Final Fantasy X-2

[Penguin of Doom]

I like the game alot, I don't have a book and I am finding sidequests pretty readily......guess it's different for everybody, eh?

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

Penguin, when you get to the end of the game, tell me what your completion percentage is I thought I was doing alright the first time I played it through myself, but in the end, I had missed a lot of pointless little things that cost me a better ending (and I mean pointless, ridiculous things- like giving the right sales pitch to the right people during the publicity campaine)

I do encourage people to form their own opinions after playing if for themselves, but... my first time through was frustrating because I throught I had been really throurough (and I was) but it wasn't enough because there are all these little nothing things that count for big points at the end. grr yet a third time *shrug*

 

[Penguin of Doom]

At current I am at 58% completed in the 5th chapter....but I go out of my way as to not progress the storyline if it can be avoided.
I am sure I have missed plenty of things, but then again i am not shooting for 100% completion...that's just not my style.

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

Well, at 58% in the 5th Chapter you're doing okay, but you'll get the shortest ending. I never play for perfection the first time through, but I bought the game a lot for the ending and I want to see what I paid for. So now I'm shooting for that coveted 100% complete. To each his or her own of course, but I want to see the full ending because that's primarily why this game is so interesting to me. It's the first continuation of a previous game for the FF series and I want to experiance the full ending now that I've already seen what they call the 'average' ending.

 

[Penguin of Doom]

Fair enough my friend!!!
How is it for replay value,aside from wanting different endings? As much as I love Final Fantasy games, replay value is limited...mostly due to me hating having to sit through cut scenes and movies a second time through!!!

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

You can actually skip cut scenes by hitting start and then triangle I think (but you probably knew that) but, again, you'll miss out on those completion points.

The second time through is the book recipe for me, so it's about picking up things you missed and so on. I have found that, knowing what's ahead in the beggining, I'm able to more proficiently use my dressspheres and work up the ones I want for the coming challenges and ignore the less useful ones (say the Songstress for example). Also, again, there are extra things to be doing (many of the tedious however) but over all the main drive for me in this replay is to see the perfect (extended by almost twice the length) ending and really get what I paid for (the game and the book). Plus, I liked a lot of the cinimas. Like I said, this game could be GREAT if they hadn't mucked it up with a bunch of elitist technical stuff that makes gameplay to reach a perfect or near perfect game nearly impossible without following the formula.

 

[HazyRigby]

I've played it through twice, and I loved it both times. I don't understand why people are getting so upset about the completion percentage--it's just like any other FF game. You play it the first time through, and then you go back the second time to get the things you missed. I love the way you can start over with all of your items, accessories, and dresspheres. I love how difficult the Bevelle Via Infinito was (and how great the rewards were!). I loved the "mind puzzle" aspect of the Thunder Plains dungeon.

It's just like on FFX with the Omega Ruins and the special aeons and so on. The game never told you that you needed to get Anima or the Magus Sisters, right? The fun is in discovering what secrets the game holds. Or it's like in FFIX with the chocobo treasure hunting or Ozma. The game doesn't TELL you that these things are important. That would ruin the fun!

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

Maybe I've just becomed embittered over the years.

 

[HazyRigby]

Maybe I've just becomed embittered over the years.

Well, they may be trying to sell more guides, MA, but I think that they know by now that anyone with an internet connection doesn't have to buy one. There are a million online (free) guides available--try www.gamefaqs.com.

I think it's interesting and cool when the game designers try to provide several different endings for how hard one works on the game. My first time through, with absolutely no help from online or anywhere else, I think I got 55%. But I understood that I didn't go everywhere and do everything. This last time, I got 97% (and the Mascot, which was my goal)--and I'm gonna try again for that elusive perfect game. I'm happy that one can put as much work into it as one likes to. You can breeze through it and finish the game in about twenty hours, or you can spend months on every detail. It's your preference.

 

[HazyRigby]

It sounds cool in some ways, although the increased fanservice on Yuna and Rikku is unnecessary and stupid. If you thought Tifa from FFVII looked like fanservice, these two will make her look like an angel of modesty.

It really annoys me because it's going to be the first time a mainstream RPG has a female lead character-and she has to be made into eye candy for the fanboy masses. GRR >.<

Have you played the game? I'd wager that you haven't.

Yuna's character is strong and sensitive. Sometimes she wears short-shorts, and sometimes she wears a Moogle costume. If you think that she's just being "eye candy"--do you judge all people by the way they dress?

Besides, wanting to be attractive is a natural instinct. Yuna isn't exactly dressed like a hooker, so what's wrong with what she's wearing?

 

[Dawn Marie]

I like the game a lot. I haven't played it in awhile because I don't have a PS2 of my own, but I will soon, hopefully. And I'll have to start all over again and follow the book word for word, I guess. The only reason I really wanted it, like some of you said, is because I wasn't satisfied with FFX's ending. Though I must say, FFX is one of my favourite games of all time.

 

[Morbid Unicorn]

I'm obsessed with everything finalfantasy and I must say X/X2 are my faves by far.

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

XII will always have a special place in my heart as well, and III (on this side of the ocean it's called III anyway )

 

[Newsboy1900]

i hear its cool i have been wanting to play it

 

[Marth]

i keep thems all lady luck to train (especially since i beat the game and got new game plus hehehe) and then i switch them to berserker/dark knight/mascot also the ending is cool but only if you get the secrets hehehehe or if you complete 100% and then get the secret. the ending is cool and gives a reason for ffx's ending

 

[Tiga Ronso]

I love Final Fantasy too. My favorites are IV and X. I like X because it has some of my favorite characters in it. I like IV because it was the start of many of the elements present in the current games, plus its really challenging. I collect all types of Final Fantasy stuff. I have Squall's necklace from Final Fantasy 8 and statues of Kimahri, Lulu, and Bahamut.

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

FF8, oy! Memories of trying to find component to upgrade weapons...

 

[Marth]

(on ff8) "i played it, i liked it, i think its good"-quote from my friend chris lol he used the same thing for fire emblem ff8 IMO had the best final fantasy story. i cant never beat that ultima or omega (i think ultima is it or maybe not) weapon which is the only thing i havent done. it always amused me and my friends when you got the best weapon and used lion heart. 9999 damage X 21 or something around that.

 

[Felron]

well i dont like this game, its has a great battle system....but thats about it, well the skimpy outfits are also nice ^^.

but if you are like me, and dont really care about that, stay away from this game, there are so many better games, this ff hasent measured up IMO.

much better rpg's that this one include: FF10,9,8,7,6. suikoden 1 2 3. Xenosaga-awarded best rpg of the year.

 

[Susan]

Hey, here's how to beat Omega Weapon in FF8 (I hope you're not talking about Ultima Weapon, because if you can't beat that with characters at fairly high levels. . .I can only say you have a long way to go LOL ) It's been a year since I did this last and I'm working from memory here. . .so if you have problems, post and I'll look up my notes in my guidebook. ^^

Basically, you want as many Holy Wars as possible. Those are the items that cause your characters to be totally invincible and in Aura state for a few turns. If you did the card player sidequest, you will have 10 of them from using the Card Mod ability on the Gilgamesh card. (You can also win the same card again by playing Triple Triad again against the Card Knights aboard the Ragnarok on Disc Four, if you want to go to the trouble-and if you were smart enough to keep the Random rule out of there)

Unless you have used them elsewhere, you should also have 10 of these items from other sources. That leaves you with anywhere from 10 to 30 Holy War items.

Now, when you fight Omega Weapon, the team facing it *MUST* be the strongest team you have. I personally used Squall, Selphie, and Irvine, since that was my predominant team throughout the game, with the highest levels, GF compatibility, magic stores, and ultimate weapons and limit breaks. Under any circumstances DO NOT USE ZELL in this battle, because his limit break is too complicated and will blow the strategy apart.

Now for the good part. Omega Weapon cannot be fought without invincibility no matter how good your characters are. It *will* at least once use an attack that hits each character for 9999 HP. So, those Holy Wars are your ticket to winning the battle.

Have your fastest character use one of these. Hopefully, your weakest limit break character will be your fastest. Then, you have the other two use their Aura-induced limit breaks to pound Omega Weapon. Make sure you have one character using a Holy War every other round. If it wears off before that character's turn is reached, *QUICKLY* have whatever character is available use it even if it means giving up hitting Omega with Lionheart one time.

This strategy should win the battle very soon. The only way it will fail is if, somehow, you just have *very* bad luck and get hit with the 9999 HP attack before you can use the first or next Holy Wars (that happened to me the first time LOL ), or if your characters are so weak that their limit breaks don't cause enough damage to beat Omega before you run out of Holy Wars.

NOTE: Holy War may not induce Aura, I don't remember exactly. If it doesn't, you have to have one character cast Aura to everyone and the other quickly use a Holy War item after that. Sorry for any confusion-it's been at least a year and a half now that I think about it. ^^