Where to begin. The music, the combat, the story... Everything is downgraded so far and it appears you need a guide to get the true ending. My goodness, I just, can't. I can say anything I like about Final Fantasy X but X-2 massacred what would have been a perfect ending. And it's also too damned easy.

It's a decent game, a competent Final Fantasy game, but a horrible Final Fantasy X sequel. Just don't start on it, unless you want a game where even the enemies are ashamed of. 4/10.

Going from turn based to ATB between this and FFX did give my brain a bit of the nope factor but that was cancelled out by the unexpected campness and slay that was the opening scene alone!

While I didn't vibe with the ATB system (and that's not specific to this game for me) I did eventually start to get the hang of it, even if not using combos to their fullest in interests of not breaking my brain! The story is fun, the characters amused me, a serious FF game this is not but a good one nonetheless!

EDIT 2026 Actually got back to this again and played for a good few hours more, but eventually ran into being way too underleveled to manage a boss, losing hours in the process of reloading my file... Maybe I'll get back to this in a couple of years again.

Platform: SWITCH

Language: French/English VOD

Finish Status: Not For Me (DNF)

Playtime: 4h

Really tried my best to once and for all finish this game, but I realize it's gonna take me years to do it. I'm 4 hours in and already stuck. I haven't leveled up my guys, I suck, I have no strats. Honestly, I vividly remember getting pretty far into this game as a kid...

But as a kid I had more time, and would happily grind away. These days that's not the same case. I do kind of want to see where it goes. For FFX enjoyers it's simply a must play. It's incredibly nostalgic to replay. The music bops. The combat is fun, I enjoy the dresspheres and the level up system. It's just not for me right now, maybe at some point in the future it will be, but not right now.

Final Fantasy X-2 is a frustrating slog that is only partially saved by the combat. Each chapter feels like a bullet-point checklist, where you have to pick a different area from a list and find missions to complete. Unfortunately, most of these missions are fetch quests or poorly designed mini-games. The combat has the potential to be good, but it is hindered by the slow dress-changing mechanic. Furthermore, the combat becomes unbalanced later on when you level up Yuna's special dress sphere, making her invincible in battles. This strategy makes the final boss trivial. All of this is done for a story that awkwardly forces Yuna to sing and dance, and for the antagonist to resemble Tidus.

I cannot recommend this game, but it is fascinating and worth playing to experience the peculiar sequel to one of the best Final Fantasy games.

This game has a very playful j-pop vibe and colorful aesthetics in comparison to its predecessor, which I did not mind at all. What really impressed me was the character designs with all the different battle styles. It was a cool combat system in the overall final fantasy series, I did not 100% love it, but it was sure fun to mix and match. Outside of battle, the game was extremely limited, which was a huge negative. Everything felt small and like you were revisiting the same locations you know from the original, a shame. Storywise I liked the three protagonists enough to stay sort of invested. Yuna especially had a lot of time to shine and show off, the other two could have used more character development, but it is what it is. All in all, this is definitely a cheesy action game with cool-looking characters and a solid battle system, but there is not much more to it other than that.