Meh, I've said it before, but it's been a while, and many of you weren't here so I'll say it again. X-2 is an unsightly blemish on the face of a brilliant series. It completely ruined everyting that X achieved with the story. The ending of X was perfect. There were no unanswered questions. There was no cliffhanger. The ending was complete in every way. Not everything needs to ba happy, and I personally love the bittersweet ending.
When concidering the story of X, I do not include X-2. It did not happen. The story of X ended with X. X-2 was an attempt by Squeenix to make money by playing to the pop culture wnats of people who only wanted to see girls in skimpy outfits, pop rock music, and complete and utter sillyness. It was a Charlies Angels/Clueless type ripoff that tried too hard to be funny and failed miserably. You want a good example of a lighthearted FF game, play IX. It had loads of comedy and still wasa well developed and very deep and serious story.
The ONLY, and I do mean ONLY, thing that I will complement in X-2 is the battle system, if you ignore the naming conventions that is. The mechanics of it were brilliant. I loved the pace and the job system and the way of learning abilities, being able to choose what you learn and when. It was absolutely awesome. But even then. I cant talk about dresspheres and garment grids without cringing at what I'm saying.
Half the time, I was embarrased to be playing the game in an room all by myself. If the game can do that to me, it does not deserve my praise.
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