Expecting Final Fantasy X-2 to be just like Final Fantasy X is setting it up to fail and that’s the biggest reason so many people dislike it.
FFX-2 is very different from FFX because at the end of FFX, the world as everyone knew it completely changed. Many of Yevon’s dark secrets were revealed, leading to more religious freedom and the vindication of the Al Bhed, which in turn led to the formation of the machine faction and the youth league. On top of that, after Sin’s permanent defeat, summoners who were once deeply respected became defunct over night. And Spira’s people who, for a thousand years, were terrified of letting themselves be TOO happy because at any moment Sin could arrive and tear their life apart, suddenly had nothing to be afraid of anymore. In a world where they couldn’t build large cities or have any form of entertainment other than blitzball, they could finally find new ways to have fun and be genuinely happy without the thought of Sin taking it all away from them in the back of their mind. The mood of the entire world shifted. The rules changed. It’s not the same Spira anymore so it’s foolish to expect the two games to feel the same.
And besides all of this, The stories of FFX-2 and X aren’t even THAT different. We’re just seeing X-2′s from the outside as a third party. It’s still about two star crossed lovers being ripped apart by their circumstances. In X-2 when we find out summoners were sent to the frontline during the war, their lives were being risked and used as nothing more than cannon fodder, just as they are during the events of X. Both Tidus and Shuyin sought to stop their summoners’ sacrifice through extreme measures. The only difference is that Tidus and Yuna weren’t murdered for their conspiracy(not for lack of trying) like Shuyin and Lenne were. That and X-2 pretty much combined Tidus and Seymour into one character. Shuyin and Seymour both wanted to destroy the world that had wronged them, the only difference was in their intentions. Seymour wanted to end Spira to save it from pain, Shuyin wanted to as an act of vengeance for what happened to him and Lenne.
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Why do people need subtitles to watch a show in English? I don't get it. What is wrong with the ears of young people?
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leorenz for @aurora-boring-alis!
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Futaba !!! :33 this was actually a bd gift for my friend !! ^_^
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Because I've recently had one of those "your experiences are not universal" moments, please humor me
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phrasing of this is taking me out
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