Final Fantasy X-2

The newest Final Fantasy is out in Japan and the debate's already starting to rage: FFX-2 is the most horrible thing to happen to RPGs---ever!

The newest Final Fantasy is out in Japan and the debate's already starting to rage: FFX-2 is the most horrible thing to happen to RPGs---ever! No, wait, it's the funniest FF ever made! No, wait, but it actually gets serious and stuff sometimes! No, wait...

X-2 is the first Final Fantasy where the world doesn't need saving, really---Yuna's dropped the summoning racket and is currently searching for her old blitzball-playing flame, Tidus. As a result the plot's less RPG-like and more like Yuna and Rikku going Thelma and Louise across the land of Spira. After all, how many other RPGs have 70s-style character freeze-frames and backrub mini-games?

Not to say the game's nothing but fan service---FFX-2's battle system is in real time, making some fights extremely hectic, and the graphics are every bit as gorgeous as they were in the predecessor game. It's still Final Fantasy, of course...just try to approach it with an open mind.

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