all the Fayth have been gone 2 years and there are no summons to speak of ( although i would have liked to use Yojimbo once more ) .
4. As i said earlier , Square-Enix only released it for the fans of FF as some light relief .
5. I agree with most of your last statement there also Xcellor, But i dont like 8 as much as i like 6 .. that Kefka is an evil fecker
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Originally posted by Memnoch
actually FFX probably has the best story out of all the final fantasy games, or atleast a close best 2nd compared to FF7's story. FFX's story is really deep and has lots of plot twists etc. Sure it seems like a simple thing at the start but as the plot unravel's its a lot more complex than you might think. But then if your just watching someone playing a game from time to time you aren't really going to know much about the actualy story. I suggest you actually play the game through before deciding if the story is good or bad
Well I'm just saying that looking in on Final Fantasy 7 and 8 would have made me want to play them... looking in at Final Fantasy 10 didn't give me the same feeling. Maybe I just grew up between final fantasy 7 and 10 but I would glady (if I had the time) sit down and complete final fantasy 7 again however I wouldn't be the slightest bit interested in FF10. The acting didn't seem all that great... bring back text only
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Originally posted by Death Sentence
FF7 does have the best story i agree, followed closely by FFX , which is still a real cracker of a game for me.
This is more like a diet version of FFX tbh , but nonetheless, entertaining.
just so u aint too frustrated Xcellor , i'll clear up some stuff for you:
1. You don't have the time to play it , thats a shame alright, thats why you didn't get the whole plot of FFX , which rocks. Basically, Sin doesn't just go blow stuff up, it's a form of pure Evil hellbent on killing everyone because of so much hatred in Spira [ their world ] . The summoners are there to try eliminate it once and for all, as you find out in X-2 , Yuna annihilates it and the X-2 story is set 2 years later, when they are sphere hunters trying to find out about the past...( i thought they weren't Youth League :P ) .
2. Yes , the 3 All female char system is a bit lame , but that ties in with the whole "diet" version they made for the fans till. And the whole "surfer babe" guises look silly but oh well, you can only admire the artwork. BTW, Y.R.P stands for Yuna, Rikku, Paine .. must be some sort of Gullwing thing
3. You spoke about summons, more about the lack of them..... well i'll clear that also for you: The summons were created as part of souls called Fayth in FFX , where they would help a summoner they trusted to enlist their power to.
In X-2 all the Fayth have been gone 2 years and there are no summons to speak of ( although i would have liked to use Yojimbo once more ) .
4. As i said earlier , Square-Enix only released it for the fans of FF as some light relief .
5. I agree with most of your last statement there also Xcellor, But i dont like 8 as much as i like 6 .. that Kefka is an evil fecker
Sorry if i rambled on a bit, but just wanted to give my 2 cents.
My little brother played FFX and completed it... He tried in earnest to get me interested in it... and he told me the story about the fayth or whatever dying but like god they make stories fayth coulda been resurrected or whatever! The only reason they didn't include aeons or summons was because it was a "diet" version and it takes a hell of a long time to program those types of things... Much easier to keep with the story that they are all dead.
Final Fantasy (I started on 7) for me has always had summons, GF, aeons... the minute you start taking out good things for the sake of cutting time and expenses you lose something that made the games special. Most of the games out now are just crap shot em ups that are repetitive and require little more than fast reflexes...
I was introduced to Final Fantasy at around the age 13/14... I fell in love with FF7 and it really was a whole new world....
But now I will stop rambling since I am among FF enthusiasts who can relate to what I am saying already
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