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Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster |OT| G - A - F in position, it's showtime gurlz!
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TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
I agree, Eternity is one of my favs and while not being my thing 1000 word had a fantastic chorus.1000 Words
I didn't like X-2 that much, but this song is easily one of my favourite game soundtracks of all time
I don't know if the video counts as spoilers. If you don't want to get spoiled, just let the song play in the background^^
Can't wait for this game. I have the LE pre-ordered and will hopefully get it in less than two weeks (Germany).
Black Door
Banned
Sphere Break > all of the above!
Days upon days of learning how to do simple algebra so I could beat that stupid game in one go...thank God the Dressphere you get for it kicks ass
Holy hell, totally forgot. Long gone are the days of Tidus floating like he was on the Moon!
I think the remaster is worth it only for that.
Hahaha! Yeah, I'm sorry if it felt a bit dramatic right there.
It's been more than 11 years now though, I'm over it. In the last three years I got to meet him twice, not in the best conditions the first time (cancer and stuff he got rid of), second time was a blast though.
'To Zanarkand' always get my feels today still, such a well written piece a music.
Jimmyfenix
Member
I like Wakka
John DiMaggio = Marcus Fenix
John DiMaggio = Marcus Fenix
Sphere Break > all of the above!
Oh God, I'd put that out of my mind.
Didn't like it. Admittedly I never gave it much of a chance. I went in expecting Blitzball 2.0 and got something different. Wasn't it like some manager mode or similar?Sphere Break > all of the above!
I never needed it for 100% and the extra ending so I never bothered trying it again. Were there any good rewards?
OmegaDL50
Member
Ah man. I can't believe this is only one week away until release.
I've been waiting for this for so long. I'm going to enjoy replaying these two amazing games again.
Looking forward to experimenting with that expert sphere grid and the new equipment abilities, and of course the Dark Aeon super bosses.
I never got to experience the international version content, so that will be an all new experience for me.
I've been waiting for this for so long. I'm going to enjoy replaying these two amazing games again.
Looking forward to experimenting with that expert sphere grid and the new equipment abilities, and of course the Dark Aeon super bosses.
I never got to experience the international version content, so that will be an all new experience for me.
Thank you for this. I usually never avoid any random encounter. Is it possible to level up early in the game to make enemies easier (by grinding) along the way or it does not work like that with FF X/X-2?
badcrumble
Member
Sphere Break > all of the above!
So good. But I felt like it wasn't well-implemented enough in terms of its integration into the rest of the game - it's a total blast to play but you don't get as much of a sense of progression as you do from Triple Triad or Blitzball, IMO.
arhra
Member
I definitely remember grinding like a madman in some of the later areas in FFX (not particularly because I needed to, I just enjoyed it...), so I'd imagine you could do so earlier.
The save points are the kind that heal you to full, so if you stick near one of them you can go on forever.
No idea about FFX-2, as I never really got very far with it.
OmegaDL50
Member
FFX doesn't use a traditional EXP-based leveling system like most typical RPGs. Character strength is heavily dependant on this large board game like UI called a sphere grid.
There are spaces on the board like HP+200 or STR+3, and so forth. Instead of gaining levels and a preset amount of stats are increases, you instead activate spaces on the board to raise the stats you want. You get sphere levels that let you move one space per level on the board. You use special items to activate each space on the board, so you can pretty much custom tailor the characters stats to your liking.
Want Tidus to be a high MAG power Magic-type with strong spells, this is possible. Want to turn him into a extremely powerful high STR physical attacker, this is also possible too.
Early on in the game you don't need to worry too much about getting stronger, as progression is quite steady and every boss fight generally awards 2 to 3 sphere levels each for every character that participated in battle.
stargateheaven
Member
Real HD on PS3, or being able to play it on the go (more specifically at dialysis)
hmmm...
hmmm...
Expert Sphere Grid makes customising your characters so much easier. Giving the likes of Yuna and Lulu each other's magic is a godsend.
And the bolded brings back memories! Switching a character in just to guard before taking them out again in order to give them an action for every battle in the game. Got a bit tedious at times, but it was worth it
funkystudent
Member
I just hope the text is readable on the vita.
HueyFreeman
Banned
I'd go portable in that situation fo sho, given the 3-4 hour dialysis sessions.
xplicitone
Member
I couldn't pick and since this (along with Kingdom Hearts) holds a very close place in my heart during hard times back in 2002-2003, I had to get both PS3 and Vita versions, cross-save FTW. CAN'T WAIT!
I liked this track when shit got real. The remastered version sounds... weird though.
Days upon days of learning how to do simple algebra so I could beat that stupid game in one go...thank God the Dressphere you get for it kicks ass
Embrace math!
The endgame of X was pretty brutal.
- Catch 10 types of all the monsters, one by one.
- Fight the arena monsters.
- Grind like crazy to get all the +4 Speed / Strength / HP... spheres and fill all the blanks in the grid with them
- Substitute all the +1, +2 spheres with their +4 equivalents.
- Get the weapons that grant damage limit break
- Get the equipment to HP limit break (I remember Yojimbo's dungeon specially good for this).
- Fight the dark aeons. Well, at least Valefor was not very hard, it died easily enough with just chaining together limits and cheesing with Yuna's summons, but Ifrit was the first tough one. The Magus sisters gave me nightmares.
- ?????
- Profit?
Good stuff, fun times. Don't think I'll have the dedication or the time to pull it off a second time, but I'll try.
- Catch 10 types of all the monsters, one by one.
- Fight the arena monsters.
- Grind like crazy to get all the +4 Speed / Strength / HP... spheres and fill all the blanks in the grid with them
- Substitute all the +1, +2 spheres with their +4 equivalents.
- Get the weapons that grant damage limit break
- Get the equipment to HP limit break (I remember Yojimbo's dungeon specially good for this).
- Fight the dark aeons. Well, at least Valefor was not very hard, it died easily enough with just chaining together limits and cheesing with Yuna's summons, but Ifrit was the first tough one. The Magus sisters gave me nightmares.
- ?????
- Profit?
Good stuff, fun times. Don't think I'll have the dedication or the time to pull it off a second time, but I'll try.
This will be the 3rd time I bought this game over the years and I can't wait! I remember picking it up at release and playing for over a hundred hours. Back then I couldn't stop playing, the story was so good that I had to see how it all ended. Ugh, makes me want to dig out my old PS2 until release.
Loved blitzball, definitely shooting to 100% the game this time around.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
I did all of this when I was 15 and tbh I'm looking forward to doing it again. The dark aeons were great to fight and I didn't have to use yojimbo for any of them.
Good times
And once they beat him and get to Yunalesca. She was a bitch to fight
FlashbladeGAF
Member
I can't remember which holiday it was, but I probably wouldn't have passed that @$$hole, if I wasn't so bored while I was staying at my folks place
polyh3dron
Banned
Got my PS3 CE ordered from Squeenix and my Vita version ordered from Amazon. Can't wait. Never played through X-2 before and gave up on X when I wasn't strong enough to beat Sin towards the end.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
Just received my review copy today! So excited about it, can't wait to dive in. I'm still buying the Collector's Edition at the Los Angeles area launch event on Saturday, though!
Seymour Flux didn't give me nearly enough problems that the Yunalesca fight did.
Those 15 minute unskippable cutscenes every time after failing the fight didn't help.
IIRC, you always get the same amount of EXP for each character regardless of how many characters participated in a fight, which is pretty cool.
I can't wait for a 100 hours of grinding in order to beat the Richter xD (I didn't know he was called Richter in other languages, too^^)
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
Seymour Flux is well known to be a hard fight but the rest of his fights are easy enough. Yunalesca is definitely harder though
OmegaDL50
Member
My only suggestion for Yunalesca fight is to use Armor with Death or Zombie Protection.
Death-Ward/Proof or Zombie-Ward/Proof are highly recommended due to Yunalesca's tendencies to spam Death or Turn all of your characters with Zombie status and cast Full-Life on your party.
This is generally the wall most people run into when fighting her.
Death-Ward/Proof or Zombie-Ward/Proof are highly recommended due to Yunalesca's tendencies to spam Death or Turn all of your characters with Zombie status and cast Full-Life on your party.
This is generally the wall most people run into when fighting her.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I've been listening to the FFX soundtrack. It's still a masterpiece after all these years. Having 3 different composers on board gave it an eclectic variety that no other FF soundtrack produced by a solo composer has ever been able to match.
QuantumZebra
Member
Thats because you haven't seen my desktop:
Holy shit this gave me a seizure
I really wanted to erase the memory of Windows ME from my mind...
Jimmyfenix
Member
The first time i played FFX i got stuck on Wendigo
This is awesome..I have actually never tried the expert sphere grid.
I would love to customize the characters as I fit.And yes yuna getting lulu's magic is insane.
I am even more excited for the gameplay possibilities.
Can't wait to experience the laughing scene in Japanese.
The Asia Chinese ver. does not have English text option, unfortunately.
You live in China?
That's odd for me to hear. I got stuck on Seymour Flux for days on my original playthrough, and I don't even remember fighting Yunalesca so I must have beaten her in one or two tries.
Terbinator
Member
Anyone?
No I live in the States but I can read Chinese somewhat, imported mainly because I want to hear the Japanese VA for a change.
Pretty sure LE and CE are PS3 only. Regular version for Vita only. Talking about just NA here. I don't think it's different for other regions but I'm not sure.