Spoony - FFX-2 Review - Part 1

[@ThisBoy91]

"It doesn't get more linear than X" Then XIII came out

[@im50yearsold]

They always find a way

[@MarvinDigi]

WestArcher A Hall-way...

[@toporosas110]

Mä LèK you dont know yet! (its a phrase he used on his FFXIII review)

Alejandro Mcgee it's similar to a line he said i guess but it aint

[@koyzish]

ThisBoy91 Some people(like me) actually prefer linear jrpgs

[@nobody2996]

Spoony has a surprisingly calm reaction to the fact that Wakka hooked up with Lulu.....

[@NekoSoren]

Well to the fair it was kind of implied that it would happend in X...i think...somebody told me once. But I'm surprised is that he boned the girl who his dead brother boned...heck...I know no man can resist but man, cmon :l

[@nobody2996]

NekoSoren It's what his brother would of wanted...to carry on the family seed...

[@wasneeplus]

+Lee Hales *would have

[@pockit5107]

+Lee Hales Just what the world needs.. More half-baked, Hawaiian-sounding, morons with giant cowlicks and deadly rubber balls..

[@Music-vr7sz]

@@nobody2996 you said seed 🤣

[@DonCooks1]

This review is so good and funny, I think I've watched it about 20 times now

[@carbon6111]

I love the fact that he has FFX-2 poster on the wall.

[@nagiku99]

You mean Final Fantasy X charlies angles edition?

[@carbon6111]

Nagiku99/Bunshigi Hanumie Same thing.

[@nefarioussness]

And it's the one from the strategy guide lol

[@theproplady]

The problem I had with this game was that I was never really sure who it was aimed at. Girls? Too much Male Gaze and fanservice for that. Boys? Too much Pretty Pretty Princess Dressup for that.

[@11Safetydance]

Male Gaze? Found the Tumblr user.

[@11Safetydance]

+Blau Wow, apparently you've never heard of a joke before. Cool cool.

[@Curocko]

It being a media science term does not invalidate his argument

[@theproplady]

Actually no. I was a TV Tropes Tard for awhile though, and that's where I found it. And it's hard not to use those lefty-approved terms when pretty much all media discussion is seeped in them.

[@ThePolistiren]

It was actually a feminazi from the 70s who whined about movies having hot chicks in it. But hey, I guess if you throw a fancy label on it, then it becomes legit somehow. I have another media science term for you: Cultural Marxist.

[@GeorgeMonet]

When you ask yourself what Yuna is going to do now that she blew up the religion that was her livelihood at the end of FFX, becoming a popstar seems to make a lot of sense. I mean what other profession would someone with such little intelligence but who also saved the world be suited for?

[@carbon6111]

Good one!

[@killer-ws3lf]

True, although considering her personality in FFX becoming a popstar seems like a pretty weird career choice. Really I think if she were just a mercenary it would not only make much more sense but it would make the game infinitely better.

[@syphonfilter8372]

I would've figured she'd end up a healer. I could see Rikku or whomever being a popstar but Yuna???

[@amysantiago6284]

Syphon Filter Even Rikku becoming a popstar would be a pretty long shot. Her Al Bhed home was destroyed in FFX and she had pretty strong beliefs regarding the Al Bhed ways, so she'd probably either spend her time rebuilding her home or continuing to change society's perceptions of the Al Bhed people/culture.

[@syphonfilter8372]

Amy Santiago I'm guessing they were mainly capitalizing on the name and the name only. I hate when games do that- riding a predecessor's coattails.

[@MunkyDrag0n]

I did not think Square could get any more perverted after this game. Then Lightning Returns came out...

[@rongray6562]

How is Lightning Returns perverted???? Just because you have options to dress Lightning up? Most of her outfits aren't even revealing, so your point is...how should I say this? -INVALID-.

[@Stevey2578]

@@rongray6562 Nah most of her outfits makes her look like a stripper or a skanky hoe. Really out of character for her to wear them or I would say that if she actually has a character than being mrs. frowny face.

[@rongray6562]

@@Stevey2578 Whatever you think. 🙄 There were plenty of outfits that weren't revealing. My favorite one being an example, "Dust and Shadow" I believe it was called.

[@SuperSteve180]

The story and character development is utter crap but it has one of the best class and battle systems in the series.

[@DinomotoMennovi]

+Steven Mathews Eh, 10's battle system is better.

[@dufftheduff7335]

no

[@ninja0329]

and somehow IGN gave it a 9.5 for some reason.

[@danmah84]

I remember booting this up on my PS2, starting a new game and then proceeded to back out of the room slowly.

[@soulation]

He doesn't KNOW yet 3:06

[@Basch152]

haha ff13

[@DinomotoMennovi]

ff13-2

[@theerealatm]

That’s the best clip he did. Love that.

[@apa123APA]

Q: "What is going on here?!" A: Japan.

[@Uroboro_Djinn]

+apa123APA Q: "What is going on here?!" A: "BEKFAST!"

[@danfelder8062]

I'm not kidding. One of the professors at MIT's game lab says this is his favorite game of all time. When I asked why, he got VERY offended at the implication that it wasn't a good game. His argument is that it's a "character study" of Yuna, and if you don't like that you won't like the game.

[@Daxinar]

PFFFFTAHAHAHAHAHAHA. This game studies the character of Yuna's ass more than it does Yuna.

[@OsirisLord]

I mean maybe. It's a bit interesting she had to undergo an entire personality overhaul so she could become the protagonist (although you could make the argument that she is the protagonist of FFX and that Tidus is the just the view point character like Nick in The Great Gatsby). But even then she's still not that interesting a character.

[@reconstructedrichard208]

Speaking of MIT professors, I wonder what richard stallman would think of this game

[@VoidedMirror]

I guess that's why they call it fantasy. You can make shit up that make no sense and call it fantasy.

[@civilwar9637]

Isn't that a resume of the whole final fantasy series?

[@SamnissArandeen]

Except it's not fantasy. It's a bunch of random shit glued together. Fantasy is supposed to make sense in context of their world but be completely impossible through the lens of our own world.

[@civilwar9637]

Samniss Arandeen Exactly, but try to explain that to final fantasy fanboys. Bring any plotholes about the series, and they awnser '' But it's fantasy, so it doesn't need to be realist'' as if that made any fucking sense in context.

[@ChaplainDMK]

Shit must make sense in context, you can't just go make shit up without explaining it. Then it's not fantasy, it's just random shit. Fantasy isn't real, but it has it's own rules that it has to follow. Also plot holes are not part of fantasy. That's like Tolkien never explaining why Sauron needs the ring or why it needs to be destroyed in mount doom and just going "ye this ring, go dump it in the volcano because reasons, ciao"

[@samuelbishop6294]

"The difference between Fantasy and Reality, is that Fantasy must make sense." ~ Tom Clancy So no, you can't make up nonsensical BS and call it Fantasy. It must make sense.

[@Thinker2112]

I actually enjoyed this game a lot. I got 100% in one playthrough, although it took me more than 87 hours to do it. I thought that although the dialogue was cheesy, the gameplay was a lot of fun. With all of that said, this review is hilarious.

[@Level_1_Frog]

I love this game. Now, hang on a minute- I'll tell you why. I love this game for two reasons: The first is that this was the first RPG my girlfriend ever played, and was a great introduction for her into the RPG genre. It's funny, it's upbeat, in depth but not challenging on the surface (except the optional bosses, holy shit they're hard), and has an all star cast of female personalities. Since then she's branched into "better" RPGs, like the other Final Fantasy games, Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age and Mass Effect, but it all started from this game, and for that I am grateful. And the second reason? Well, I think the gameplay is fantastic. Replace the "Dress Spheres" with simple classes. Instead of the J-Pop cheese and girly stuff, insert the theme of a different Final Fantasy, one that you really liked, let's say Final Fantasy VI. Now, isn't that battle system really cool? Swapping classes in the middle of battle, combining the abilities of various classes and customising your party in a surprisingly deep way? I found it just the right balance of familiar and new, and overall really enjoyed the combat segments of the game. It gets a lot of flack, deservedly, maybe, and I didn't like the game overall. But I still appreciate what is good about it.

[@retcon1991]

I think it's actually one of the most mechanically competent games in the franchise. You must admit the story is pretty outrageous, though.

[@johnathanlannister8516]

oh dear god chill the fuck out people its a funny review try looking at it like that and not as a hate video

[@ashyneko]

Ahahaha i actually like this game alot, and this review gets me in tears from laughing so much!

[@johnathanlannister8516]

yeah :D

[@Isredel]

I said it years ago and I'll say it again, FFX-2 was the result of a drunken one-night stand between Final Fantasy and Charlies Angels.

[@waynedrake8925]

"When's the baby due?" "Any day now!" *exact same model of Lulu* Lazy fuckers.

[@ICalverz]

The crab, "Sadly it doesn't have a weak point for massive damage". hahaha I got that reference. Nice!

[@sebastianesilva398]

The difference here is that X-1 was corny...but didn't seem to know it. What I like about X-2 is that it seems to KNOW how cheesy and over-the-top it is and revels in it.

[@JJewlz420]

I love X-2, always have since i was 12. Never got 100% for the perfect ending so now im replaying the HD remaster

[@StephNuggs]

No you're not

[@nope545]

What I didn't like is that Yuna personality had a 360 change

[@KissShotAcerolaOrion]

So... no change at all?

[@danielramsey6141]

its reasonable. She had two years.

[@manat31790]

I think it's a bad execution from the writer's part. Yuna does show kindness, compassion, and maturity she has logically gained from losing Tidus from FFX, but becoming a treasure hunter kind of paints her as a person putting up facade and trying to run away from problems (similar to FFVI's Locke Cole). Sadly, the whole j-pop idol and teen language things make her seem like an overly childish person rather than a emotionally traumatized war heroine. It doesn't help that after Sin, she wanted to be more like Rikku, of all people.

[@BetamaxMaan]

I have to agree with the bad execution part. The Pop-star Idea did have a strong a Cutscene in the late moments of the game. But had they showed in FF10 that Yuna had a sort of songstress like voice during some of the calm moments with in the game like Garnet had in FF9, it would've worked upon leading up to to this sequel. Still, that's not say it doesn't work, since then gave Yuna a Songtress Sphere to help sort that part of her character out along with Lenne. I think the game's over cheery, bubbly Pop-Girl tone, is what kinda sours most of the game. Still, there are some people who invest in the Vocaloid games. I just don't see the appeal here, nor do i think it suits the Final Fantasy series to present the Sequel to FF10 in an over Feminine way as it did. I have no problem with women, but even girls would stray from this game since it tries to promote Strong female characters while still trying to appeal to a med demographic with some of the Sexualized Costumes. You Can't have your Cheesecake and Eat it man! As for Rikku, I like her as being the sister/cousin that gave emotional support to Yuna, and her Growing up and helping Yuna grow and become more womanly than before helps to that degree. But she in FF10-2, she's pretty much the main centerpiece in this game (as far as eye-candy goes). Hell, her costume(s) are possibly the highest rated pieces of Fan-wank material. I'm not angry, but it hurts her image and the positive aspects of her character. No lady in their right mind would wear a yellow Bikini, Short skirt, and ribbon arm sleeves to a fight! Not unless they want their top to get damaged and fall off in the middle of a monster battle.

[@uncleruckus1514]

Nope *180*

[@cladoveus]

Cid's ship: Fahrenheit Gullwing's ship: Celsius

[@FXJunky]

My friends and I refer to is as Ultra 3d- Barbie Fashion Adventure Extreme. i don't think any of us finished it.

[@KaitengiriXIII]

Giant Enemy Crab. What you did there. I see it

[@michaelappleseed5569]

This guy is fucking AWESOME

[@squallken3173]

I wish he made more of these.

[@rossowinch69]

Sad, he stopped and he disabled comments in all of his recent videos and has become more of a let's player than a funny and witty reviewr

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

+Rosso Winch Word... I get so sick of all the live streams he does... Every upload is like 4 hours of Persona 4 Golden or whatever it's called...

[@BretGriffis]

the bonesauce Persona 4 Golden is an amazing game but yeah, to see him go down the let's play route is just upsetting

[@Agadyne]

Stopped watching when he said "FFX is one of the worst and most annoying goddamn games I have ever played in my life."

[@UltimaXemnas]

The truth does hurt...

[@Theladywiththeblackdress]

He's a comedian reviewer IT WOULDN'T BE FUNNY IF HE DIDN'T OVER REACT

[@dvoidofdickerydohma4230]

UltimaXemnas I could say that the entire Ultima series is an overrated pile of dicks not worthy of attention and because I'm Spoony the loony saying that it immediately fucking becomes gospel. Also I love the irony in you naming yourself after the villain of a series that has been SHIT since the 1st game.

[@anus4122]

Daddy Dohma You should try using commas. I hear they're all the rage.

[@MrC4stle]

I remember getting home from school so excited to play this game on launch day and after the first cut scene I turned the PS2 off and didn't play the game for about another 2-3 years after. Only decent thing about this game was the battle system.

[@smirkingskeptic]

I love his reviews not only because many of them mirror my own opinions, but because his rants are simply a treat to behold.

[@MegaAnimazing]

5:58 "It's really about finding (sees Tidus) NOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!! NOT HIM! DAMMIT NOT FUCKING TIDUS!"

[@waynedrake8925]

Love how the programmers couldn't even be assed to add some maternity wear for Lulu. A tight leather-clad goth outfit probably isn't ideal for a mum to be. Squenix, you slackers!

[@0NorMusiC0]

As a Final Fantasy game it really is not good. But still it is amazingly fun and enjoyable. Please don't kill me.

[@squirrelknight9768]

i thought it was not a ff game... i liked the return to the atb system and the divers jobs where pretty awesome

[@squirrelknight9768]

+SquirrelKnight not a "bad ff game" i meant

[@jayvman1311]

Im not going to lie ...I love 10...Its like my favriot game of all time though odly enough I like this man even though hes is dissing one of my favriot games ever xD I love 10 but I am enjoying hearing his opinion honestly

[@OwtDaftUK]

I fucking loved Final Fantasy X and X-2. I loved how cheesy and girly X-2 was made me happy while playing it.

[@SabbyNeko]

14:07 The delivery on that has me laughing no matter how many times I see it.

[@Genralix]

I don't agree with this review whatsoever. Final Fantasy isn't a dull and predictable series in any way, and he doesn't even offer evidence to support that claim. The plots for I through V may have been cliche/classic, but VI and on have been generally well-done based on the opinion of the entire fan-base, which numbers into the millions. FFX was linear, but I enjoyed the INNOVATIVE touch they put into the series, they strayed away from classic FF. This review places emphasis on innovation and straying from the series. Yet he fails to recognize how different X was from the rest. On that note, I'm not even sure if he described the protagonist (Tidus) correctly. Calling him a whiney bitch, also claiming that all FF protagonists have been dark, emo, and generally on the low-end of the personality meter. While Tidus was actually generally upbeat and human, he wasn't afraid to laugh, talk to people, and his only downfall was his situation, being he was upset considering he was plunged 1,000 years into the future AND only showed it a few times, not letting it disturb his new friends too often. I agree with his review on the FFX-2 portion, it was a cool idea gone bad with fan services. FFX-2 didn't need to exist, lol. It could have been a game in the same universe as FFX with a different story/new characters. Not Yuna gone through incredible transformation that probably isn't possible.

[@cloudftw113]

I always considered spheres in this game being similar to materia from ffvii. It's what got my friends and I through the game.

[@Robersora]

It's not cheesy, it's fun. And why does everything have to be perfectly realistic? I mean, if I want realism, I go out into the real world - the great thing about virtual worlds is, that there can happen stuff beyond the laws of anything. Also, the dressspheres are like a job system, maybe that helps you wrap your mind around it. Your conquest against creativity is really funny though, so thumbs up.

[@decadentgamer3108]

+Robersora I can accept the unexpected in fantasy but the whole story of X-2 is just... Convoluted with quite a few plot holes. For some people, things like that can really turn them off from a game but I get what you're saying.

[@decadentgamer3108]

+Robersora I can accept the unexpected in fantasy but the whole story of X-2 is just... Convoluted with quite a few plot holes. For some people, things like that can really turn them off from a game but I get what you're saying.

[@OsirisLord]

+Robersora There's realism and then there's verisimilitude. A flying cacodemon isn't realistic, but if the cacodemon has conflicting powers and abilities in every scene it appears in then the story is impossible to follow.

[@RosieSquall]

*shrugs* At least the attire would be in character.

[@chaosamber7719]

I got this game a few days ago and I have to ask. Am I the only one who actually really likes this game?

[@nobody2996]

Nope, Spoony does reveal later in the review that even though it's a stupid game, he actually likes it....at least more then X

[@dufftheduff7335]

I like it more than ff8 and all the ones after X-2, it has less retarded characters and storylines than those and a much better combat and lvl system.

[@Jargonfox]

Been playing FFX-2 alot recently (damn you HD remaster), had to come rewatch this, Spoony's reviews are awesome!

[@FluffDictator]

i love FFX and FFX-2 but i couldnt help cracking up during this video! XD

[@felipeloera5968]

The wakka and lulu part had me dying God this was too funny "freak seed"

[@DarthRushy]

"That's like entering a costume contest, where the prize is a fucking ----- shot." Could someone help me fill in that word?

[@vagrant2863]

He said "Tetanus Shot"

[@DarthRushy]

WitherSol The Vagrant No wonder I didn't catch it. Thanks.

[@vagrant2863]

No problem

[@Th6h6llfir6]

if you had the save of ff10 on the same memorie card the al bed wont be needed to be translate

[@xxzeroxx5104]

This guys isn't afraid to tell his opinion haha xD that's good I guess

[@EvangelionFan-ru7ri]

xXZeroXx Problem is that he doesn't know how to be civil and polite about it. This isnt an act either. He's like this in real life.

[@GustyChavMonkey]

not really a problem, makes it easy to discern who likes you and who doesn't

[@EvangelionFan-ru7ri]

Madness Id argue it started around the time he and April became serious.

[@BraxBox]

I really don't understand how ffx is more linear than any other FF. You progress until you get an airship then you have the time of your life. If you have a problem with that, then you just don't like FF. So don't play it. I, on the other hand, will be enjoying the shit out of it. :D

[@MVKBPR]

I think he means the lack of a world map, like in every Final Fantasy up to IX you could explore the entire world and go manually to every city/cave/castle, now you just select from a list where you want to go and the game automatically takes you there (haven't played XII so i don't know if it's like that or not), personally i think it's more convenient like this (auto-travel), i'm not opposed to open world exploration, but it would be nice to have an option to just go somewhere instantly whitout having to find it in the world map, i played FFV at least 4 times and i still have trouble finding certain places sometimes in the third world

[@BraxBox]

True. XII isn't open-world either. You use crystals(save points) to travel from place to place. There isn't even an airship in the game. But yea I see what you're saying with the FFs before FFX.

[@Uroboro_Djinn]

B.K. Actually FF 12 could be considered open world since every area connects with every other. It's not like you travel to different planets for each dungeon. You can go from point A to point B on foot and these 2 could be on 2 completely different sides of the world. Just check the world map. Everything's interconnected. It's just that the PS2 wasn't powerful to render all that in one go. Hence why it breaks up into subcategories.

[@mrguy22494]

Interestingly enough, Final Fantasy X's universe is a prequel to VII.

[@MegaAnimazing]

+mrguy22494 is it?

[@mrguy22494]

***** Yep. Look it up if you don't believe me.

[@christianmartin4000]

+mrguy22494 That's sad. Way to tarnish one of my top 3 ff games.

[@doomoftheend]

+mrguy22494 they made that up with 10-2. It wasn't planned from the start

[@clearspira]

+mrguy22494 I choose not to believe this. Especially since the entire layout of the planet looks completely effing different.

[@mikigirl18]

What really was the worst part to me was all the mini games. Unless it's Chocobo Hot and Cold, I don't wanna play it.

[@KaitengiriXIII]

"...is one of the bestselling games of all time" He says while holding a copy. Perhaps its abundance of sales weren't exclusively fans of the game, either?

[@SamnissArandeen]

That's the problem with movies and games: you have to buy it to see it for yourself. They only have to draw you in to make money.

[@GrandCorsair]

Samniss Arandeen Sad but true. Now it's gotten much worst since companies are now abusing this for all it's worth. It's also hard to trust gamer reviews.

[@perun1nj]

Yeah, especially these days when most games don't even get a demo before release.

[@OsirisLord]

Bethesda has been doing this really weird thing were they review embargo all of their titles. All of them. But then a few weeks after launch they put demos up. My thinking is they're maximizing sales by going straight for the pre-order/day 1 "I gotta have it now!" crowd with the review embargoes and then releasing demos for people who make informed purchasing decisions.

[@sopa71479]

"Go digging in my shit for corn!"

[@SkyxDawn]

27 minutes and not 1 legitimate point for why this game is bad. This is an amazing game and anyone who doesn't want to play it because of pre-school comments like "it's girly" or "it sucks" is seriously missing out. Although I will say this guy would make a very good comedian =P

[@SwordOfXealos]

Since when is abysmal writing and character development not legitimate points? I mean I get you're a fan of the game and probably like these things in some fucked up way (see nostalgia) but that doesn't mean criticism of the game's core mechanics, the most fundamental things one can criticize, is not legitimate just because "I liked the game".

[@SkyxDawn]

SwordOfXealos "Abysmal writng and character development" care to give an example? All this guy does is talk about "plot holes". All of which aren't legitimate as things he talks about are explained in the game. As for character development this whole game also is about yuna developing her personality and changing, now that spira is saved. Paine opening up about her past, letting people in and others mostly through side missions spheres etc. Besides that the battle system imo is one of the best in the series and ridiculously fun (This is a rpg after all), which is like the whole theme of this game to begin with. Yea sorry "I liked the game" guess I can't comment on things I like from now on

[@jackmcslay]

SkyxDawn There's a clear difference between developing a character and starting a character with a main character acting completely different than the previous one

[@SkyxDawn]

Jack Mcslay Are you talking about yuna? Yuna is not that different in X-2. I think people see the starting scene and that's why everyone says this. The opening pop concert isn't yuna which is explained after the first 10 minutes. The real Yuna is still the same compassioniate, generous person she was in X, still going out of her way to put others first. Yuna does develop however through-out the story and not in a negative way. It's more about her learning to not worry too much about what others think of her and hesitating alot less. Just judging her on what she wears (her default dressphere) is such a close minded viewpoint.

[@wormwood5073]

I'm pretty sure he knows what a bad game is and this game is bad. I take it you're one of the kids who only grew up with 7, 8 and 10?

[@RamzaBeoulve02]

The Sphere Grid, I've mentioned. If you take the time to learn all moves, each character is a LEGEND (since I don't want to call them gods) in damage. BlitzBall? AMAZING. Chocobo-racing, dodging lightning bolts while traversing WITH secret rewards? Kinda cool. Ultimate Weapons specified for each character? Yes. A deeply explained story that didn't confuse the shit out of you? I can dig it. An energetic, young hero that clashed in the times he was in, and yet made out okay.

[@speedtzeroken1]

final fantasy x is a great game ...

[@Lobomaru02]

A concert in Spira is kind of a big deal, Spoony. First off, the game is set two years after X, so Yevon's teachings no longer hold sway. And as a result, people are moving away from oppressive religious atmospheres and into something more upbeat. When I saw that opening cutscene I had high hopes for the game. You may hate it, but the X duology is my favorite in the Final Fantasy series.

[@amysantiago6284]

Lobomaru02 People might have been moving away from Yevon's teachings, but it's still pretty ridiculous that the entire world suddenly wanted cheesy upbeat j-pop fun. I know that a person's beliefs can change over time and finding out your god doesn't exist would be a pretty big blow to those beliefs, but people whose lives revolved around Yevon (especially Yuna, Wakka, other summoners, etc) would have A LOT of trouble finding happiness and contentment in the world if their entire belief system and reason for existing had been shattered into pieces. Spira would have been a mess after the fall of Yevon. I doubt it would have been the happy-go-lucky place that was shown in FFX-2. There would have been a lot of despair, depression, and confusion in Spira over discovering that everything they believed about creation, god, and the planet was false.

[@Lobomaru02]

No. They really would have been that happy. After a thousand years, Sin is gone, and it will never return. They can finally live without fear of it destroying what they endeavor to build.

[@DevilfishFace]

Amy Santiago I always questioned why Yuna and the other summoners aren't still doing their other job, 'sending'. That magic ritual which insures the spirits of the dead make it to the afterlife instead of becoming fiends. People still would be dying miserably here and there of non-Sin related causes and turning into monsters but J-pop is more important to Yuna.

[@Lobomaru02]

First off, that was Leblanc, not Yuna. Second, there are likely hundreds of people that know how to do the sending. According to the audio book included with the HD Remaster, people can receive training to perform the ritual.

[@Taios87entertainment]

here's an idea, spoony. make a game on RPG maker.

[@Red-S-267]

X and X-2 got me introduced to final fantasy which in turn introduced me to KH. I love these games as in I love these more than any other final fantasy that I've played. X-2 has over 200 hours on PS2. but this is the funniest review I have watched in a while.

[@annac1268]

LOL even though I love this game, your review is hilarious

[@GaladinToru]

I admit to playing this game and FFX but I have mixed feelings. The "story" for X-2 was very confusing and I give thanks to Spoony for clarifying many things I never completely thought about, realized, or cared about. The battle mechanism was by far the best part to me. Mix and match dress spheres for various power-ups, lots of abilities to choose from, and pretty fast paced battles. The dress up sequences did get annoying after a while so I was glad to have the short sequence option. "Hey Tonberry excuse us for a few seconds while we change into skimpier costumes to beat your @$$!" But the thing that bothered me the most about the battles was where you go into battle against an omnipotent enemy or "weapon" maybe similar to Nemesis from FFX (disregarding the piss poorness of Ultima and Omega Weapons from FFX ...cough pansies cough) and Riku as a thief, is wearing bright colored beach bikini/thong clothing with barbie doll accessories and a pair of knives????!!!! I thought thieves were supposed to be stealthy and not try to get caught ya know...STEALING! Granted they aren't completely ninjas but dressing up as a bright banana makes it harder to miss you than darker blue colors like Locke's from FF6. I bet even he could figure out what KEY MON really is faster than these bimbos. I know other characters haven't always worn the most battle ready clothes (Selphie, Tifa, mage outfits) but at least they were covering something (yeah fan service probably similar to Sailor Moon and their mini skirts). Still, here it's like I'm going into danger like I am dressed for a day of sun tanning on the beach. You'd need an SPF over 9000 (yes I went there) or preferably 9999 to protect yourself from a Supernova attack.

[@Rottenberg666]

I loved FFX, but X-2 was a total piece of shit to me

[@MissIceMateria]

And, quoted from Nojima: "Yes, actually. After Shinra quit the Gullwings he got enormous financial backing from Rin and went to the Farplane to start extracting the Mako energy used by the Vegnagun. But the system for utilizing this energy could not be completed in his generation, so far in the future when space travel was possible, the Shinra Company was founded on another planet… or something like that. That would be a thousand years or so from this game’s story."

[@LIXEF06]

O~o i cant deny his popint , i cant, its all true, ... but i liked it O~o i like the game

[@scribble71891]

I love both Final Fantasy X games but this review had me in stitches, Honestly though you wouldn't think that FFX-2 would be the way it is after playing the prequel that's for sure. Although I damn near hated nearly every mini game in the first game, I absolutely love sphere break =D.Besides the slutty outfits, sailor moon like transformations and other problems the one thing that drove me insane was how they watched spheres. Seriously how the hell do they watch them? They just hold them up and that's it. Like no holograms are nothing. How is that possible?

[@Muffinfordinner]

They should make Final Fantasy Fuck You

[@DinomotoMennovi]

+Muffinfordinner They did, its called Final Fantasy 13 and its sequels. *shudders*

[@1Hol1Tiger]

+DinomotoMennovi 13 and 13-2 suck, but Lightning Returns is AWESOME!

[@MikoMango23]

XIII-2 Is WAY better than XIII. Didn't play Lightning Returns because I just stopped caring.

[@stevenredondo1052]

Correction. The International version of FFXII was only release in Japan. Not Europe.

[@KiJo1221]

omg I love FFX-2 (and yes I'm girly and I like video games), but this was hilarious.

[@degurkin]

*I think I finally got it* These spheres hold emotions and memories/personalities That kid developed a way to harness those memories by turning them into a programm for his dress thingy Since then they nonchalantly refer to the spheres as dress spheres becaused they can be harnessed that way

[@schwarzerritter5724]

So it basically works like Dumbledore's basin?

[@kamenridernephilim]

So in other words the emotion in the spheres allow them to become a henshin heroine/magical girl/sentai squad?

[@PrinceRPG]

Every story is inconsitent every story has plot holes shakesperes hamlet and romeo & juliet have plot holes stop bitching about it people anyways i love 10 and 10-2 people cry too much about the past get over it stop comparing everything to the 90's if final fantasy still used that play style everyone would say their repetive and that it needs to become more modern just like what people say with zelda and mario i like final fantasy 13 and its sequels because i judeged them as standalone games instead of bitching on how its not like final fantasy 6 or 7

[@PrinceRPG]

I dont think you were their when this game came out people were crying saying its nothing like the games its not like 10 or 7 or 6 when most Final fantady games are difderent from each other in some way im just annoyed of how no one sees this game as a standalone wich each final fantasy is since most games dont tie together yes I know this game at time seems like your watching a movie but if you have fun with it why complain

[@Doc_Fun]

PrinceRPG AHAHAHAHAHHAHA WHAT Why would they see the game that is a LITERAL SEQUEL TO 10 AS A STANDALONE? Oh my god you fucking FF fans are just mongoloids.

[@PrinceRPG]

I dont even like FF that much im saying when looking at a sequel you can vompare to the past installment but you have to judge the game on its own merits not just FF games all games thats why I like mass effect 3 dragon age 2 and the 13 sequels for rpg they are very good games even though they arent succesors of the previous games

[@RaymondRaine]

LMAO This guy compared Shakespeare to FF. Just...stop dude.

[@PrinceRPG]

Charles Rainey its a story isnt it?? i was trying to make a point what you want me to compare it to harry potter twilight, hunger games, or maybe you want me to compare it to other games like witcher, mass effect, dragon age , metal gear solid or even get more indepth like jrpgs like kingdom hearts,xenoblade,star ocean, etc see all these games have a few things in common one of them is that they have plotholes not story ever written explains absolutley everything even the bible has somethings where you go what??

[@darkservantofheaven]

how did i miss this the first time. Man, Sephiroth must really have it in for Spoony to show up in 2 of his videos as well as be referenced by the Gardian in Ultima 9 review finale. Makes me wonder what connection Sephiroth and the Gardian have

[@JBles825]

This is the worst review ever.

[@Dahpie]

Go get a sense of humor.

[@JBles825]

Dahpie I have one. This guy doesn't

[@Dahpie]

JBles825 So basically what your saying is, "NO U". Great argument.

[@JBles825]

Dahpie It's just my opinion. I think this guy all around sucks. Why are you getting so upset about. Just relax you baby.

[@Dahpie]

JBles825 Ahhh, the internet and those who make assumptions. I assume that you have no sense of humor therefor I must be right because I assume it.

[@SnowDayJ]

"Does anyone stick up for this game" Evidently, a lot of people just by looking at the comments.

[@mrwubzydx5337]

I came here for deep wang, and Spoony delivered.

[@vcom741]

14:34 This later grew up to be Vault Hunters in Borderlands series. Which was AWESOME!

[@thetsar7384]

After playing FFX (which I loved) I was very excited for the sequel. I preordered it and counted the days until release. Then this happened. I have been skeptical of FF releases since.

[@MissIceMateria]

Basically, the name for FF7's planet was retconned in North America, but has never really changed in Japan. There it's just 'the Planet' still. But many fans have taken up to calling it Gaia thanks to official Square Enix products given away in NA. FF7 is tied in by Shinra. Ultimanias don't shed too much light, but one's official statement is that Shinra the kid couldn't make Mako work in Spira, so his lineage went to [The Planet]/[Gaia].

[@DrAndyShick]

You are aware, aren't you, that that's not really Yuna dancing and singing in the beginning (hence the ? and the later Yuna intro (without the ?))

[@killer-ws3lf]

True, however not-Yuna's dance at the beginning doesn't rouse any suspicion from anyone who doesn't already know she's an impostor, so I think it would be fair to assume that singing and dancing the way she did in the intro is common practice for her off-screen.

[@sebastianemond5313]

Hey, Spoony, who do you think was behind the making of this game? 22:43

[@MegaAnimazing]

14:22 "That is a problem, let me see if I can solve this one, *ASK HIM HIS FUCKING NAME!!! GOD, DAMMIT!!!"*

[@OsirisLord]

I choose to believe Payne figured out the password immediately she just didn't, you know, give a shit and decided that the two brain cells Yunna and Rikku share between them needed some excercise.

[@armashuvitz]

I love FFX (though I realize it has its flaws) and naturally got defensive when you were berating it, but I wholeheartedly agree about X-2. I don't understand how this game has so many glowing reviews.

[@MirageVelondor]

There is indeed a connection between 10 and 7, confirmed by Nojima. Shinra, funded by Rin, eventually develops a way to use Vegnagun to siphon energy from the Farplane which becomes the predecessor of Mako energy. The process is perfected in generations after him and his descendants put the research in effect on a new planet with a time-leap of a millennium between both games... *slowly crawls away unnoticed, feeling like the only one who actually likes 10 and 10-2*

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I really wish they would find a different name for these kind of games instead of role-playing games. I'm not really a video game person and when I hear role-playing game I think Dungeons & Dragons and pencil and paper games like that (yeah I'm old) and I get tired of talking to younger people and having them THINK I'm talking about video role-playing games when I'm talking about pencil and paper role playing games. Just a pet peeve. :)

[@Gnarrkhaz]

Agreed. It's annoying.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Gnarrkhaz Thank you. Starting think I should buy a rocking chair and a cain and spend my time on the porch grousing about "in my day....". :)

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

I agree that games like FFX2 shouldn't be referred to as an RPG because you're not exactly playing in a role that anyone wants to assume, certainly not male gamers, much less female gamers... Even the girliest, most effeminate girl gamers I know hated FFX2... Though I don't really know what else you would call western RPGs other than RPGs. I guess it makes sense that games like the Final Fantasy series be titled JRPGs.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

the bonesauce I don't know I just hate having to explain to someone about pencil and paper RPGs and that kind.

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

Chris McWilliams Chances are, if a person doesn't already know what P&P RPGs are, they probably don't really understand what a role-playing game is. Of course, if you want to get more people into it, you need to explain it to them, otherwise nobody will ever get into them.

[@Hearowsify]

Also, I may disagree with plenty your points Spoony, but your delivery makes me laugh and you make fair points. You might never convince me that FFX is a crap game, but you will amuse me at least while telling me why, I absolutely recognize it's drawbacks especially after the advent of games like Morrowind and Fallout where NOTHING is linear and it's just such a rich environment, but the FF stories are all special to me, and I played the game for the stories.

[@Ghysal94]

FFX was and amazing game, FFX-2 had a really nice gameplay imo, the class switching was really good, but damn, the story ... still really like it but it could have been so much better.

[@MissIceMateria]

Taken from the Wiki: "Gaia, known more commonly as The Planet [...], is the name of the world in which Compilation of Final Fantasy VII takes place." Taken from a website that translated the Ultimania: In August 2012, the official North American Square Enix website published a Series Biography [...] In FFVII’s entry from the article, its world is again dubbed “Gaia.” But also (from same source) All facts and research considered, it is deemed very unlikely that FFVII’s planet has a canon name.

[@blkknightrutter1]

The answer to Spoony's question about the first boss using a fan: Watch InuYasha. Because I think this boss has been taking lessons from Kagura.

[@LeonGun8]

The original team started leaving around 6, 7, 8 and 9 had a new director and Sakaguchi abandoned ship after 9, 9 being Sakaguchi's pet project.

[@NMGardening]

I liked ffx so I waited happily for this. Got it home as a kid and saw the opening singing cutscene and immediately turned it off and haven't touched it to this day.

[@RamzaBeoulve02]

2nd thing it did: Took away ALL the characters I enjoyed playing with. Yuna's summons (makes sense though so that was okay) Wakka was there, even though Lulu was pregnant. Why not make him playable? He settles down? Ok. Fine. Kihmari became a leader, ok makes sense. He's a hero who helped liberate Spira. Auron ascended to the farplane. Yeah makes sense too. Tidus... mysteriously was a dream and disappeared. What's the moral of the story at the end? Dreams do come true?

[@sabermanity]

how do you find the ending song I've tried again and again but i can't find it please help me someone

[@שלוםוברכה-ז8כ]

Oh my god I cried in the monkey part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ExplorerElderStar]

"WHY FRENCH CONAN! KEEP YOUR THONG ON! MY EYES" LOL XD

[@kaelang12]

I actually like the opening song. It's very upbeat, and it has some neat sound-effects.

[@RamzaBeoulve02]

You're the one who asked me in the 1st place if I had watched the whole thing. I figured you were saying that he changed his opinion of the video as you go through the video (which would make my opinion of his review seem stupid), and in which case, he'd say that he DID like FFX in comparison to FFX-2. So to make sure that I didn't miss anything, I watched it. Answer your question?

[@clearshot01]

Ah, your eloquent vocabulary always makes me smile Spoony...

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

If Spoony was a furry he might remember a mini series of comics (that got it's own card game) called Tank Vixens (AKA- Lesbian Foxes in Hover Tanks). This mostly T/A pinnup of anthro fox girls comic had a very similar premise in that it was not their tanks and guns but their "uniforms" that were the strongest weapon in the galaxy able to defeat their rat man enemies without a fight with the power of sex appeal. They only met their match when their enemy promoted their own sexy rat chick to a Colonel who was immune to their wardrobe changing tactics. The story centers around a new recruit named Firen who joined wanting to be a good soldier and is told be her Captain and comrades that the real power is in what she wears to distract and demoralize the enemy. It was a stupid but fun comic.

[@KaitengiriXIII]

This is true. A LOT of the tropes that have come to define FF started with 7. The term "open minded" was there for some degree of satire. By that, I had meant, open, yes, but RELATIVE to his/her own mind. The loaded question he had provided gave the grounds that VI was INHERENTLY bad, that that you are actually different if you DID like it. The bit about "can you start debating with me again xD", well, for that, just look at the recent comments on the video :|

[@DJErrn]

I bought this game played 10 minutes and put it away still have it somewhere will ever pick it up again? I don't know maybe. But this is how I've decided to find out what I've missed out on, not by putting the disc in the ps2 though screw that.

[@dannyrivas40]

Well at least I know where the oufit mechanic came from, for Lightning Returns.