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Final Fantasy X-2

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3 star:		(94)
2 star:		(60)
1 star:		(68)

 

 

I have to admit that when I first heard that Square was going to make a sequel to one of it's FF games that I was a little skeptical. I had even more doubts when I found out that Tidus was absent from the game and Yuna had taken over as the main character. I bought the game anyway and decided to give it a chance. Here's what I thought:

This game ties in so much with the origanal FFX. Trust me, if you didn't play the original FFX all the way through then you'll be lost in this game. It's amazing how Sqare made the events from FFX tie into this game so much.

Now for the battle system. As you already know, the battle system changes on each Final Fantasy game. On this one the characters use dresspheres (jobs) and they can change jobs during the battle. The combat is non-linear, which means multiple characters can attack all at once to increase damage. There's no more attack-be attacked-attack patterns. Another huge difference is the absence of aeons (remember they were destroyed at the end of FFX). Believe me, once you get into the game you won't mind there not being any aeons. The ATB system has also been brought back to FFX-2.

As for the storyline I have to honestly say that it's incredible. Almost as good as FF8 and FF7. Yuna becomes a sphere hunter and on a journey to find Tidus. The great thing about the story of this game is that so many different things can happen depending on what decisions you make. In Chapter 2 of the game you will make a decision that will determine most of the events to occur in the rest of the game. There's also a completion percentage in the game and you can view various endings depending on how much of the game you completed.

As for the sound, it's slightly above average. It's not as good as FF7-10 but it's not nearly as horrible as FFTA. Some of the tunes are nice while others are annoying.

The replayability of this game is one of its biggest assets. This game is designed so that different events occur depending on the decisions you make. You can play the game more than once to experience different outcomes. This game also lets you start a "New Game Plus". This means that you can carry over the items, gil, accesories, dresspheres, abilities, etc. that you had in your first game. Oh yeah your levels don't carry over to your new game, so don't think you're going to get god-like characters that easily. I've beaten it once and I'm definitely playing it again to get all the things I missed in my first game.

The sidequests/mini-games in FFX-2 are immense. This game has more mini-games than ANY other FF title before. That adds a lot to the overall plot of the game and this game has a challenging 100-floor dungeon called Via Infinito for veteran FF players. Believe me this place IS A REAL CHALLENGE. I still have yet to beat it. There's so many various rewards and great accesories to be acquired by doing the sidequests.

Overall this is a great game. I saw some of the other 1 sentence reviews where people said this game sucks because Tidus isn't here. You can tell that they obviously haven't played the game and show their ignorance with those simple-minded reviews. I recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of RPG games. Also you need to play FFX if you haven't already or else you'll be confused with this game.

Final Fantasy X-2 is a brand new world in the beloved series. While it is based on, and set in, FFX's world of Spira and containing the core characters of Yuna & Rikku, and a plethora of the supporting characters seen previously, it as much different as it is similar.

Some 2 years have passed since Yuna, Wakka, Sir Auron, Rikku, Kimahri & our lost dream (and Yuna's love,) Tidus defeated Sin to bring the eternal calm. For anyone that hasn't played and beaten X, it's a good idea to pick up a copy and play it through first simply because X-2 doesn't give you a lot of backstory, instead alludes to things and moves forward.

Storyline:
Yuna is now a Sphere Hunter with the Gullwings and travels with her cousin Rikku and a brash new character, the Gothic female Paine. Rikku arrived on the Isle of Besaid and gave Yuna a sphere containing a video of someone that looks like Tidus trapped for trying to use some kind of weapon. I can't elaborate more or I would spoil most of the adventure. So, Y. P. R. (as they call themselves) are hunting every sphere in Spira trying to find out just who this is. Along the way, they are constantly hounded by the Leblanc Syndicate (another Sphere Hunter group) and the rise of New Yevon. If X's tagline was "This is my story," (meaning Tidus,) than the tagline for X-2 is appropriate as "This is Yuna's story." In fact, it is a deep story as I have come to find out and far moreso than the brief synopsis by Square-Enix. (This is a good thing.)

Graphics:
The same source code was used for many of different area's seen in FFX, but have been tweaked and updated to bring the world of Spira 2 years forward. Some area's look exactly the same, however, with new people and places to explore. Graphically, FF X-2 is better looking and superior to X because of these added elements.

Graphics II:
The character models are sharp and gorgeous. The speech to mouth movement has been overhauled and plays out smoothly. You'll notice the incredible graphics while in battle and especially while changing dressspheres.

Gameplay:
This is where X-2 differs so much from FFX. Instead of the linear world of moving from place to place, you now have a beautiful airship to roam wherever you want to, when ever you want to. In short, you can play this game any way you want too as there's no preset way to go. The world map has returned and with your airship you pick where you want to go instead of waiting until deep into the game to acquire the ship (as was the case in previous FF titles.) Also, instead of one defined mini-game, like Blitzball & Tetra Master, there are many (sorta like the things you could do at the Gold Saucer in FFVII.)

Gameplay II:
Ah, the battle scheme. It is easy, and it is tough. ATB, "Active Time Battle," seen in Final Fantasy IX has returned and you can change job classes in the middle of battle. Be careful however, changing classes in a tough fight could leave your party vanquished. Gone is the usual fight stance and style where one party stays on one side and the fiend on the other. X-2 presents the battle in a realistic form. You may surround the fiends once, or they may surround you. Also, I can't leave out the mentioning of the "Chain Attack," a cool feature done in other games and now bringing a great strategy to FF's turn-based battle system. (You'll notice in X-2, that it doesn't as heavily rely on turn-based as previous FF's and could be an Action RPG like Summoner 2 if was loosened any further.) Again, a good thing.

Sound:
The voice acting is suberb by the same cast as the original. The music is upbeat and lively and bear's no, and I mean NO, resemblence to Nobuo Uematsu's awesome scores and themes. This may be the games only drawback and is sorely missed, at least by me.

Overall:
X-2 is presented as a game in itself with ties to X. The mission-based gameplay, free roaming world and familiar meetings make the game an incredible RPG. Square-Enix has outdone itself. Don't expect to be replaying FFX, this is a forward-driven, exceptional new chapter as much as a sequel.

Note:
I have left a lot out in this review, simply because to divulge too much would be to give away spoilers. There is something at every turn in the game that is new and connecting the 2 games.

Final Fantasy X was a great game, and a lot of people agree. However, many people may not know that Final Fantasy X had the highest selling rate and history, and not many knew that many unsatisfied crowds of RPG fans complained to Square about the mysterious ending of Tidus swimming to the surface of water.

Only too many people have already judged Final Fantasy X-2, based on very lacking information. People who oppose this game usually have a dull and opinionated mindset of having to have a Square tradition of non sequencial Final Fantasy games. They also think that the characters and the setting are the same, making the game dull. However, like said before, many people who remark with such shallow comments don't have enough information. This game is awarded with an extremely high score, even just based on storyline.

The gameplay's a little bit different. No more Aeons, no more Overdrives, and no Overkills. However, the Aeon command has been replaced with the "Change Dress" command, where the character changes their Dress Sphere into a different one, taking on a job of a different position. A good example may be from White Mage to Dark Knight, and so on (by the way, these "Dress Spheres" determine the character's HP, Strenght, and etc.). Yuna has also been given the ability to do some extra things on the field (something like... jumping?).

The music has been replaced completely. If you're expecting the old tunes from Final Fantasy X, forget it. The composer is not Nobuo Uematsu, but two new directors. The music genre seems to be quite wide however. Songs like "Shuin's Theme" or "Memory of Lightwaves" seem like something that may have been the work similar to of Nobuo Uematsu, but the new Blitzball theme and others take on a complete new genre of retro.

The replay value is very high for Final Fantasy X-2 as well. Because there are multiple endings that come to totally different results (and I mean, TOTALLY different results). Also, there are a lot of side quests and optional missions that can determine the outcome of the game (wow, isn't that neat? You get some control over the chronological order of the game).

Character depths are quite deep as well, which ties in perfectly with the storyline of twists and turns. Scenes like Yuna and Tidus being shot to death wreck a high shocking curiousity from the gamer (as well as suspense) while scenes like a familiar friend of Yuna (or is it him?? I won't give it away..) embracing her gives a sense of retrospection and nostalgia.

I do have a few disappointments about this game, however. It seems to have a slight touch of nudity, probably in order to pull in a lot of male gamers. As you've probably heard over and over again, the "Dress" feature does involve the transformation of the female characters which goes through the process of them having some flesh shown while the new clothes appear over the old. However, it's actually not as bad as everyone says. I have watched 6 trailers so far, and the dress scenes do not show much detail.

Lastly, for those reviewers who have maliciously attacked this game, I would recommend that you watch some trailers, and at least get the basic grip of it (I read some of the unsatisfactory reviews, and it just made me laugh over the way how they were talking over the game with the one or two facts they have about the game. I even read one review that complained "Where's Tidus anyway? He's the hero of the story.." Lol...).

I've tried my best to give a good description over the game, but what the heck? If you want to buy the game, buy it. If you think it's really stupid and that Square shouldn't have released a sequel, then don't buy it! It's that simple! No need to go round about complaining about how stupid the game is. And as for my rating of "4" stars, I'd love to rate it a "5", but I have to be fair. Although I have tons of info over the game, I haven't personally beaten it myself.

Fans have been asking for this forever. This new reality for the Final Fantasy series has already shipped 1.8 million copies since March 13, 2003 in Japan and counting. This wonderful idea is scheduled to be released here in the United States on October 18, 2003.

After seeing a sphere containing Tidus trapped in some mysterious location, Yuna embarks on a quest to rescue him (hinted at in Final Fantasy X International) along with Rikku while they try to maintain peace in Spira. The new characters in the story include Paine, and Nooj who are leaders of rival factions that sprung up after Sin's demise. Wakka and Lulu are now married and Lulu is pregnant. In addition, details on a new pair of lovers, Lenne (a songstress who looks somewhat like Yuna) and a man looking surprisingly like...Tidus (although his name is currently a mystery) have emerged! Is this relation an alternate reality of Yuna and Tidus?

This new installment in the Final Fantasy series combines the new result plate system (like the job system, the main characters can change their appearance and skills by using dress-up spheres), stellar graphics (as in Final Fantasy X), amazing music (an enchanting single performed by Koda Kumi entitled Real Emotion) and a wonderful story line, an obvious trademark of Squaresoft. New jobs in Final Fantasy X-2 include the Songstress, Trainer, Dark Gunner, Dark Knight, Black Mage, and White Mage all of which have innate abilities which can be used by the main characters (Yuna, Rikku, and Paine).

Square is obviously making a sequel of their most popular game (taking into account unit sales) as a test to see whether it proves profitable or not. We, the fans, must unite and prove that is it quite lucrative. By doing this, we can look forward to multiple sequels of wonderful Square games such as Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, and Tactics. Aren't you anxious to see what happened to Terra, Aeris, Cloud, Squall, Rinoa, and Ramza? With the approach of the Square/Enix merger we may soon see crossovers between Final Fantasy games and maybe even with Dragon Quest games! The future of RPGs looks bright with this first installment of hope. It looks like a new tide of masterpieces is on the horizon. Ride the wave with Final Fantasy X-2 and help keep the Final Fantasy sequels a reality!!

WOW. First off, I got my hands on the version from Japan, and wow. It's increadable. The story is well written and extrememly envolving. Yes it is a direct sequal to X which happends to be the first time Square has ever made a "real" sequal to another Final Fantasy game ever. I totaly am enjoying this game, and with the help of a translator I do understand what's going on. But I totaly suggest waiting untill to appropriate version for your language comes out.

This game again has Amazingly beautiful graphics, as well as another great musical score. The new battle system is astounding, allowing you to change abbilities in mid battle. Black mage - Knight, White Sorcerer - Black mage, etc. There are even a few new types of classes. Which you will have to explore.

I totaly recomend this game to any one who enjoyed FFX. As well as those who haven't. This game is set up in a way that even my little sister, who only saw me play FFX can figure out how to play.

A+ 10.5+ 100% what ever you want to call it that what It deserves.

I had my doubts about Final Fantasy X-2 when I first saw it was being released. Final Fantasy X had created some wonderful and memorable characters and now here were two of them dressed in practically nothing, as they travelled around Spira looking for spheres. But I decided to give the game a try.

It turns out that X-2 is a wonderful game that stays true to the characters and the world of Final Fantasy X. It's two years later and new tensions are forming in Yuna's Eternal Calm. New Yevon, the Youth League, and the Machine Faction are all politcal rivals that are pulling Spira apart. During this time, Yuna has left the quiet life of Besaid to become a sphere hunter on the small chance that she may learn something about Tidus's whereabouts. As she travels around Spira with her friends Rikku and Paine, we get to see old friends, familiar faces, and just what has happened to Spira in the past two years.

While Rikku and Yuna may look different, these are actually the same characters we know from FFX. Yuna's simply had a chance to live her life knowing that she won't have to sacrifice herself for Spira. She certainly isn't as subdued as in the previous game. She's become a much stronger person who, though she remains endlessly involved in Spira's welfare, makes choices for herself. She does a lot of reflecting throughout the game, on what she had to do in the past and what she wants to do with her life now. I really liked getting to see a Final Fantasy character develop this way. So often in Final Fantasies, we end with the world saved from destruction and the characets flying off into the sunset. What happens after that? How do they go on with their lives? X-2 actually explores what happens to a summoner when there's nothing left to summon. Sometimes they become a cheap tourist attraction (if you play the game, you'll see who this is), and other times they pick themselves up and move on.

As for gameplay, the battle system is different from other Final Fantasies. I liked playing the active battle system, and seeing a slightly more realistic battle (if you count changing dresses in battle and killing things like seed-spitting plants and one-eyed bats as realistic). And while people are making a big fuss about the Dress spheres, it's really the same thing as the Job system, which has been used in other games such as Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy V. It's much more personalized for each character, so that each job comes with specific sayings and moves.

As for the way the characters dress, I feel that a lot of the clothing used in the ads for X2 were picked specifically because they were more revealing. Not every outfit is like the thief's miniskirt and bikini top! In fact, some of the outfits are very traditional for Final Fantasy (such as the White and Black Mage).

The game also has a nonlinear storyline, which means you get to choose when and where you visit. Each area comes with a series of missions to complete and a percentage rating. The percentage you complete factors into the ending you get to see. Don't let the game fool you at the start... it's very difficult to get 100% for the perfect ending. This means you can play the game several times over without the same outcome. I'm already starting on the game a second time and finding all sorts of missions I missed.

So please don't judge X2 before giving it a try. Go out, rent a copy, and enjoy! Then go buy it. And if you're worried that the game is to "girly".... get over it!!! It's about time there were some mainstream games that targeted women without having to be about shopping at the mall or becoming a princess. Final Fantasy X2 has great characters, beautiful graphics, a fun battle system, and a wonderful plot.

WOO! "FFX-2" has been bumped up from November 3 to October 18 AND I get to write the first review for it!! Well, needless to say, this is going to be one of the best "FF" games ever. For all of you "die-hard" fans out there who have been living under a rock for the past six months, here's a short synopsis:

The game takes place two years after (surprise!) Sin is defeated in a time called the "Eternal Nagi," or Eternal Calm. Yuna, Wakka, and Lulu have gone back to Besaid Island, Yuna is very famous (naturally), and Wakka and Lulu got married and are about to have a baby (YAY!). One day, Rikku stops by the Island and gives Yuna a mysterious sphere that pictures someone who looks just like Tidus! Now, Yuna has made it her mission to find her lost love. Both she and Rikku get some new ... clothes so that no one will recognize them because Yuna is so famous (and I guess Rikku is too; after all, she WAS Yuna's guardian!). A new, mysterious girl named Paine (pronounced "Pine") also joins their quest, which turns out to be a lot bigger then they expected...

As you can already see, this game is simply amazing! In addition to this great storyline, the battle system has been totally redefined, you can choose from over 10 different job classes during battle, AND there's a brand new Al-Bhed airship called "Celsius" that can take you anywhere in Spira right from the beginning of the game! Make sure that you all get this on October 18-or at least reserve it right here, right now!

Once upon a time, I was playing Final Fantasy VII for the very first time. It was 1997, and I was upwards of ten hours into the game. I had explored every inch of this monstrous metropolis known as Midgar, dominated and controlled by the evil corporation of Shinra. It was my quest (or so I thought) to stop Shinra from literally sucking the life force from the planet, when it suddenly became clear to me that my party and I were going to have to leave Midgar for the first time to chase down a man in a black cape, a man known as Sephiroth, and before I had ever even seen his face, I had learned to fear him. To my astonishment, when I left Midgar, it became apparent to me that not only was Midgar not the only place I had to go to in this game, but it was merely a dot on an enormous world map! It was then that I understood exactly why this game was being described as "epic." Since then, I've been consistently enthralled and compelled by all of the Final Fantasy games, from its humble beginnings on NES to its mastery on PS2.

And then came this debacle of a game. Final Fantasy X-2 not only took everything I loved about the series and threw it out the window, but it veritably raped everything I loved about the original. People who disagree with me will probably say that this game doesn't appeal to me because it's "different." No. Final Fantasy VIII was different. Different is one thing -- morphing an epic tradition into some sort of quasi-Sailor Moon/Charlie's Angels parody that makes me lose faith in my favorite genre is quite another.

The premise of the story for X-2 is that two years have passed since Yuna and her guardians vanquished Sin and Yu Yevon. Since the eternal calm has set in, Yuna has led a relaxed life, (which apparently involved throwing out the dress and staff for hot pants and a pair of guns, not to mention the whole becoming a pop star thing) and it comes to her attention that Rikku, who is now a sphere hunter, has found a sphere that shows a clip of someone who resembles Tidus in some sort of trouble. Thus, Yuna joins the gullwings, which is Rikku's team of sphere hunters, and the quest to find Tidus begins.

First of all, I'd like to point out that there is no real story to this game. There are subtle hints most of the time hiding in the background somewhere that a story might come into being sometime over the course of the game, which is the only reason I kept playing this game, really, but these unfortunately only remain as not much more than subtle hints until the end of chapter three, and by then you're pretty much done with the game. Everything that was epic and compelling about the previous installments of the Final Fantasy's is lost here in a muddle of girl power and uninteresting psuedo-politics that I couldn't have cared less about. The character that I grew to love in Final Fantasy X, Yuna, now has been rendered to be completely devoid of character. Sure, she's cute and happy now, but who cares? There is no conflict, no intrigue in her character. Her only desire seems to be to find Tidus and to help people (neither of which are substantially developed in this game), but rather than being the character who was built on self-sacrifice for the good of others like in the last one, she instead comes off as a self-centered brat who usually doesn't have much to say other than something along the lines of "why do I have to do this?!" Rikku's her dumb self, unsurprisingly, and Paine is just a female version of Auron except not half as cool and not a tenth as interesting. There are a few new characters who you do want to learn about, such as Nooj, Gippal, and Baralai, who are three of the leaders in the new Spira, but their backstory is minimal when compared to character giants such as Terra, Celes, Aeris, or Cloud. Characters like Buddy, or Brother, or whatever his name was wanted to make me cry. I wanted to take the composer who had replaced Mr. Uematsu and beat him out back with a stick, and every time Yuna, Rikku, and Paine would pose and cheer themselves on, I absolutely cringed. By the time the end of the story rolled around, I didn't really care what was happening next.

To be fair, there are a few good points to this game. The battle system has undergone some major revision, and the revision was for the better. The beloved jobs system of Final Fantasy V are back again, and this time they are mixed with the sphere grid of X and an extremely fast-paced upgrade of the active time battle system. The graphics are slightly better than its predecessor, which means that the graphics are phenomenal considering how amazing they were in X. Most of the missions -are- somewhat fun, but the whole game in itself was too sugar-coated, too easy, and too short (I had the game beat in fifteen hours). If I wanted just pure fun, I would've played Grand Theft Auto, and frankly, that game is much more fun than this one. Final Fantasy stands above all the other franchises because it's always been about more than just the fun involved with the battles. I have to admit that this is probably a love it/hate it type of game, but for my part, the closer and closer I got to the end, the more and more apparent it became to me that this game truly was the monumental disappointment that I was fearing it would be the second I first saw Yuna singing a pop song that reeked of Japanese excess in the introduction FMV. I wish I could've felt otherwise, but I didn't.

Forget about Kefka and Kuja -- the main villain of this game is a machine. This game was nothing more than a marketing ploy for Square to cash in on a successful game, and I'm just praying that XII won't turn out the same way.

Final Fantasy X was a great game. And whether you liked FFX or not, just the name "Final Fantasy" grabs your attention when you see this game. Final Fantasy X-2 actually links to FFX in an accurate way, but as far as it goes for a game it's just okay and that means that for Final Fantasy it's rather mediocre.

You start off watching Yuna give a pop concert and of course because sex is making it's appearance back in the world today, she's very revealing and so is Rikku. After the concert and the intro begins it quickly feels like your watching Charlies Angels or some late 70's, Early 80's show. For some, it quickly grabs their attention (if you like staring at woman who aren't real, that is) but for serious Final Fantasy fans its just...well, stupid. Not to mention that unlike past Final Fantasy games you don't see what the point of the whole intro was at all. In FFVII you knew why Cloud was on the train and destroying the reactor, in FFVIII you knew Squall and Seifer were rivals against each other. But in this we have no idea why Yuna is giving a concert or why she's with the group of "Sphere Hunters" called the Gullwings.

The story starts off with Yuna looking at a sphere of her past lover from Final Fantasy X. We assume he's dead but the ending left questions. So you decide to go Sphere Hunting. At first glance this storyline is pretty stupid and boring. But it starts to grow on you. Ultimately you'll end up saving the world in the end.

The graphics are nice but that can't save this game from its stupid lines. Rikku was actually more mature as a 16 year old than an 18 year old. While all the old characters return, you've got characters who you can't love anymore. I LOVED Rikku in FFX but in this her intellegance has gone down and somehow she FORGOT the Al Bhed Language you spent so much time learning in FFX (not to mention she's also Al Bhed).

Yuna has a better voice actor at least (actually it is the same voice actor). Yuna has more feeling in her voice than she did before. But even she seems strange to look at now. She now wears a revealing outfit as well (let's not even TALK about Rikku who might as well have worn nothing at all).

The battle system is rather dumb. While CTB was great and ATB is good, ATB certainly takes a turn for the worst. First you must wait for their ATB guage to fill up and then you must wait for it to fill up a second time (if casting magic or using abilities.) If you just select attack then you won't have to wait. Battling goes really fast in this but what makes it bad are the dresspheres. It is very similar to the job system we saw but what makes it terrible is that they take too long to change in battle. Second, I don't know about any of you but I don't play RPGs just to watch girls change their outfits all the time. And you have to change dresspheres constantly. So while the job system has returned it would've been better if it were done the way it was in FFV or FFT. Actually my question is when are we going to use Materia or the Sphere Grid again?

The music is also pretty bad. Perhaps its because Nobuo Uematsu didn't do the soundtrack this time. It's got a "Girlish" tune to it. There's nothing wrong with a more femanine style soundtrack. It's the fact that they just can't USE it correctly. Who wants to hear music that sounds all cute and stuff when a key member of your party is in danger? It just doesn't give you that feeling!

While the storyline and plot of FFX-2 is great it's just too non-linear. The storyline doesn't come together and for that matter it's all over the place. The game will tell you where to go but you could spend countless hours ignoring the story and doing something else...and the game will actually PROGRESS forward! It's actaually possible to have the story come out in the wrong order (say do a 'normal' event that actually plays a role in a 'key' event). You will sometimes scratch your head asking "What? OH I did that like 20 hour ago" and you'll realize, you really DID do that 20 hours ago.

However, being non-linear is a plus. You're not forced to do much in FFX-2 which also means that several sidequests are open up. This game is full them, but stay far away from the mini-games! They're only frustrating. Also, forget about blitzball you hardly even play it so don't worry about it.

The graphics are still astonishing. Maps are repeated from FFX which is both good and bad. It's good because we'll be familiar with the surroundings. But it's bad because we don't really go anywhere new for quite some time. So there really isn't much to explore if you've already played FFX.

Final Fantasy X-2 isn't a bad game. Square hasn't done anything wrong, really. The gameplay could use a touch up and personally, If I wanted I wanted to see really cute girls I wouldn't waste my time looking at ones made of polygons. Lastly, the whole Brother being in love with Yuna doesn't work. NOT just because Brother is Yuna's cousin, but because if you played FFX you'll note that this is totally out of character for Brother AND Yuna.

This is a great addition to Final Fantasy Series. The graphics have improved. You only use 3 chracters in this game who are Yuna, Rikku, and Paine. The story is great with them finding out the mystery of all the spheres they collect. I like the fast pace turn base rpg system. It seems a bit faster than in other final fantasies I have played before. The cinemas are great too because Yuna and Rikku sometimes act like they are little girls which makes it funny. So when the game comes out in america, definitley buy it! I kinda wish I would have waited for the english version because I can't read japanese very well so it gets kinda frustrated, but not to worry I keep making progress! The downfall to the game might probably be the terrible english voice-overs. In FFX, the voice acting was terrible. I like how japanese people put so much feeling into their voice-overs. If you can understand japanese well and can read at a high level of it, then buy the japanese version. It will be more enjoyable. I have to admit that they use a rather complex japanese vocabulary. If I can make it through you'll be able to so.... Overall, this game will be a hit.