This used to be considered an abomination but now we pray Square Enix makes a game even half as good
>>733537212>used to be considered an abominationX-Play: 4/5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G-uE1Ogv98Gamespot: 8.1/10https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/final-fantasy-x-2-review/1900-6083743/IGN: 9.5/10https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/07/final-fantasy-x-2-3Gameinformer: 8.75/10>LINE BREAKNow that you're finished talking out of your ass, can we have a decent Final Fantasy X-2 thread?
>>733537212>good music>good gameplay>pretty girls>cast has great chemistry with each other>story is fine enoughThe only genuine criticisms you can make of the game is that it requires a guide and grinding AP is a chore. People were made because gamers, and especially FF fans, of the 2000s kept wanting everything to be FF7 and FFX and were mad this had girls and not some kind of "badass" like Sephiroth or Auron they could jerk off too (not gay btw).
>>73353721215 year old me liked it a lot.
>>733538038No we must now talk about Spherehunter.
>>733537212Nobody actually thought this was an "abomination".At worst, Final Fantasy fanboys thought it was bad relative to other Final Fantasy games because it "wasn't like the others" and "was too girly". "Bad" relative to the games they liked from an objectively great series.
>>733539162>Nobody actually thought this was an "abomination".Yes they did, gamers at the time hated it and thought it was basically the death of Final Fantasy for those reasons you say, especially because it was "girly" by not having broody pretty boy badasses. Also because it was an actual sequel to a Final Fantasy game which was almost blasphermous* in their eyes. I don't think you understand that the way Mexicans on 4chan act now is how white anime fans and weeaboos 25 years ago acted.>*Only because it wasn't an FF7 sequel. These retards loved Advent Children though.
>>733538038Yo is that journo number scores? I love those things because journos doing number scores is the clearest way to tell if people like a thing and if journo number score is good I can now buy the product, they are the authority on if something is good or not after all.
>>733539642It survived X-Play. You know, the outlet that retards love to paint in a bad light by falsely claiming that they DESPISED all Japanese games and especially JRPGs? While we're at it, have a slew of Japanese games that people, if you asked them, would tell you that X-Play tore to shreds (when in reality, they gave fair credit where it was due).>Shadow Hearts - From the New World: 4/5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e64slHvha4A>Shadow Hearts - Covenant: 4/5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_MT5Vh6uTg>Final Fantasy X-2: 4/5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G-uE1Ogv98>Final Fantasy XII: 5/5youtube.com/watch?v=yoRqDt0GiSE>Dragon Quest VIII: 5/5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3mZAAwZW-I>Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne: 5/5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ckniA7YbB0>Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3 FES: 4/5youtube.com/watch?v=9LP_TkQs7vI>Shin Megami Tensei Persona 4: 4/5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMI8KTniCZk>Jeanne d'Arc: 4/5youtube.com/watch?v=7cPDeGzz4iU>Enchanted Arms: 4/5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LN03yYA-L8>Kingdom Hearts II: 4/5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxa0JOSrhW0
>>733537212The story is really fucking gay but I'll always be a sucker for an RPG where any character and do any fucking thing you want
>>733540042>I'll always be a sucker for an RPG where any character and do any fucking thing you want
>>733540001They only made fun of anime and anime licensed games, which deserved it
>>733537212>This used to be considered an abominationBy people who have never played it. I used to call it an abomination, but that's because I never played it. I thought "eww girls" and that was it. When I actually played it as an adult though, it was pretty fun. Most underrated Final Fantasy game, for sure.
>>733540089Can** my bad
>>733540001My entire worldview changed when I learned that Adam is a cokehead who hates video games. I watched GameSpot TV with Kate Botello and then Extended Play and then X-play, and I thought for sure that Adam Sessler was the game guy, but nope.
>>733537212The job system is as fun as they could get it. Anything since could've used the same system and been better off for it.
>>733540001You're not getting it, just because I like x-2 doesn't mean I'll ever stoop so low as to start throwing out number scores like a faggot to defend it. If you want to defend something say it with your words not someone else's.
>>733540359I was never a JRPG guy in my youth and I know a litany of them are fucking trash but it was annoying to see x-play immediately poopoo any JRPG because EWWW JAPAN ICKY SO STOOPID and then watch them praise some sophomoric slop that takes itself way too seriously with heinous gameplay because "MUH ART"
>>733537212>This used to be considered an abominationBy people who had never played it.
>>733537212FF16 is thrice as good though.
why hasn't any game figured out how to implement a job system that allows you to switch jobs and not be useless as shit while you level new jobs up
>>733540368I just wish the character appearance changed outside of battle due but alas.
>>733540728Thrice as good at being worthless dogshit.
>>733540546>it was annoying to see x-play immediately poopoo any JRPG because EWWW JAPAN ICKY SO STOOPIDShow 11 examples where this happened. There are 11 examples of the exact opposite in this very thread, so at the minimum you need the same amount to prove your point.What you're describing never happened because X-Play roasted games that sucked regardless of the country of origin.
>>733541186>baten kaitos origins is a 3/5 game>twisted metal head on is a 4/5 game
>>733537212People always said the gameplay was good
>>733540114They had Dragonball and Naruto fan fuming
>>733541186>World of Warcraft cataclysm is a 5/5>Disney's Epic Mickey is a 5/5>shadow complex is a 5/5>boom blox party bash is a 5/5>Dragon quest 5 is a 4/5(so about as good as 50 cent blood on the sand or Too Human)
idc about the reviews yuna is hot af
>>733542003>reading comprehensionStill waiting on 11 examples of JAPANESE-STYLE ROLE PLAYING GAMES where X-Play unfairly scored them poorly because "ew, Japan BAD".Should be really simple. There are comprehensive archives of X-Play videos and reviews easily accessible on the internet right now.
>>733537212Yuna and friends make me rock hard but I'm not seeing what's so good about it beyond that.
>give her a big ass deaglethis alone makes it based
>>733544151Needed to give her a big ass too
>>733541893I never understood why, the games weren't good. Why would you ride or die for shit games? Wouldn't you want good games for your (((eye pee)))?
>>733537212It has the best version of the ATB, it's basically FFXIII but if the gameplay was actually good.
>>733544595I don't like how fast it is. Feels a bit easy too, never need much thought in any fight.
>>733538735>>733543806>>733544132>>733544391Respect women.Lust is not respect.
>>733540001Tried Okami, Katamari Damacy, and Shadow of the Collosus because of these two. Yeah there was a lot of "japan so crazy" but it wasn't malicious. This revisionist history is so bizzare to me.https://youtu.be/2DoP5E81fcQ?si=UcEE138KAWPohQF4
>>73354396811 unfair reviews as listed by me, anon J anonderson in order by date: Metal Gear Acid 3/5Lunar: Dragon Song 2/5Blood will tell 3/5Megaman X command mission 3/5Final Fantasy Origins 3/5Pokemon leaf green 3/5Megaman Battle Network 5 3/5Megaman Battle Network 4 3/5Atelier Iris 2 2/5Ys 6 3/5Metal Saga 3/5>but 3/5 is a fine score3/5 is 6/10 or 60/100>but those games aren't even goodXplay in every instance with every game I've listed gave a considerably lower score than their contemporaries. Kingdom Hearts 2 got a fucking 4/5.>wwwwell what it's not like it deserves a perfect 5/5Yeah, we wouldn't want people thinking KH2 is as good as Epic Mickey. Also bear in mind that Xplay frequently gave out halfpoint scores, so all of these games consciously getting less than a 3.5/5 or 7/10 is retardedBONUSLegend of Heroes 2 2/5LostMagic 2/5FF Dirge of Cerberus 2/5Star Fox Command4/5 are you fucking kidding meHeroes of Mana 2/5Rogue Galaxy 3/5Lair, a literally unplayable game 2/5Warriors Orochi 2/5.hack GU 3 2/5Beautiful Katamari 3/5Final Fantasy Crisis Core 2/5Culdcept Saga 3/5Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World 2/5onechambara bikini samurai squad 1/5(also remember Lair got a 2/5)The last story 3/5In EVERY case, they are FAR lower review scores than the contemporaries
>>733545002Anon, that's a list of mediocre and bad games. Why are you upset that they received scores in accordance with their quality?
>>733545002I mean I cant play Lair but like there are people on the internet that have finished it. "Skill issue".
>>733545075Sorry anon, I already said you'd say that, they reviewed all of the lower scoring Jap games far below their contemporaries
>>733537212Beat off so much to Rikku I got carpal tunnel
>>733545165It's difficult to take your list seriously when you've included Lunar: Dragon Song as a game you think was reviewed unfairly low, when everyone will agree that 2/5 is unfairly generous for such a terrible pile of slush.
