Old School Gamers: Your opinion of FFX?

FFX is probably my least-favorite Final Fantasy game. The game provided little challenge, and I would have preferred to fight my own final battle without any help from the game. That said, I think the battle system should have resembled FFX-2's. That one felt a little more balanced than the one from FFX.

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Originally Posted by Borg1982

Fasinating. Another old schooler who clearly likes the best game ever made (FF4) and likes the DW series, the best RPG series ever made likes FFX-2's battle system. Again, amazing. I must know..... what is the battle system of X-2??? Hell, I might like that damn game!!

Ignoring the obvious fanservice from FFX-2, the battle system was refreshing. It was a great change from FFX's system. I tend to prefer battles that go fast, so moving from the slow and predictable FFX system to the more frantic one from X-2 was enjoyable for me.

I also felt the challenge increase in the latter. Having Aeons with overdrives and powerful attacks once the proper skills were unlocked made FFX too easy. I found myself switching jobs in X-2 quite often in order to defeat certain enemies and bosses. I didn't like the sphere grid of FFX because everyone had the opportunity to learn all the spells even if their default "class" didn't start at that point.

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