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Final Fantasy X-2

Final Fantasy X-2 (XSX) game cover art
Platform: PlayStation 2
Tags: RPG
Developer: Square Enix

Publisher
Region
Released
NA
11/18/2003
EU
02/20/2004
JP
03/13/2003

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Staff Reviews

Final Fantasy X-2 review

Reviewed February 19, 2004

Lassarina Aoibhell says: "On the one hand, it is made by Square Enix and says FF in the title. The dressphere system sounded like a really cool variation on the various FF games that have included job classes (FF1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and Tactics to name some.) I was intrigued. On the other hand, FFX-2 looked a whole lot like ''Let's play dress-up!'' and Yuna's new costume made me skeptical. I absolutely could not picture the uncertain, apologetic Lady Summoner running around a la Lara Croft, and I really wanted to know how Square Enix was justifying the transformation."
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Final Fantasy X-2 review

Reviewed August 22, 2004

Sho says: "I consider it a rather strange occurrence when the resulting product is not only a disappointment, but seems like it was intentionally developed as a way to slap everyone who enjoyed the original game right in the face.
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Reader Reviews

Final Fantasy X-2 review

Reviewed April 21, 2005

darketernal says: "Final Fantasy.... you may like it, or you may hate it, but the fact is that you've heard of it. No matter if your gaming habits are centered around consoles, or not, the chances are that you will have heard of the Final Fantasy series on number of occasions. "
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Final Fantasy X-2 review

Reviewed April 24, 2004

denouement says: "Oddly enough, Final Fantasy’s first testing of the murky sequel waters is a sequel in the deepest sense of the word. Often when we say sequel, we mean it in the way that, for instance, Donkey Kong Country 2 is a sequel to its first part: simply a new story with the same characters and settings. Usually, video game sequels don’t follow directly from their predecessor, as producers don’t want to alienate potential buyers who haven’t tried the first title. But Final Fantasy X-2 is a true seq..."
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Final Fantasy X-2 review

Reviewed March 18, 2005

sgreenwell says: "Do you remember the music of the early nineties? It featured a wave of experimental genres and new hybrids, at least compared to the music of the eighties. From Seattle, the raw sound of Nirvana refined the rougher edges of punk, paving the way for later acts such as Green Day, which itself was a hybrid of British punk and “new” alternative. The Black Crowes tried a new fusion of Southern blues with rock and roll. Rage Against the Machine combined political protest lyrics with an aggressive ..."
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Final Fantasy X-2 review

Reviewed January 13, 2004

shinnokxz says: "What? Square made a sequel to one of its Final Fantasy games? "
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Final Fantasy X-2 review

Reviewed July 08, 2005

siegfried says: "After the events in FFX, life resumed peacefully, with the threat of the extraordinarily hideous Sin gone. The setting is once again Spira and regions such as Zanarkand, Besaid, and Luca, albeit with several changes. The most noticeable one is that Spira is no longer the gloomy, almost claustrophobic world it once was where everybody was pessimistic and whining about their fate. People are now more cheerful, and it is immediately obvious Sin is nothing more than a souvenir now. To prove this eve..."
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Final Fantasy X-2 review

Reviewed August 02, 2006

skrutop says: "A lot of people were surprised when the first Final Fantasy sequel was announced, though it shouldn’t have been a big shock. Final Fantasy X was one of the most beautiful games created for the PS2 and had a rabid following among the legions of Final Fantasy fans. Adding onto that loyalty, the somewhat bittersweet ending of FFX left many without the proper closure they needed to move on. So the folks at Square-Enix threw a bone to their fans by releasing Final Fantasy X-2. "
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Final Fantasy X-2 review

Reviewed January 28, 2012

SkylerBunderson says: "Having finally played and completed Final Fantasy X-2 after all these years, I find that it is neither as bad as its detractors have painted it, nor is it as good as its fanbase says it is. It's not as good as its predecessor, but it's far from being the worst entry in the series, as some would have you believe."
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Final Fantasy X-2 Reviews Around the Internet

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