Final Fantasy X-2

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Fighting evil takes back seat to challenges.
greenON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
yellowPAUSE: Know your child; some content
may not be right for some kids.
redOFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age.
not for kidsNOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age.

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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this game focuses more on tasks and stabilizing the world than on fighting evil. Because it's complex, it has many diversions and detours, and it may frustrate young players. Best for early teens.


What's it about?

FINAL FANTASY X-2 is based on three female characters, Yuna, Rikku, and Paine. The basic story line focuses on Yuna and her quest to find and reunite with her long-lost friends from the previous Final Fantasy game.

The makers of Final Fantasy X-2 incorporated a new battle strategy that offers countless opportunities for exploration and task-solving in Mini games, which potentially can add well over 40 or 50 hours of play time to the game.


Is it any good?

 

The story line is more focused on quests related to relationships and world-building, as opposed to encountering and conquering endless evil monsters. There is plenty of battle action, but the overall feel to this game is one of challenges and emotional depths rather than simply charging ahead into the fray.

Final Fantasy X-2 is more task-oriented than many role-playing games, including the previous games in this series. Fans of detailed story lines that have an overarching and complex theme will be disappointed with the reliance on mini-diversions, which may keep the player busy but don't necessarily add to the overall impact of the main story or the characters.


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What families can talk about

Families can talk about the game's focus on female characters. Is the feel much different from fantasy role-playing games focused on male characters? If so, how?


This review was written by Sarah Stockton
Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Teen, 17 years old
October 28, 2009
 
awsome video game
love it

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Parent of 15 year old
October 10, 2009
 
ok for 13+
love it

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Teen, 18 years old
August 25, 2009
 

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Parent of 9 and 16 year old
June 26, 2009
 
X-2 for teens and they must play
i love every final fantasy game!!!

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Teen, 17 years old
June 12, 2009
 
i likes final fantasy x-2 games
i think this games can make me happy because the player is girl yuna.i like her because she beautiful,cute,sexy and so on....i also like her friend is rikku and paine....that only from me....thank you.

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Teen, 16 years old
March 6, 2009
 
Great Game!
This would be a great game for early teens, this game can get really confusing and it may be to complicated to understand what their talking about sometimes.

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Parent of 13, 18, and 21 year old
January 5, 2009
 

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This review was written by Sarah Stockton
Platforms:PlayStation 2
Available online?Not available online
Genre:Role Playing
Developer:Square Enix
Release date:December 17, 2003
Price:$49.99
ESRB rating:T

This review was written by Sarah Stockton

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