Logan Leonhart
Newcomer
...After reading this:
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Now, we've been given a look at FFX's Rikku in brand new skimpy attire. As for the third character, she's clearly visible in the new artwork, although her back is away from us. Looks like we'll have to wait until a future update for solid details. It does seem from the illustrations that FFX-2 will center on three female leads.
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Charlie´s Angels? Why, oh why!? A trio of girls with guns, an incredibly tired concept, is in FFX-2:sigh:
Why couldn´t Square add a male lead as well?
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To understand the roles of Yuna and Rikku in this new adventure, you have to be introduced to "Spheres" and "Sphere Hunters." Spheres are items located throughout Supira which contain visual and aural recordings of history. Sphere Hunters collect these spheres in order to pursue the true nature of Supira, which is just about all there is left to do in the world now that the threat of Sin is gone.
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Bah, this doesn´t sound exciting at all.
What about political tensions? War could have been a possibility...so much wasted potential...
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Other characters revealed include the four crew members of Yuna's Celsius air ship. Making a return from FFX are Aniki, Dachi (Aniki's childhood friend) and Master (the blue-skinned, yellow-eyed dude). A newbie joining the crew Shinra (a genius boy in the Albed family who knows much about the Spheres).
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Just a bunch of Al-Bhed dudes? Why did Rikku´s brother, of all people, has to be involved in all of this? Why not include other "races"? I was expecting a lot more from its cast of characters.
All of the above wasn´t as bad as this, though:
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Whereas previous entries in the series gave you access to the ship in the latter half of the game, it seems that with FFX-2 you'll have access to this ship from the start of the game and will be able to fly throughout the world. Two new systems related to the game's story have also been revealed: the Mission Select and Active Link systems. Together, these two seem completely do away with the linearity in the story telling from FFX. The Mission Select system sees you fly throughout the various areas of Supira at your discression and play out episodes (missions) of the story. In addition to being able to choose where to go next, the timing of your travels determine which episodes appear. The Active Link system refers to the way in which the story will change depending on which episodes you've played.
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A lame mission-based structure!? Why!? This seems to seriously get in the way of storytelling, which was exceptionately executed in FFX. Why not keep the ship available from the start to enable non-linearity, while offering a compelling, linear story? This just sucks, IMO.
I´m somewhat dissapointed after hearing all of these details. Please, please, Square, do not ruin this!
Here´s the link:
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/378/378367p1.html
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Now, we've been given a look at FFX's Rikku in brand new skimpy attire. As for the third character, she's clearly visible in the new artwork, although her back is away from us. Looks like we'll have to wait until a future update for solid details. It does seem from the illustrations that FFX-2 will center on three female leads.
----------------------------
Charlie´s Angels? Why, oh why!? A trio of girls with guns, an incredibly tired concept, is in FFX-2:sigh:
Why couldn´t Square add a male lead as well?
--------------------------
To understand the roles of Yuna and Rikku in this new adventure, you have to be introduced to "Spheres" and "Sphere Hunters." Spheres are items located throughout Supira which contain visual and aural recordings of history. Sphere Hunters collect these spheres in order to pursue the true nature of Supira, which is just about all there is left to do in the world now that the threat of Sin is gone.
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Bah, this doesn´t sound exciting at all.
What about political tensions? War could have been a possibility...so much wasted potential...---------------------------
Other characters revealed include the four crew members of Yuna's Celsius air ship. Making a return from FFX are Aniki, Dachi (Aniki's childhood friend) and Master (the blue-skinned, yellow-eyed dude). A newbie joining the crew Shinra (a genius boy in the Albed family who knows much about the Spheres).
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Just a bunch of Al-Bhed dudes? Why did Rikku´s brother, of all people, has to be involved in all of this? Why not include other "races"? I was expecting a lot more from its cast of characters.
All of the above wasn´t as bad as this, though:
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Whereas previous entries in the series gave you access to the ship in the latter half of the game, it seems that with FFX-2 you'll have access to this ship from the start of the game and will be able to fly throughout the world. Two new systems related to the game's story have also been revealed: the Mission Select and Active Link systems. Together, these two seem completely do away with the linearity in the story telling from FFX. The Mission Select system sees you fly throughout the various areas of Supira at your discression and play out episodes (missions) of the story. In addition to being able to choose where to go next, the timing of your travels determine which episodes appear. The Active Link system refers to the way in which the story will change depending on which episodes you've played.
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A lame mission-based structure!? Why!? This seems to seriously get in the way of storytelling, which was exceptionately executed in FFX. Why not keep the ship available from the start to enable non-linearity, while offering a compelling, linear story? This just sucks, IMO.
I´m somewhat dissapointed after hearing all of these details. Please, please, Square, do not ruin this!
Here´s the link:
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/378/378367p1.html
