X-2's got the best ATB system any game has ever seen, and the job system is actually not as easy to hate as other games. I thought the story was fine, intruiging. Not quite as good as the overall story of X, but at least the voice acting is worlds better. The clothing and obvious attempt at appealing to pop culture or whatever IS annoying, of course. But...people can't seem to see past that. Oh well.
X-2's battle system was the
only thing that made it playable. It might just be the best use of ATB ever.
The story, however, committed he cardinal sin of any RPG, especially a Final Fantasy: It failed to make me care.
It was thinly veiled Tidus resurrection plot, and it was obvious from the first 2 hours of game play. FF X itself was iffy at best, but I liked the ending. Bringing Tidus back cheapens it.
I wanted to like this game. I like stories/games featuring a female characters in a prominent, if not staring, role. What I hate is when female stars whose sex-appeal is over done for the sake being over done, or become complete idiots as the story progress. FF X-2 managed to do both. If I wanted air-headed eye candy, I'd play Rumble Roses.
Why is it whenever a female character goes on a mission to find herself, she must cut off at least 20% of her hair and lose 50% of her clothing?
The last Final Fantasy worth a damn in the last five years was XI, and being a MMORPG, its almost universally hated.
I'll be renting XII before I buy it. Once upon a time I could by a FF without a second thought. Now...*sigh*
Hell, Kingdom Hearts is more of a Final Fantasy than the last few Final Fantasies.
EDIT: Oh and i want to add Thosand Arms to my list as an honrable mention. The battle system was crap and the story ho-hum, but the thousand year old pusedo-loli with a split personality Nelsha really
rocked my socks.
