Yuna's story is Second Rate
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Advantages Original concept - Graphically stunning as per Usual
Disadvantages Complicated at times as well as linear
Released in 2004, Final Fantasy X - 2 made FF history as being the first ever sequel in its long running episodes. Yet not surprisingly it is the first Final Fantasy to recieve mixed reviews from official press. Money wise you'll find this game for around tenner in most gaming shops and even cheaper online.
Story -As every Final Fantasy fan knows, FF X finished by Tidus disappearing with the Fayths dreams. Yuna and her guardians had defeated Sin and Tidus' story was over.
This time round it is Yuna's story and her life as a summoner is now over, yet her reputation has somewhat not dissolved. Joining a gang of Sphere Hunters, Yuna now travels all over Spira in search of both Invaluable and profitable spheres accompanied by Rikku and newcomer to the FF Series Paine.After a while in true FF style, the story becomes much more complicated and other side stories become intertwined. It all starts when Yuna finds a sphere which shows a man resembling 'him'. Believing he is still alive, Yuna and her gang search Spira for more spheres that could ultimately bring 'him' back to her.
As stories go, FF X 2 is at times both memorable and uneventful. Its a nice idea and concept of searching for Tidus and seeing Yuna's longing for him, however you seem to get tired quickly as the story takes so long to evolve and many side stories appear often. For instance Paine is a quiet yet powerful character almost resembling Lulu, yet her story seems to unwind itself as you play along also.Different names pop up every now and again to remind you of the essence of FF X, yet each character just seems to be placed in at random intervals leaving them insignificant in the whole plot.
I'm not going to ruin the ending (or should i say one of many) but i was hugely disapointed by this. To me it seems rather rushed and just 'invented' at the last minute. Its like one of those ending where they wake up and its all just a dream disapointing :(Graphics -
FF X - 2 is on par with the previous installment. Familar gorgeous sceneries cloud the background and fills the whole game with a real life world. Clouds litter the skies perfectly and each landscape is heavily detailed no matter if its the lush paradise beaches of Besaid Island or the glooming darkness that is the Thunder Plains.Only one perhaps new place has been added to the Spira world and personally i think this was a right decision. FF X had already created a world that was full of life, real life cities such as Bevelle appealed to the player as somewhere authentic and differing races appeared in different regions. Changing this would have been a disaster and not much of a sequel.
Character design has been heavily improved for the main characters. Obviously happening two years after the first, Yuna and Rikku have both grown up a little and 'developed' more physically.For instance Yuna's face seems much more realistic (if that was even possible). Eyes move more fluently as humanly possible and cheeks create wonderful facial reactions.
As for attire - sexy is the new road forward for the makers of this game.
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Autarkis 06/04/2010 13:23
blackmagicstar4 21/10/2009 10:06
Fab review, this is not as great as some of the rest x
karimkha 22/04/2009 08:55
tune57 15/02/2009 20:47
denella 02/01/2009 15:55
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