revisiting FFX-2

I've been playin a lot of games this summer. what else is new, i know, but anyway one such game i decided to replay was FFX-2. ive played FFX a lot, like too many times, so i decided hell, why not replay the sequel.

holy crap man, its pretty bad. like makes me cringe bad. the worst part tho, i cant stop playing it. its really a fantastic system, customizing the grids and changing classes on the fly during battles. the active time battles are done fairly well too, for the time that it was made im really impressed. just, the game is so, well, completely aimed at 13 year old girls or somthing. the dialogue is rough, the story is really rough, you constantly have to change the clothing of these girls, it gets really annoying.

square really lost sight of what their game buying demographic was on that one, problem is, we're all such whores for any FF game they throw out that we buy it anyway, and we love it cause hey, they usually are pretty damn good. im not sure about this game though. this one is really a game for the fans, meant to get you all nostalgic for the 50 odd hours you put into FFX, and it does that to some extent, but the storyline and horridly awkward dialogue really just kill any of that fun nostalgia mood we are wanting here. that said, i am enjoying collecting the different grids/classes and mixing them around to kill shit. notice how i worded that, sounds a ton better than dressing the girls up in a variety of garments and dresses to go on adventures. its basically wat it is, and goddamnit if it isnt fun somehow. if only they had ditched the story, just made it wat it really was meant to be, a revisiting of the FFX world with one of the more memorable FF protagonists (alrite im a huge fan of yuna's character, guessing becuase of the mixed race issues she has), coulda been so much better, or a ton less annoying at least.