I bought Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remastered the other day. It's my first time playing it, and I'm enjoying it. I know it's not everyone's favorite, but I'm asking you, /v/, what're your thoughts?
It's okay, but not great. DQ8 came out around the same time and i found that game much more enjoyable.
Both are really solid games, don't buy into the memesters and autists who disavow X-2 because of the plot. X is a pretty good game (and story) and X-2 has, IMO, the best class system of any numbered FF
>>339305296
>Enjoying FFX
HA HA HA HA HA HA HAbut seriously, I enjoy the game as well. It is one of my favourites.
>>339305296
>I'm the type of faggot to grind to kill the secret bosses
I haven't played X-2 yet until I finish up X.
I've played X 3 times now, once on the PS2, once emulating the international version and now the remaster.
I like the soundtrack and its an okay game to take a break from action-packed, skill dependant games.
Oh just remember OP, AFTER YUNALESCA go up and down the staircases until a chest appears, if you don't you'll regret it.
>>339305296
FFX is a good game, it's just impossible to take it seriously. I've enjoyed more than one playthrough, but no part of the story ever makes me feel like "oh shit this is serious."
>>339305296
X is my favourite FF, yet far from being perfect. It has lots of pros and cons.
Still a nice memory, first time i played it i was around 13-15 yo.
X-2 is the meme master of memetic memes. Jesus almighty that game was terrible
>>339305897
Nigga dq8 came out around the same time as ff12
>>339305296
Ff10 is the second highest selling game
People who didn't like it are either the ones too much used to the ATB system or the ones whos first ff was 13.
The turn based combat in 10 was gold and gathered a lot of new players who basically got into FF franchise because of that instead of the opposite, which is trying out 10 because you already like the franchise
Enjoy lulu's knockers.
>>339305296
I am enjoying it. I recently started X2 and the combat is 10/10. Is capturing monsters and training them a big thing that's required in the game?
>>339307909
Oh, trust me. I am.
>>339307909
Patrician waifu coming through
Its still one of my favorites something about the sphere grid and the combat is just really enjoyable. The PC version is also very solid (I'm assuming thats the version your playing) squares PC ports get better with each one thankfully.
>>339306069
This. X-2 is contender for the best job system along FFV the actual combat is fantastic and its worth putting up with the fan fic tier story for it.
>>339306789
Sinspawn Gui was a major tonal shift from fun adventure to despair. That part was done particularly well in my opinion.
>>339307956
No the monster capturing is completely optional, this is actually a feature of the international version and was not even included in the original US release. I've never gotten to play the international content so that will be new for me.
>>339308313
Thanks for that info. I don't even remember it being brought up when I watched my friend play it back on the PS2, but he didn't get very far so I could have been wrong
>>339308524
>he didn't get far
You can't really blame him
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7mAo3futq94
>>339307956
You don't train them or anything, it's basically capture a monster to unlock more monsters to fight in an arena for loot/experience.
>>339308735
It's cheesy, but I love the into scene. No one must know my secret.
>>339308898
Cool thanks, maybe I'll do it on a second play through
>>339305296
It was one of my favorite games when it came out and it's still one of my favorite games now,.
>>339308898
I can see the connection with 13-2, the capture+train was basically the only salvageable thing of that abhorrent trilogyand the villain, he was ok
My thoughts are, how could they spend time and money making something that looks worse than the original models when they could have just used the original models
I love Rikku.
>>339309545
They outsourced the cutscenes to a third party company somewhere else i think Singapore or some chink shit like that
They always do this to spare money. If 12 gets an HD port it will suffer the same problem. It's a bad combination of SQeenix beeing greedy and retarded at the same time
>>339309713
She looks like she has downs.
>>339305296
Played the PS2 version
was really confused when FFXIII came out and people were comparing it to a corridor game when FFX is one as well
>>339310221
At least you can go backwards most of the time in X. Not back to previous levels or anything, but back to previous points in the current chapter. Until you're like 90% of the way through XIII you're literally stuck in the same 10-20 meter hallways.
>>339305296
I bought it too for replay sometime, it's very good.
>>339305296
It have some ups and MANY downs.
But Battle theme is good but boss theme is kinda meh.
No FF boss theme beats FFVII's.I got the fucking thing under 0:0.0 three tries after this.
>>339305296
They really did a number on Tidus' and Yuna's face. Makes me sad whenever I look in her soulless anime eyes now. Fuck you Squenix, for ruining my waifu!
At least you can switch back to the superior original soundtrack.
>>339305296
>I know it's not everyone's favorite
That's a meme anon, X is one of the best Final Fantasies and the 2nd most popular
I'm also playing FFX for the first time. I'm currently stuck fighting Sehmour on the mountain after the Ronso fight. Seymour just keeps OHKOing my entire party
>>339309713
> TFW when I found out she's voiced by MILF Tara Strong
>>339307909
Source filmmaker when?
>>339313825
Thats one of the toughest storyline battles in the game, there's another that comes close a few hours later but I won't spoil that.
Get shell up on your highest HP people and defend when he casts Total Annihilation. If you still can't survive it your pretty much stuck grinding till you get more HP.
>>339314629
Wasn't there some zombieproof armor you could buy before the Seymour Flux fight?
>>339313825
Cast poison on him. There might be a couple other status ailments he's suseptable to too, I don't remember.
Either way, he'll spend a turn healing himself. You can use that to your advantage.
Also, there's no harm in cheesing with Aeon overdrives, so long as everyone else has got at least one hit in, you won't miss out on XP
>>339313825
gitgut
grind
or just brutefroce with aoens, you did level yun, right anon?
>>339314823
Some of the stuff wantz sells on gagazet gives zombie ward which is not 100% resistance but not zombieproof, still better than nothing.
>>339314963
>so long as everyone else has got at least one hit in, you won't miss out on XP
I don't thin hit is required. I think, I leveled Yuna early by casting prayer or something like that.
>>339314963
Yeah this works pretty well just burn through overdrives with your aeons since he will instantly kill them pretty quiickly.
>>339305296
I liked it a lot more when it came out.
>go down corridor
>cut-scene
>can't skip
>go take a piss and get a drink
>come back and it's still in the cut scene
I just want to fuck up the Dark Aeons and Penance, fucking christ.
>>339305296
X and VII are my two favorite final fantasys
>>339315223
As long as you take any sort of action defending included you will still get AP.
My thoughts are that playing that shit after school was a better time when I still had hope for my future.
Now I'm mostly depressed and think of killing myself every other day.
>>339315223
Yes. They just have to do something in battle, anything, not just sit around. I think defending counts as well.
I have mixed feelings about it. The story is really good and I like the characters, but the game is extremely linear and is more of a cutscenefest than most FF games. Its a good movie, but it'd be nice to have more gameplay. And yet, despite that, I find myself annoyed at the random encounters over time. Sometimes they're too plentiful and feel tedious. I think the sphere grid was unnecessarily obtuse as a way of increasing stats and abilities. I do love the music, both the original and remastered versions. This is my favorite track in fact:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXt0B8nDRQ
I haven't finished the game yet, so maybe my opinion of it will change, but currently the story is holding me but the linearity and other annoying things are pushing me away.
On another note, the game is really gorgeous.
>>339315354
You think that's bad? I left the Tidus and Jecht scene at the end of the game to go make myself dinner and when I came back with said dinner, the scene was still going and had a minute left to go. Jesus!
RIDE ZE SHOOPUF?
What is the best armor?
>Ribbon
>Auto-Haste
>_________
>_________
>>339315401
I really enjoyed it, when I played it.
Part of me though ,really wants to complain about CORRIDORS (not about linearity, because that's something one expects from FF series). I didn't mind it at time and that was bad, because it later evolved into 13.
Some part of me wants to complain about small amount of cities, but then other part of me says it's because it was pilgrimage to literall den of death that everyone stayed away from.
Funnily enough, because FF12 fixed those issues, meanwhile had worse combat (in begining I thought it will be far better) and vanilia was completely shit 'class'wise.
>>339305296
It's the best combat FF has ever put out. That's about where my compliments end. I mean, it's worth playing but the dialogue, the pacing, the general plot are all just lame brained.
>>339315754
Don't you mean "Shoopuf shuppatsu!"
Damn, I knew the dub was shit but they can't even translate it without westernize into a vocal rape victim
>>339315593
>On another note, the game is really gorgeous.
This. Square Enix may be a lot of things, but damn are the newer Final Fantasies gorgeous as hell. X was amazing even on the original ps2.
>>339315593
>And yet, despite that, I find myself annoyed at the random encounters over time.
The No Encounters option has been very nice. I know you can get armor (and a weapon) with the ability later, but having the option to turn battles off early game has been really nice.
If they transitioned faster, they might not piss me off as much.
>>339315593
Oh, and I hate Tidus' narration. The game could do well to be more subtle. I don't need everything explained to me to understand what Tidus is feeling.
so now its on PC, can we expect lewd mods?
forgot how goosebumpy the hymn of the fayth was
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWVST7P37IM
>>339315773
Add auto-phoenix and break HP limit.
>>339316254
Especially considering Tidus is voiced by James Arnold Taylor.
James is great as Ratchet, but his Tidus voice is too close to his Johnny Test voice. However, I'm a fan of John DiMaggio, so I'll grin and bare it.
My only thought is regarding whether some tryhard weebs will make an actual subtitled version to make up for the "cutscene differences", since playing either game in english is masochistic to say the least
I played X International Undubbed a few weeks before the HD remaster came out for PS3/4 so I've basically only been waiting on X-2 this whole time
>>339316692
Better dead than Al Bhed ya?
>>339316874
this remnds me... can you start a game with all the al bhed text enabled? fuck those primers
>>339317003
If you have a previous save file you can load up your primers from another save at special spheres. The first one is at Baaj temple right after the intro at Zanarkand.
If items aren't a problem, is it better to craft end-game weapons for everyone but Auron, rather than use their Celestials?
>>339316770
Well, there's the infamous Chinese bootleg subbed version. pic>>339315738
>>339317224
>Simon Chubby
Like I can see how they might have gotten that but come the fuck on. I remember reading an article about a guy who got a chinese bootleg version was pretty hysterical.
>>339316770
>I've basically only been waiting on X-2 this whole time
There should be eng patch for international x-2 on PS2.
>>339317003
Save file is placed as #20 so it doesn't override your current saves.
Go to Rin's shop or any Albhed sphere (looks like Jecht speheres) and simply load this and the letters will be translated.
>>339317559
whops, forgot to re-add this since appchan seems to hang and not post.
https://r.kyaa.sg/htwuif.rar
>>339317207
Basically, yeah. If you're going to max stats, though, you could probably drop his as well, but it's fucking amazing if you get it ASAP. I remember my roommate one-shotting the final Seymour on the first turn and he did very little side-quest stuff.
Celestial Weapons are still worth unlocking for getting Aeons to break the damage limit. But everyone's but Auron's can actually decrease their damage compared to a normal weapon with Break Damage Limit.
I really would not suggest doing this if you're going to grind Dark Matter, though. Those are much better off used making Ribbon Armor. Celestial Weapons are good enough, even if they aren't the theoretical best.
>>339318110
I don't even think Auron's weapon is that great in this version, it was heavily nerfed in the international version.
>>339305296
I loved the story and characters but the gameplay is linear as fuck and has way too many UNSKIPPABLE cutscenes.
>>339305296
Its my favourite game of all time.
Has anyone else been able to do this?
>>339318527
Yes.
>>339318198
It's still a 2.16x multiplier if you keep him at 1HP, which is easy enough. And First Strike is always welcomed.
Even nerfed, it's still the best one, and the only one not worth replacing until he can hit 99,999 reliably.
Super tempted to get the Steam remaster since I've never played X-2 which is a nice bonus.
>>339318581
200 times in a row without getting shocked once?
>>339318527
I lost count a few times. I would get to the 40s and drift off in thought, snap to some time later and count back up to the 40s again. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Wound up at like 370.
>>339318527
Apparently there's script to do this on the PC version.
>>339318691
jump when the screen flashes, helps to turn of sound.
only do 20 at a time then take a lil break
>>339318527
I'm not coordinated enough. The butterfly game is also underrated in difficulty.
On the other hand, I don't think the Chocobo race is as bad as it's made out to be. It takes time and practice, but it's not totally random. You can manipulate the AI at times.
>>339318928
Thank god. Lulu's weapon was the only one I couldn't get fully upgraded on the PS2. Not that I used her, but I just want it done.
>>339318527
There is a crater just beyond the first tower on the left from the south entrance. If you run into the crater lighting will strike. Then run out, towards the path for about 4 steps and run back in. This should reset the bolt to strike again when you step into the crater. If the lighting doesn't strike you didn't run far enough away. Took me 15 minutes to get
>tfw you get to zanarkand ruins
>a fleeting dream is playing on the path
>keeps playing during combat
>>339319068
I never even tried to sit down and actually get Lulu's. I didn't do the butterfly game either but its annoying and takes basically a perfect run.
>>339305897
DQ8 is a piece of shit grind fest with decent graphics.
HEY LOOK A BLITZBALLBOOM
>hear about how getting the sun sigil is rng as hell
>decide to give it a go
>manage to get it on my 4th-5th try
>get 0.0 again later when i come back to make the guy to move away from the ledge to get caladbolg
>>339319727
I didn't have too much trouble with it. Last time I did it I only spent about an hour trying to get it.
I hated the way EXP worked in X. You have to have someone partake in any given battle to get EXP. Normally this is fine in games where you just choose a party and go ham the whole game. But here swapping in and out characters for their individual skills is heavily encouraged.
So an autist like me wants to get every character in every battle so no one falls behind in power. The game becomes a tremendous chore halfway through when youre doing this.
>>339318527
Most frustrating shit in the world. Took me a solid week of purely that to do it. I'm not a violent person, but this fucking lightning challenge is the only video game related thing that has ever caused me to break shit (a pair of headphones and several blank CDs that I ended up using to vent my frustration).
Eventually I did it by doing a few, pausing the game for a couple minutes, then doing a few more. Hands were sweaty as fuck at the end.
>>339319637
>He had to grind in the easiest DQ to do low level runs in.
My sides!
>>339319969
i neglected to level up kimahri when i first played, only to find him in 1 on 1 battle that you must win to progress.
>>339320221
Those enemies are scaled off Kimahri's level.
>>339320221
Luckily they planned for that and the battle is scaled to Kimahri's stats.
>>339320221
What is it about Kimahri that makes him so shit? It seems like no one uses him.
I ended up sending him down Rikku's grid so he can aid in stealing, and Use can be crazy early game. Once I got Yuna back after Bikanel, he's be total dead weight.
>>339316684
>he fell for the Break HP Limit meme
Virtually every attack in the game can be reduced below 9999 damage through various methods. If not, sacrifice an Aeon.
>>339320667
But Khimari is actually the best for a large portion of the mid game. He starts slow and ends kind of worse than most other pimped out characters. But a LARGE portion of the game he's imba.
Should I bother even grinding for the optional bosses? I feel like it would take way too long.
>>339322058
If your on the PC version you could just use the option to get 99 of every item and just re-use it to fill the sphere grid. You can just use the unlimited master spheres and such to max your stats quickly.
>>339321891
I'm leveling him along with everyone else and he's never felt good. He's like a worse Auron at best.
>>339322058
I'm just going to pop the Get All Items thing a few times to craft armor/weapons needed to fight them.
I maxed stats once on the PS2 and that was a horrific grind. Fuck Luck Spheres.
>>339321891
Is he better on the International grid?
>>339322209
>>339322178
Totally did not know about the Get All feature, thanks.
>>339307909
>>339308142
The best
>>339322380
It's honestly the reason I bought the game.
I was playing the Remaster on PS3 a year ago and just gave up because I could not do stat maxing again. Just didn't have the patience. But I still wanted to tackle the new bosses I missed out on with the PS2.
>>339305296
hi cullen!
I always liked it but I can't be fucked to beat all the super bosses and dark aeons. I want to plat the game but completing the sphere grids seems like such a chore, did everything else though. The game has a beautiful world and a fantastic OST.
