Sidequests & my blood pressure

December 23, 2007, 12:12 PM

I think, sidequest -wise this game irritated me more than ANYTHING. Like with the sigils and suchlike omg if I lost my temper once, I lost it a thousand times
My PS2 nearly got annhilated when I was attempting to dodge lightning/race chocobos & capture butterflies, my control pad got launched & bitten on more than one occassion I even screamed when I got to 175 lightning bolts & got struck
Admittedly, once I had FINALLY managed to complete the above I did the biggest victory dance round my room ever
I loved the monster capturing & battling in the arena - that kept me entertained for hours
Blitzball seriously bored me once I'd played if for like 30 odd hours & I never want to see another blitzball again
Then there are the Dark Aeons ....never again (& Im still only up to Dark Anima)

What where your experiences of them? Did they get you as riled as they got me? I mean I really love this game but I think my blood pressure must of been through the roof for the most part - no other fantasy has wound me up as much (nor gave me as much satisfaction mind)

December 23, 2007, 1:30 PM

Blitzball is a never ending sidequest. Once you complete a lot it gets too easy-too boring. I fall asleep playing that.

Dark Aeons are a pain in the ass. No other comment there.

December 23, 2007, 2:40 PM

I quite liked blitzball. But the al bhed primers were a waste of my time. the chocobo thing was hard and the monster capturers/ breeders baffled me to the max.

December 23, 2007, 2:46 PM

*found a Dark Aeon comment*
I thought that the Dark Aeon's were a good idea for the story but fighting them didn't have a reason. It was too much of a competition. I got really annoyed when I begged Yojimbo to do his Zanmato move.

December 23, 2007, 2:47 PM

Finding the sigils and crests was what bothered me the most, particulary Lulus sigil. The lightning mini game was horrible.

I didn't mind the Al Bhed primers though, I collected them as I went through the game, so I didn't have to backtrack to get them all

I never bothered with Blitzball either. I found it was a terrible minigame, and since I never used Wakka, there really was no point in it.

December 23, 2007, 3:07 PM

I enjoyed Blitzball for the first little bit until i started to win 8-0 everygame and it started to become a bore.

THe Sigils and Crest were the worst. I ended up only getting Tidus's and Yuna'a. Yuna''s was easy and Tidus's took me over 100 times to get it.. I got so chocked cause i had 0.8 seconds... and i needed 0.0.. I didnt even bother getting Lulu's cause all i heard was that it was to hard so i didnt bother xD

I ended up getting all the al bhed primers becasue i got them on the way (seeing as i had a strategy guide). I finally could understand what Brother was blabbing about

December 23, 2007, 3:16 PM

I must admit that FFX has some of the most challenging yet rewarding sidequests, in a way. Chocobo racing at first was a nightmare but then I started to like it. Same with all the other sigil sidequests. While blitzball isn't the best minigame it was still fairly enjoyable. Plus, powering up Wakka has it's rewards and now I'm the proud owner of the Mark of Conquest of the Moster Arena and 100% completion file in FFX.

December 23, 2007, 4:31 PM

I honestly enjoyed Blitzball and didn't find it boring at all. It can be a bit of a challenge, but so worth it.

Now, I must say that the whole dodging lightning part stressed me out a bit, especially when you're dodged so many consecutive lightnings, and poof, you get hit...

It's annoying.

December 23, 2007, 6:27 PM

the al bhed primers didn't really bother me as i've been sad anough to read al bhed as it is. i'm shit at writing it though.

The blizball was ok but the chocobo and thunder dodge mini game was fuckin frustrating. Bu i still ust managed it...i share your pain

Zanmato...legend. Greatest thing i've ever used