If even one of you gets a post removed during one of these bit struggle sessions you failed the bit and should feel immense shame. Doing a bit successfully is Praxis.

Find things to struggle about that doesn't get out of hand. It's important to let off some steam now and again but do it in a way that doesn't harm your fellow comrades or add work to the mod team.

I'll start: Some beans are better than other beans. Like kidney beans are bad nasty icky beans but black beans are actually amazing.

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[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My copy of X-2 is older than some Hexbears chad

[–] CrushKillDestroySwag@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I remember buying X-2 used back in the day and it would always crash after the opening FMV :(

Traded it back for Viewtiful Joe, a game which worked great for about a week before breaking completely.

Never bought a used game again after that.

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

I feel this in my bones deeper-sadness

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol remember disc resurfacers?

[–] CrushKillDestroySwag@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

You better believe I bought one and it didn't work, what a rip off.

[–] Venus@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried 3 times and never managed to get more than a couple hours into it. If Dark Souls 2 is like a fan-game that misses the point of the original, FFX-2 is like one of those bizarre total conversion mods that misses not only the point but also fundamentally fucks up the gameplay loop and is written by a 16 year old with a really sick fanfiction idea

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

FFX-2 is like one of those bizarre total conversion mods that misses not only the point but also fundamentally fucks up the gameplay loop and is written by a 16 year old with a really sick fanfiction idea

yes-chad

To me X and X-2 are a pair. The former is one of my favorite games, but you are on rails the whole time. At least with X-2 goofing off in the world is the point. Mechanically X-2's Job system delivers on the flexibility that X's sphere grid only promised. Existentially it was a fun way to explore After The End of a favorite game, or what does the protagonist do after they saved the world.

I also see part of X-2's "weirdness" as a coping mechanism for Yuna's loss in the first game, and the rest of everybody trying their best to distract or support her as she works through that.

I also deliberately ignore the "secret" ending in X-2 because that's like Reviving Aerith levels of heresy.