Final Fantasy X-2

Final Fantasy X-2 is a truly magnificent sequel to a great game. One thing you'll immediately find an enjoy is the mobility you have in the game. Whereas many felt that the original Final Fantasy X was painfully linear, Final Fantasy X-2 provides you with numerous opportunities for sidequests and minigames at every point throughout the story. The battle system has been completely revamped, changed to a "Dressphere" system that seems reminiscent of Final Fantasy V's Jobs system. Your characters all begin with a default dressphere, however, as you progress, you'll be able to find more and learn all sorts of new abilities to either ravage your enemies or improve your own characters. The battle system does take a bit of getting used to, but once you're fully acclimated with it, it becomes very fun. One of the best parts is the story and missions system: there are actually five different endings you can see based on how much of the game you're willing to explore.More than that, though, it goes much further than the multiple endings. The game actively rewards you for taking the time to explore stories and missions in-depth. Do so and you'll be rewarded with satisfying plot-events, funny (or appropriately serious) dialogue and some big surprises. Don't do so and you'll find that many plotlines end up incomplete or have resolutions that are rather unsatisfying. That too is part of the fun - watching things go differently and catching things that you may have missed before.My complaints about the game (and they're minor) are:- Like the battle system, some of the music is definitely an acquired taste. There are some pieces that are very repetitive and a couple that are just plain bad. Still, I found that I enjoyed most of the music, even without Nobuo Uematsu on board.- Blitzball - If you liked the blitzball from the first game, then you'll probably be disappointed by the changes. Nothing really works like it used to and it seems like everything is way too fast. A case of a good formula that should have been left alone. Fortunately, there are enough other really good minigames and sidequests to more than make up for it.Overall Analysis:Graphics - 10/10Story - 9/10Battle - 9/10Replayability - 10/10

When I heard Square was making their very first direct FF sequel I was kinda skeptical. Me being a FF fan and loving FF 10. I decided to give this one a chance. I was glad I did. Square again was able to craft a wonderful story you come to expect from them. They do it in a VERY different way. I KNEW what I was buying when I got this game. YES you only get 3 characters throughout the whole game, and YES they are all 3 women. YES the mood is a little more perky and happy compared to other games in the series. To me this is a breath of fresh air. I found myself laughing along with the girls. Glad to know they are enjoying themselves. The garment grid is a fresh idea on the job system. Seen in FF5, and Tactics, and others to name a few. Gone is the sphere grid from 10, but still battles seem fresh and fun. You are able to change jobs on the fly in the middle of battle.This game is probably the first one where you get complete control of where you go right away. This game could take you 30 hours or 100 depending on if you go to just progress the story, or if you are one who loves to do lots of extra stuff. I am not going to spoil the game. I would recommend you play 10 first of course as this is a direct sequel. Instead of Tidus, however, it revolves around Yuna, who was also in 10. It also features Rikku (also from 10) and newcomer Paine. I found all three characters enjoyable. If you play this game with an open mind and not be so judgmental I think you will enjoy. Beneath the perky story is still a deep emotional story that will suck you in if you give it the chance. The battles are fun and fresh.The revisit to Spira may seem like a bore to people, but I enjoy seeing a world changing and evolving after the first game. Just give this game a chance and just play with an open mind. It is certainly worth the money.

I absolutely love this game!This is the sequel of Final Fantasy X. Now, this game is very different from many final fantasy, an all female cast; they introduce these "dresspheres" (which are dressess that have different powers, they act like aeons in the game replacing aeons and the sphere grid; you actually fight the aeons to kill them; ATB is used again in the game (the fights are like Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy IV) and blitzball is no longer available to play.Yuna is now with her cousin rikku, and with a girl named Payne. They're called the Gullwings, and they undergo through a series of missions. While some missions are kind of stupid, especially the first ones, the game is all about the side quests, and dresspheres. Some side quests are really hard, like the boss in the desert which has 300,000 HP, making it the most difficult and long(seriously you can be fighting it for like an hour) boss in the game. Also, the side quest of the mini-game Sphere break is kind of hard ,too.The dresspheres are very similar to that of character classes or jobs in previous games like Final Fantasy V, Final fantasy III, Final fantasy Tactics, and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. The characters already have a default dresspheres, Yuna has the gunner , Rikku the thief, and Payne has the warrior dressphere. Every dressphere comes with certain abilites, like the chemist dressphere you can use it to mix potions like in final fantasy x through rikku, there's the white mage dressphere, which you can use it to heal. The black mage only uses black magic to fight in battles, and so forth. To fully use the dressphere the character needs to learn the ability first(like in final fantasy VIII, that aeons need to learn the ability first).Overall, I would say this is my favorite game in the series, and the ending is superb.