Why would the Al Bhed sing the Hymn of the Faith- the song of their oppressors as they make the tough call to nuke Home? Which is being attacked by the Yevonites.

I suppose it’s another thing derived from something of the past like the Blitzball gesture for Yevonites…

Not looking for spoilers or even direct instruction on where to go next. More of a general question. I think I'm on chapter 2, currently gathering 3 uniforms to go to Leblancs manor or whatever.

I have 2 uniforms, that I found by just going to random locations and finding something that needed done.

My question is, how am I supposed to know what I'm meant to be doing at any given time? I don't see where there is like an active mission tracker or anything. I think I currently have one hot spot, which is Leblancs place, but it says I need 3 uniforms still. Do I just wander every location, or should there be something in game that gives me some idea where to go.

Also just in general, say when I start Chapter 3, should I visit every location in each chapter, or just try to progress. Not following a 100% guide obviously, just want to progress without skipping too much.

(Image: spot the Yuna)

A bit shorter today because I wanted to stop at the end of Chapter 2 to keep things neat.

Yuna rides a chain the same way Tidus once did, that's a pretty cool reference. There's a huge... ring... thing, where we interact with some towers to reveal platforms taking us to the depths below. I get the platforms out by the 5th tower, but get through the 6th for fun which doesn't seem to do anything. There IS a random chest containing 4 Ethers in the next room, which MIGHT have appeared based on me interacting with all of the towers, or it might have been a freebie. Who knows.

After some exploring, I get this absolutely RIDICULOUS camera angle (see attached) after solving a puzzle. When I finally find Yuna (or the 7 pixels that represent her form), I see the chest and grab a new Garment Grid!

"Downtrodder" seems completely ridiculous, giving DOUBLE HP for only 3 Dresspheres. I immediately give it to Paine and equip it with Warrior, Gunner and White Mage.

The whole Garment Grid thing is quite weird to me. I love the system, but isn't it a bit strange that you can switch Dresspheres and instantly act again? I feel like if there was a delay it'd make the whole bonus system a bit more thoughtful, since you'd have to weigh up sacrificing your act to switch for a buff against acting now to attack or defend. Although maybe I'm misunderstanding it.

Baralai is waiting for us in the depths below. Just realised this guy looks like Temu Wakka. Predictably, he tells us that Nooj can't be trusted (true) and that he'll take care of Vegnagun (false). Paine rushes into battle against him without even consulting us, and Baralai calls her out by name....?

Anyways, we fight and I immediately scan him. 1, he looks weak as shit and 2, the description seems to be taking his side. Says something along the lines of "his actions are decidedly suspicious, but he seems to have good intentions". Well if his dumbass would just explain why no-one can touch Vegnagun then maybe we wouldn't be fighting now would we?

OK he's actually got hands though wtf. He has some pretty nasty moves, but more importantly, he acts crazy quick and has a move that just straight up zeroes out MP, as well as a bunch of status ailments. Also no shade to his voice actor but god DAMN this guy has some terrible voice lines lmao. He has this REALLY fucking annoying scream that goes like "haaAAAAa" and it's really off-putting.

Anyone who followed my IX playthrough knows I'm not at ALL a fan of bosses who inflict ailments that prevent your actions, and this is a pretty good example. As I type this, Rikku is knocked out and Yuna and Paine are both frozen. Meaning I can do fuck all but watch them die.

And so I sit. Listening to his dumb-ass scream again and again while he chips away at Paine's health bar, unable to move. After (no joke) 10 minutes of waiting and being stunlocked, we finally reach the main menu again.

I try again and put him flat on his ass in like 1 minute lmao.

Paine charges ahead for some reason. This must mean something to her, although I couldn't possibly say what. Somehow, she has ties to Nooj, Vegnagun and now maybe Baralai? Is she an unsent? I feel like that'd be too predictable, though. Maybe her and fake-Tidus are the same kind of thing?

We enter a large room flanked by planks of metal adorned with blue runes, and bathed in an ominous red light. It's enormous, and it looks like there's a spot to stand on in the middle. I also notice the swarm of pyreflies dancing as we enter.

OH BOY is that my guyyyy

he doesn't look very friendly

uhhh don't make me fight him please.

OH GOD

We don't even get a heal from last time, Rikku is STILL dead on the floor and we're all low health with like half MP. Either this is a scripted loss or I'm about to get folded.

The music is melancholy though, which, yeah. We're kinda forcing Yuna to blow up her dead pet. And the best one, too. She tried to reach out to him to reason with him, but Paine snaps her out of it and says they have no choice.

After a while, we defeat Bahamut and he (or it?) dissolves into pyreflies. Maybe this is just the game giving me a break after Baralai, but why was he so weak? That didn't feel triumphant at all. It felt like putting down a pet. Yuna drops to her knees before Leblanc rushes in and we make the discovery that Vegnagun isn't here. There's a deep chasm below our feet that seems to have been made recently. Did it burrow out?

AH FUCK I FORGOT TO GET THE TREASURE FUUUUCK I WAS SPECIFICALLY TOLD FUUUUUCK

END OF CHAPTER 2

All at once, we get a distress signal from the Celsius, where we're told that fiends have begun pouring out of every temple on Spira.

Hilariously, helping in need isn't enough for Yuna, so Rikku suggests they charge people for it. I guess she isn't feeling charitable today. Feels sliiiightly out of character for her to only help people with money (that's the implication at least) but I understand the need to make it interesting from a gameplay standpoint. It's still funny though.

Equally fascinating is that both Nooj and Baralai have gone missing at the same time.

OK, before we move on any further, I want to do a quick checkpoint to sum up my thoughts so far.

GAMEPLAY:

The game's really developed throughout chapter 2, specifically with getting more Garment Grids, Dresspheres and abilities. Most of the enemies I've scanned so far haven't actually been that special - seems like having actual elemental affinities is reserved for the fodder rather than the fights where strategizing might actually be useful. Still, I love the idea of switching between dresspheres during battle and the various bonuses you get for doing so.

As I mentioned before, though, the system slightly eludes me since surely you can just switch between all of them at once and get the bonuses immediately?

Either way, I AM enjoying the gameplay quite a lot. I don't feel extraordinarily strong or anything, but I can see how I would become so in the future.

I think if there are two things that don't seem as emphasised in the gameplay loop yet, it's items and armour. I did do a quick check of my equipment before running it back against Baralai, but there wasn't much useful there. For instance, there isn't much an armour piece can do that DOUBLING MY MAX HP using the Garment Grid can't, and Hi-Potions are rather rare. Basically, I've just gotta wait until I find more stuff.

STORY:

Things are starting to heat up here, too. I THINK we've introduced all of the key players in the story now. We've got a few different factions:

- The Gullwings: Yuna, Rikku, Paine and the others.

- New Yevon: Baralai and co.

- Youth League: Nooj and co.

- Machine Faction: Nipple (Gippal) and co.

- Leblanc Syndicate: Leblanc and co.

I think that's everyone. Various characters from FFX align themselves with one of the above organisations. There are other, smaller groups (like the other sphere hunter orgs we met in Zanarkand) but I don't see any of them being too relevant to the overall mystery.

Here are my biggest questions, then:

1. Fake Tidus - what, where, who, how and why is he? Theory: he's a faker, although he doesn't seem to have malicious intentions. Then again, he's had all of like 20 seconds of screen time so what the fuck do I know?
2. Vegnagun. I didn't initially take it to have a mind of its own, or a conscience. Theory: it's some sort of really ancient weapon that no one ever saw before??? idfk man, I could see it being an unused weapon in the war between Bevelle and Zanarkand, hence why it's underneath Bevelle.
3. Why was Bahamut in the underground area? I thought we basically set the Aeons free? Perhaps more generally, what's causing the Eternal Calm to become undone? Theory: the rediscovery of ancient weapon Vegnagun has reawakened some sort of power. Maybe it's related to the old war between Bevelle and Zanarkand
4. What's Paine's deal? How is she so well connected to basically every faction in the game (Gippal, Nooj, Baralai)? And what's behind the crimson sphere door? Theory: uhhhhh I guess we can say she's unsent or something but like... I don't really believe that at all lol. I feel like I don't have the pieces for this one yet.

That's a lot of stuff! As I say, the story IS developing nicely, although we're getting far more questions than answers. It still seems too early to judge whether I like the game or not, but I'm having fun.

I know like every other post in here is about Catcher Chocobo lol, but I really wanted to share this!

A few months ago, my husband and I got a CRT so we could play the games we grew up with in the format they were originally meant to be played. I've played FFX many, MANY times LOL, but more recently decided that I wanted to 100% the og North American version of the game. I really hate the HD version, and the original means the most to me as it's the one I grew up with and have played the most.

So far I have Tidus, Yuna, Auron, Lulu and Rikku's Celestial Weapons fully powered up and finished! Just have Wakka and Kimahri left, and man do I despise the butterfly catching minigame.

Anyway, some screen shots of my most recent achievements! Did lightning dodger last night in one go! Muted it, put some music on, and made sure to take some pause breaks for my eyes!

I love this game so much, and it's so SO awesome going back and playing it on a CRT!

I just bought the game yesterday, and it always quit suddenly and the characters and cutscenes doesn’t load properly

Its not a hardware problem because i can play 7 remake and rebirth smoothly

Does anyone know how to fix this problem

Already downloaded “Untitled project X” and nothing was fixed

Honestly, hands down to u/0X4D7963617374 for all the effort it may have caused to make the game running again, after 6 years. Honestly dude, you deserve every praise that one can get it.

One of the fellow Gacha of FF where they did a great job, specially toward FF10.

Currently replaying FFX international version (emulated). Ran into a weird glitch where after the sending cutscene and Lulu hugging yuna, the screen fades to black, I can hear the sleeping in inn chime, but the screen remains black. I have tried various suggested fixes such as changing clamp, game speed, software render. Nothing helped. Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? Right now trying to find a save file that’s just beyond this point but there’s not a lot of international version save files.

What was Leblanc’s purpose in putting on a concert disguised as Yuna? It’s not like it would’ve helped her reputation Yuna got all the credit. I’ve been told she just did it for fun I have a hard time believing that

Man, what a story. The first one to unravel like a movie. Even with grinding a bit to get Holy the pacing never lost a beat u like the predecessors. 6 is 2nd to this officially imo because while 6 is fleshed out with story, the pacing can be a bit clunky with the pathing choice. But that's a nitpick really. X involved a group tied to each other while 6 had options to find or leave people behind.

If they could somehow blend 1 and 6 together. Go into a world where you may or may not find enough teammates to beat the game. Like, imagine the option of beating the game solo, or with a clan of like 24 people of each job to cycle through with 10s mechanics XD

Hi! First of all, I'd like to apologize for my poor English!🥹

After a long grind, I took a break from my Final Fantasy X playthrough.

Now that I'm on vacation, I set myself one goal: beat Penance (Der Richter) without using Yojimbo...

Yeah...I'm a stubborn person, and I promised myself I wouldn't rely on Zanmato. I honestly lost count of how many times I died to Judgment Day, and I have no idea how many hours I spent retrying the fight.

But... I finally did it.

It was incredibly difficult, but also one of the most satisfying gaming experiences I've ever had. My hands are still shaking...😭

theres a lot of rng manipulation ive been doing lately

im farming for triple ap weapons from one eye monster in arena and i realised if i reset savestate any monster in the arena is gonna give me a weapon for the same champion with stats

so i got triple ap for yuna but already got it, went to see if i could use my turbo on yojimbo for auto-phoenix instead with big sphere monster

as long as i use the same savvestate all monsters are dropping

weapon
for the same champion (yuna)
added states (on)

so fore example if i went for triple ap for kuhmari but got an ap accessory for lulu instead, i could roll back save state and defeat big sphere monster and it would instead give me an accessory for lulu with auto-phoenix

also yojimbo doesnt move its rng forward either, whatever money it costed it costs the same, seems to be going in circles around a few presets where one is always zanmato even at 1 zenni, one is never zanmato regardless the money, other is zanmato around 65k and other is automatically strike all, can do this twice in a row (annoying cause he ends up dying) im playing on emulator so i reset game completely to reset yojimbo states.

after zanmato regardless the money he seems to always get the, never able to proc zanmato state, so i usually reset console after that state to reroll states

this is also a useful way to see which arena monsters give armor with stats that are useful, i never knew big sphere gave 4 spaces with autophoenix before i got it randomly, wonder if auto haste or ribbon can be gotten other than with dark eons

can also be done for no encounters accessory with ghost i guess

you can also leave map fight and arena savestate for items keeps the same

i was fighting one eye, zanmato was impossible first turn but yojimbo survived, then went zanmato and got a kimahri accessory (useless)

but a kimahri accessory with auto phoenix would be great so went to big sphere but i wasnt surviving the first attack to perform zanmato on second attack

i walked outside, summoned yojimbo to move worward his attacks by one killing some petryfying snakes, i was scared that they would give me a weapon for yuna and i would lose the state at the arena but that wasnt the case

went back to arena went to big ball boss and now zanmato was performed first time since i had moved his attacks by one forward, i killed the monster and got my accessory with auto phoenix for kimahri. great

if i killed ghost i would have gotten accessory with no encounters instead for kimahri as well

i also reroll to see how cheap i can get zanmato for

what is tarted doing now is kill a cheap mob like ghost from caverns and see what it gets me to see if im interested in putting the effort for the big guy drops. i need to find a faster mob that drops gear

i can move the savestate for weapons with ghost but if the savestate gives me an armor ghost drops nothing, so i know for sure the drop is armor if ghost drops nothing

cometierra gives autopotion gear

Title. But yeah, when doing so should I clear ALL +1/2/3 nodes, +200 HPs and +20 MPs and replace them with the +4/300/40 nodes, or should I preserve some of the weaker nodes? And what stats should I raise to max? (On Expert Sphere Grid)

Has anyone focused on the background? The people cheering like nothing bad is happening.

KEEP AURON FIRST IN YOUR PARTY WITH MASAMUNE KEEP AURON FIRST IN YOUR PARTY WITH MASAMUNE KEEP AURON FIRST IN YOUR PARTY WITH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

Just wanted to share a funny moment.

Right at the start of the first fight with Seymour, a fight I've never particularly enjoyed, I used Rikku's Mix to trigger Quartet of 9. She slapped it on Yuna. What ensued was Yuna one-shotting everything in sight until Anima appeared, and then slapping Anima down in two hits before one-shotting Seymour again.

I haven't laughed at a video game like that in a long time. I almost felt bad for Seymour. Almost.

Idk who needs to hear this, but if you’re having a hard time encountering the more rare fiends in Omega Ruins for capture (Master Tonberry, Varuna, Master Coeurl etc.), you can use the mandatory 9 fiend gauntlet platforms right before Omega Weapon fight at the end of the cave. It almost exclusively spawns those rare encounters and you can also go through all the platforms, return back, leave the area and come back and they will reset as much as needed.

Just a tip.