Final Fantasy X-2

The story progresses extremely quickly if you just hit the hotspots in each chapter.  They are marked and once you finish the objectives you progress to the next chapter.

If you choose to venture in to the game\'s many different side quests you will spend hours completing the optional tasks...as a reward you will get some cool accessories, garment grids, or just interesting side developments in the story.  

I\'ve taken part in most of the side quests and I\'m right at the end with 45 hours.  I\'m just guessing without the side quests I could have finished it in around 20 hours.

I\'m pissed off right now because I really wanted to complete this one side quest but I can\'t since I missed a part of it in chapter one.

EDIT:  Just beat it, very nice:)

[sp]There are two points in the game where you can alter a scene with the press of the button X.  One is when Yuna falls in to the farplane.  When she is wandering around press the button X and you will hear whistling, keep pressing it and you will trigger an event.

The other point is at the end of the game.  When you see Yuna walking through the field of flowers in the farplane, press X and you will hear the whistle again and this will trigger the "good ending".  
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Eh so I compromised and went out and bought FF: anthology.  Not a bad bang for your buck.  20 dollars for FF V and VI

[Evi]

It\'s not the best FF game, but I\'m enjoying it. The battle system isn\'t hard at all, I don\'t know what the fuss is about. And like what was said before, you can slow down the ATB system until you learn everything. I have been playing the game for 20 hours and I still have no idea what the hell happened to Tidus, and I haven\'t come across as many CG cut-scenes as there were in FFX, which is pissing me off, but maybe they\'re saving them for a later time.

The game is reminds me of Charlie\'s Angels/Tomb Raider, and the game gets so incredibly cheesy at times that you only feel safe playing it if you\'re the only one in the room. The facial expressions a bit more detailed, especially with Rikku (who is more annoyingin this one).

And I agree with Ginko, Chapter 1 is almost unbearable. It gets better as you go through it. Overall, I\'m pretty damn excited to play this because I just wanna know what happened to Tidus, since the whole game is based around a sphere that Yuna found with someone that looks a hell of a lot like Tidus, and finding out if he is still alive or whatever, I get more confused as I play (I spoiled the first 2 seconds of the game for you...sorry).

^You will learn most of it by chapter 3.  

If you really want to know what happened with Tidus you have to...[sp]
Get 100% perfect ending.  Or just go to Gamefaqs.com and read the transcript there.

If you just achieve the regular ending you will not see Tidus.  If you get the good ending you will be extremely satisfied.  It\'s actually as easy as pressing a button during the regular ending...then answering a question.[/sp]


The story is less about Tidus, or Yuna for that matter.  It\'s based on the theme of love.  It\'s a great story:)

[Evi]

Originally posted by Ginko
^You will learn most of it by chapter 3.  

If you really want to know what happened with Tidus you have to...[sp]
Get 100% perfect ending.  Or just go to Gamefaqs.com and read the transcript there.

If you just achieve the regular ending you will not see Tidus.  If you get the good ending you will be extremely satisfied.  It\'s actually as easy as pressing a button during the regular ending...then answering a question.[/sp]


The story is less about Tidus, or Yuna for that matter.  It\'s based on the theme of love.  It\'s a great story:)

I figured as much...

Just to clarify...there are three endings.

Regular
Good
Perfect

You can get the regular and good endings without having to collect 100%.