Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster review

[Adam]

BHPL is wasted as with high stats and auto-protect, you don't need more than 9999 HP for anything.

[J0e Musashi]

I'm on:

Auto-Haste
Auto-Protect
Ribbon

I don't know what to put on last if anything. Auto-Shell maybe? Nothing really attacks with strong enough magic to need it. Auto-Potion perhaps.

[MrKirov]

Auto she'll effect healing too so personally I wouldn't bother.

['Press Start']

Reading this thread brings back good memories of the last 2 FF games I enjoyed.

In FFX-2 I never did beat the old man down in the dungeon type place. I did my best to beat the crap out of him and even with Catnip etc I could not kill him before he cast the spell that kills everyone.

He remains the only FF boss (up to X-2) I did not kill.

[djtickle]

I still haven't picked this up on Vita yet but I see you can get them from play asia separate and both physical. Do these versions have english menus/subs?

[J0e Musashi]

There are three different Asian versions of each game. The English ones are already "rare", and sold out within seconds.

[Panta Rhei]

Steer clear of auto shell for the reasons MrKirov stated. Just go auto potion imo. But make sure you'll solely run with X-Potions. Auto Phoenix is good too but is something that doesn't need to be on everyone in the fight. The one who dies can't cast it anyway.

[djtickle]

Not sure if anyone else is after a physical version of X2 but PA have it in stock at the moment pretty cheap too.

http://www.play-asia.com/final-fantasy-x-2-hd-remaster-paOS-13-49-en-70-7g9z.html

[sj33]

I'm actually a big fan of X-2 and never understood the hate, but one thing irks me - how easy it is to fail to get 100% completion just because you decided to do some things in a certain order, or speak to one NPC before another. For example, taken from a guide on GameFAQs:

"In the event that you're walking to Moonflow from Djose area, you'll run into that Hypello first, who'll be yelling for help. DO NOT talk to him, instead proceed forward to Moonflow river - here talk to red midget to get the % you need for 100%."

Well lovely - so I've been punished for doing the missions as I'm supposed to.

[shaffy_oppa]

Yeah, I've been following a 100% guide and I made a separate save at each full percentage. I made the same mistake, its stupidly annoying and it's put me off a bit from playing the game. I spend around 70% of my time play the game on the pause screen reading up and cross referencing multiple guides to make sure I'm going to do the next 1 and a half minutes of the game right. Then the screen shatters and everything I read up to that point I instantly forget lol.

[sj33]

I believe you have to replay the game to get 100% anyway (because of the split between the Youth League and New Yevon) so I guess I'll catch up with all the percentages on the second playthrough. It seems awfully misguided though.

[shaffy_oppa]

With all the correct steps you can achieve the 100% on a first run. The game actually has a little more than 100% available and I think even more in the second run. I really do not want to do a second run... I'm still on chapter 1 :|

[sj33]

As much as I love the game, there's too many games out there and not enough time to consider a replay anytime soon. I've had to put my FF14 sub on hold just to force myself to return to this game.

[shaffy_oppa]

Exactly, there's too many games to play a JRPG twice in a row. I'd like to get it over and done with in the one run.

[Dogg Thang]

I bought this for Vita in the recent sale and I'm just getting into FF-X now. It looks lovely on the Vita screen, whether through the visual upgrade or just the pretty screen. I remember being disappointed with how dull this looked back in the day, especially compared with the vibrant colours of the Dreamcast, but this looks really colourful. The clunky animations are really the only area that shows its age. Everything else looks modern.

Not sure I like the music changes. The have switched instrumentation in a few places and I preferred it the way it was before. They're not bad, just pointelessly different mostly.

As for the game itself, I find the opening sections a little messy. Not a huge fan of the characters at this point but then I probably wasn't when I played the original either. I think it took some time to grow on me, especially Tidus himself. The world is lovely though. Besaid Island was beautiful and the areas after that too. At Luca now, I think.