FFX-2 Last Mission – Part 5: Hail Hydra

Summary: Difficulty ramps up as I push towards the top. I fight the final boss (a hydra) who kicks my ass. Stuck.

TW: large insects.

FFX-2 Last Mission – Part 4: Divergent Paths

Summary: Iutycyr Tower, floors 31-60. The challenges of reuniting with friends in a new context.

FFX-2 Last Mission – Part 3: Drop It

Summary: Climbing back up the tower. I get salty af on floor 15, eventually moving up through floor 30. Paine and Yuna fill in some blanks.

FFX-2 Last Mission – Part 2: Tabletop

Summary: Starting up the tower. Gullwings catch up. Stuck at floor 15.

FFX-2 Last Mission – Part 1: Encore

Summary: Gullwings reunion. Iutycyr Tower. Tutorial on the many new systems of “Last Mission.”

FFX-2 – Part 38: Showstopper

Last post of the week - and of the main FFX-2 game. Thank you SO MUCH everyone for reading and commenting

Summary: Some final thoughts on Final Fantasy X-2.

FFX-2 – Part 37: Acceptance

Summary: Road to the Farplane. Shuyin and Vegnagun. Yuna moves on. The end of Final Fantasy X-2.

FFX-2 – Part 36: Before the Plunge

Summary: Revisiting the New Cave of Thunder Plains. Wrapping up before jumping into the hole.

FFX-2 – Part 35: Turning it Around

Summary: Guadosalam’s renewal. More Crimson Squad background. Fiends in the Thunder Plains and the New Cave below.

FFX-2 – Part 34: Peaceful Battles

Summary: Friendly combat against all-comers on Mushroom Rock Road and the Al Bhed experiment in Djose Temple. Deathseeker Nooj.

FFX-2 – Part 33: Blitz…ball?

Summary: X-2’s take on blitzball. I have questions. Sphere Break. Mystery solved on the Mi’ihen Highroad.

FFX-2 – Part 32: Demon of the Desert

Summary: The final cactuar gatekeepers are assembled. Cactuar Hollow. Angra Mainyu.

FFX-2 – Part 31: Persistence of Memory

Summary: Finding Erio. Reunions in Kilika. The now-quiet Macalania Woods and Zanarkand Ruins.

FFX-2 – Part 30: Searching for Chiapa

Summary: Trouble in Cactuar Nation. Seeking the next cactuar gatekeeper. Ronso resolution on Gagazet. Kilika reunion. Monkey gathering.

FFX-2 – Part 29: The Next Generation

Summary: Stopped at Cloister 80 of Via Infinito. Besaid Island. Lulu’s and Wakka’s baby to be named later.

FFX-2 – Part 28: Via Infinito

Summary: The first 60 cloisters in the Via Infinito. Three maesters down. The most challenging session in my FFX-2 playthrough by far.

FFX-2 – Part 27: Elevator Operator

 Summary: Checking in with my chocobos and Tobli. Tying up loose ends and puzzles beneath Bevelle. Via Infinito. Ribbon and Dark Knight.

FFX-2 – Part 26: Two Voices

Summary: Yuna’s concert for world peace, with guest musical stylings of a thousand year- old dead summoner. I get a bit capslock heavy because it’s fucking incredible. New lead on the faction leaders.

FFX-2 – Part 25: Tobli on the Run

Summary: CommSphere cheks around Spira. Investigation on the Mi’ihen Highroad. Tobli outruns debt collectors.

FFX-2 – Part 24: Way Down in the Hole

Summary: Cleansing the fiends of Djose Temple. Yuna takes a dive. Shuyin and Lenne. Faction leaders united. Paine’s past. Chapter transition.

FFX-2 – Part 23: Exorcising Kilika

Summary: Cleansing the fiends within Kilika Temple, with a little help from Dona. Raising and dispatching chocobos.

FFX-2 – Part 22: Cactuars of Spira

Summary: Collecting five more cactuar gatekeepers from around the world. Some more spheres from the Leblanc Syndicate. New thoughts on Not!Tidus.

FFX-2 – Part 21: Besaid Hot n Cold

Summary: Valefor (maybe?) in the Besaid temple. Search Sphere around the island. Above the waterfall.

TW: brief mention of stalking

FFX-2 – Part 20: Science in the Sand

Summary: Clearing out Clasko’s new chocobo ranch. Exploring the Northern and Eastern expanses of the Bikanel Desert. Angra Mainyu. Testing the Alchemist.