Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD Remastered

Ehh, Zidane kind of annoys me, but not enough for me to hate him. Every other character in IX though was very awesome, though I do wish Quina's tongue wasn't constantly out.

I really don't get how some people can dislike FFIX. The art style complaints are so weak-sauce (though if you ever see the original art for Queen Brahne, you'll ask yourself why they made her look like a clown in the actual game).

Do you have a link for the original art of the queen? I couldn't find it, google wasn't so helpful this time.

Not got the Queen but here is some art from the game that was lost but then found. Even has HQ backgrounds before they were downscaled for the ps1.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551612

I saw all the FFIX concept art in an art book my friend has (I think it's a book celebrating Yoshitaka Amano), but I'm fairly certain this is the image I'm thinking of or, at least, what I mean:



She's still huge and a little ridiculous, but the fact that they made her arbitrarily blue is something that has always rubbed my friend and me the wrong way. I swear there's a somewhat less ridiculous concept piece of her, but I may need to scan it at some later date.

Zidane was earnest without being grating, carefree without being obnoxious. They balanced his character on a knife-edge and he didn't slip. He's honestly one of the best hero archetypes I've seen. He's not dragged down by existential angst (except that one part which provides one of the best tracks in FF history, so I'll forgive it), he's not a reluctant or uncertain hero, he's just out to have some fun and do some good. That he would give up happiness to try to save his brother, even after all they'd fought over, was proof of his devotion and heroism. Come to it, the only hero I can think of off-hand who mirrors Zidane was Lion from FFXI. It's a shame she got so little screentime. I just know that he was a breath of fresh air after the brooding lords of VII and VIII. I really don't get how some people can dislike FFIX. The art style complaints are so weak-sauce (though if you ever see the original art for Queen Brahne, you'll ask yourself why they made her look like a clown in the actual game).

Square-Enix stopped being a games company and has opted to just be a franchise marketer. And a cut-rate movie studio (FFXIII basically being a 40-hour cutscene that requires use of an analog stick and X button). Of course they're going to do something like that.

imo, SE's decent started with FF10, while FF10 had a great battle system, it was just as much of a 'Hall way simulator' as 13 was, hell I'd say even worse at least in the last part of the game there was an open area in 13, FF10 was linear as hell from start to end.

Then FF12 came out, which actually WAS open, and then everyone crapped themselves over that, saying it was too easy to get lost ect, so you really can't blame SE for wanting to appeal to the casual idiots. Because when your game costs like 100+ million to make, they're going to appeal to casuals.

Maybe with FF15 they've finally come to a good middle ground with Casual actiony gameplay and Open ended RGP elements, but I'm not holding my breath.

It's why the video game industry becoming bloated like it is, is killing originality.

anyone get ffx/x-2 that wants to part w/ their FFXIII-3 DLC yuna garb? :) id like an NA code

Eh, one would win me over with the Rikku one. It's in al bhed, too nerdy to resist for me.