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I still remember the first time I played this I was stuck on the beginning part for an entire month. For some reason I couldn't figure out how to get to the rebel in Fynn so I resorted to grinding in the neighboring area where the higher level monsters were so I could fight back against the imperials. It was only after defeating one that I realized you could walk around the wall to where the rebel is hiding.
If it makes you feel any better, the first time I played I made the mistake of going left first and put it down for like 10 years. Finally played the Dawn of Souls gba version recently... I really should have gone right the first time.
Your FF story explain vid are amazing, they are by far the best in terms of story and easy of following since some plots are convoluted. Any chance that you would cover 3, 5 amd the rest as well?
Having just watched the FF4 video i did get connections to this game with the Emperor feeling like the true final boss who mind controlled Leon ala Kain but my jaw fell when the lil kid actually turned out to be Kain himself. The climax of this story was truly amazing story telling. A massive leap from FF1. Also Guy speaking to a beaver is top 3 moments.
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I love watching these videos and hope you'll be going through the entire series. I couldn't help but notice you didn't go over the part where they fight the other side of the Emperor in heaven
@@nintentyr2355 Yeah, it's the Soul of Rebirth mode. The Emperor's 'Light Half' takes over heaven, and the deceased party members must kill him again. So you destroy his two halves simultaneously.
I would like to know more about Emperor Matheus's past. His megalomaniacal behavior and belief that absolute power is the only thing that keeps the world running can demonstrate some trauma related to a lack of control over events in his life and perhaps envy towards some people in his life. Now, his possible need to govern the three planes of existence, may reveal something extremely personal. Like, wanting to decide who lives and who dies. Who does he think is more worthy of living and who does he think deserves more punishment and who deserves eternal rest when he dies, revealing a feeling of injustice, hence he possibly divided his own soul by instead of mastering both spectral aspects of reality as one soul, because he wants total effectiveness in this selection process, that things happen in the way that he considers to be the perfect one, and that the universe that constantly tormented him approves. Another thing that I realized about the Emperor, is the reason for his belief that the human being is imperfect and evil to be absolute. He believes that the human being has lost love, because people like Leon preferred to value their ambitions over their loved ones, and although it benefited the Empire, as we saw through the "Emperor of Light" part, he is completely impartial regarding his judgment of the human race due to his eyes being constantly closed, so, whether we belonged to the Empire or the rebellion, in the end, we would be just another despicable and corrupt human, the difference is that belonging to the Empire, you would not be exterminated because you were needed as a soldier. He also believes that the human being has a weak and wrong sense of justice, because as we saw throughout the game, the heroes make an alliance with pirates, who are known for looting, slaughtering and enslaving people, and a thief, however who knows if the rebels hadn't other thieves at their service, these less moralists than Paul, when the heroes should refuse to negotiate with people who, without an enemy to face like the Empire, would be hurting, bribing, killing, blackmailing and corrupting morally people who were honest and respectful of the law, and that the only reason for them to work with the heroes is because the Empire is a common enemy.
His past had been explained In a Japanese novel, basically his father before him, sold his soul to the devil, and was said to be a evil man. This influenced the emperor as he grew older. Something like that, basically he didn't start out evil, but after certain events, he became a wicked man.
That novel isn't canon. It's fairly different from the events of the game. The second novelization is more faithful. As for the notion that the Emperor had a tragic past... you don't need trauma to manifest control issues. There's a strong genetic component to that. I get the impression that the Emperor's misanthropy arose from a combination of narcissism and simple observation--it isn't difficult to arrive at the conclusion that humanity is flawed. The Emperor's niche is the "pure evil megalomaniac." This characterization has followed him into every FF spinoff there is, including his latest appearance in Opera Omnia, where he's described as a "talking monster" that sees people only as tools to be used in his single-minded campaign to control all of existence. I wouldn't look for a sympathetic backstory here.
Thank you again for these videos! I never played this FF game, but I loved getting to learn about the story and see the gameplay. I really love how detailed your videos are; there's not many people that could make a 27 minute video about a game I've never played before and keep my attention the entire time, but your FF Complete Story videos are always all kinds of awesome!
There is one thing that bugs me about following the story of this game, and that's that they changed a lot of names from earlier versions to later ones. Most are pretty similar and it's obvious what it's supposed to be. Gus becoming Guy? Fine. Mindu becoming Minwu? It's still obvious who that is. Tell me though...how does the name "Gareth" become "Ricard"? That's just a completely new name. (I played the Origins version anyone who wants to know)
FF 2 is ym favorite FF, be cool if they did a remake of it in the style of FF 7 remake....also my favorite moment hands down is the Lamia Hilda reveal, was like "What the fuh!?" for sure :D
Hi Xygor im a new Subcriber and thanks to your Final Fantasy complete story vids. It has helped me a lot to appreciate the FF stories and history. Also it would be really be a thanks if you sre able to make a complete story on Final Fantasy 5 and 8. In the end thank you for all of your great content and time on making and resesrching on the videos and games. Have a great day now.
I got like 5 min into youre vid then I stopped realizing I haven’t finished this game and I rather play it then spoil it for myself lmao.. you’re so cool for uploading this FF is my backbone 🥰
I started Final Fantasy 2 but never finished it. I felt it did not feel like 1, or later titles. You review thou has intrigued me to try it again. Thank you
It's true. The experience system is way different. It was designed by the person who would go on to direct the Romancing SaGa games, which are good in their own right, but they certainly don't have the feel of many of the final fantasy games.
I always liked the story, revenge, rebellion, redemption. But the gameplay mechanics were horrendous, I think it was the worse FF game I've ever played. I had only played 1-7.
I really don’t know how I missed all these games growing up. I think Mostly because they were on playstation and I didn’t really play the PlayStation all too much. Really sucks I missed out on such a great franchise.
FF2 is such a good game. The codeword/keyword system is beautiful, the story is deep and human and people are flawed and scared and just kind. I'm positive if the leveling system would had been tweaked a bit more it would had been one of the best classic FF.
Thanks for the summary I tried playing the pixel remastered version and the random leveling up even with a 5x boos just wasn't happening after I played for nearly an hour and a half I was barely getting any level ups. Then someone told me it leveling system is semi random in theory using an item or spell should give you a level up but while the system works for many me with my bad luck after an hour and a half grinding and managed a meager 4 stat increases even with 5x boost to leveling rate. With my bad gaming luck it could take me 2.5 years of grinding to get half way and no game on earth is worth that. Uninstalled it from my account so fast and left a negative review. And NO it isn't like ES those are guaranteed XP boosts for using skills this is just one big RNG leveling up gambling simulator. It reminds me of why I rage quit garbage modern gaming. 1/10 worse FF by a mile even worse than 13 somehow. It's only redeeming factor would be its story which most wont be able to play and get due to having a variety of gaming luck.
Man...poor Leon. Has to walk everywhere and sees those 3 take off into the sky in a badass airship He going to be a villain again, probably introduce coal as an energy source
Did the previous final fantasy games originally use English names even in the Japanese language? If they did I think that’s a really cool artistic choice from the creator.
Haha exactly. Final Fantasy 1 it's "go fetch this stuff and kill anything that gets in your way, then kill the 4 Fiends and Chaos"....everything goes to plan. Here its "Go get some Wyverns and Dragoons to help.....whataya mean they're all dead?"🤣
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What was the most memorable part of Final Fantasy II to you?
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Is there a FF 3 complete story video?
When Josef or Minwu died. Josef was a HUGE shock but Minwu's hurt more.
Also the fact that Borghen says he'll see you in hell then actually does.
Oh yes truly the most important og final fantasy lore: guy speak beaver
Makes me wonder when Moogles were introduced
@@HenglishShogun I want to say it FF4
@@RigalicReign nope. FF3.
It s I can speak Beaver
@@snapsterlp4587 FF 3
There's a lot of "... and then he died" in this game.
Yes there is!
The Minwu death was probably the most random lol
Emperor Mateus getting killed and becomes the emperor of both heaven and hell. Very few antagonists become stronger in death to those levels.
Lol right. He goes from regular guy to Diablo Lord of Hell in seconds.
@@NoxLegend1
Not that his light side was any better...
I still remember the first time I played this I was stuck on the beginning part for an entire month. For some reason I couldn't figure out how to get to the rebel in Fynn so I resorted to grinding in the neighboring area where the higher level monsters were so I could fight back against the imperials. It was only after defeating one that I realized you could walk around the wall to where the rebel is hiding.
Rest of the game must have been a cake walk
My dude just steamrolled the rest of the game lol
Was the game this hard on the nes?
If it makes you feel any better, the first time I played I made the mistake of going left first and put it down for like 10 years. Finally played the Dawn of Souls gba version recently... I really should have gone right the first time.
@@pantherman8719from.what I hear, there were minimal.changes to the remakes.
I'm not very good at RPGs but always loved the stories of Final Fantasy. thanks for letting me into this world!
I’m sad you didn’t do the post game content. It’s actually really lore rich for FF2
Your FF story explain vid are amazing, they are by far the best in terms of story and easy of following since some plots are convoluted. Any chance that you would cover 3, 5 amd the rest as well?
Yes, 3 and 5 are high priority. They will be among my next videos after Suikoden.
Having just watched the FF4 video i did get connections to this game with the Emperor feeling like the true final boss who mind controlled Leon ala Kain but my jaw fell when the lil kid actually turned out to be Kain himself.
The climax of this story was truly amazing story telling. A massive leap from FF1. Also Guy speaking to a beaver is top 3 moments.
Hi all! I'm pleased to announce that the Final Fantasy II Complete Story Explained video has been completed, and is available exclusively to you, my channel members and Patreon supporters, for the next 3 days until it premiers on youtube on Friday night, 5/15. If you're interested in receiving this perk, please join within the next 3 days for advanced viewings!
Would love to see one for xenogears
Scott is such a strange name for a character in a Final Fantasy game 😆. It’s like Firion, Cloud, Squall, … and Scott
I love watching these videos and hope you'll be going through the entire series.
I couldn't help but notice you didn't go over the part where they fight the other side of the Emperor in heaven
Seriously?
@@NoxLegend1 what?
@@nintentyr2355 Yeah, it's the Soul of Rebirth mode. The Emperor's 'Light Half' takes over heaven, and the deceased party members must kill him again. So you destroy his two halves simultaneously.
I wish the Soul of Rebirth segment was included, its one of my favorite parts of FFII.
I would like to know more about Emperor Matheus's past. His megalomaniacal behavior and belief that absolute power is the only thing that keeps the world running can demonstrate some trauma related to a lack of control over events in his life and perhaps envy towards some people in his life.
Now, his possible need to govern the three planes of existence, may reveal something extremely personal. Like, wanting to decide who lives and who dies. Who does he think is more worthy of living and who does he think deserves more punishment and who deserves eternal rest when he dies, revealing a feeling of injustice, hence he possibly divided his own soul by instead of mastering both spectral aspects of reality as one soul, because he wants total effectiveness in this selection process, that things happen in the way that he considers to be the perfect one, and that the universe that constantly tormented him approves.
Another thing that I realized about the Emperor, is the reason for his belief that the human being is imperfect and evil to be absolute. He believes that the human being has lost love, because people like Leon preferred to value their ambitions over their loved ones, and although it benefited the Empire, as we saw through the "Emperor of Light" part, he is completely impartial regarding his judgment of the human race due to his eyes being constantly closed, so, whether we belonged to the Empire or the rebellion, in the end, we would be just another despicable and corrupt human, the difference is that belonging to the Empire, you would not be exterminated because you were needed as a soldier.
He also believes that the human being has a weak and wrong sense of justice, because as we saw throughout the game, the heroes make an alliance with pirates, who are known for looting, slaughtering and enslaving people, and a thief, however who knows if the rebels hadn't other thieves at their service, these less moralists than Paul, when the heroes should refuse to negotiate with people who, without an enemy to face like the Empire, would be hurting, bribing, killing, blackmailing and corrupting morally people who were honest and respectful of the law, and that the only reason for them to work with the heroes is because the Empire is a common enemy.
His past had been explained In a Japanese novel, basically his father before him, sold his soul to the devil, and was said to be a evil man. This influenced the emperor as he grew older. Something like that, basically he didn't start out evil, but after certain events, he became a wicked man.
That novel isn't canon. It's fairly different from the events of the game. The second novelization is more faithful. As for the notion that the Emperor had a tragic past... you don't need trauma to manifest control issues. There's a strong genetic component to that.
I get the impression that the Emperor's misanthropy arose from a combination of narcissism and simple observation--it isn't difficult to arrive at the conclusion that humanity is flawed.
The Emperor's niche is the "pure evil megalomaniac." This characterization has followed him into every FF spinoff there is, including his latest appearance in Opera Omnia, where he's described as a "talking monster" that sees people only as tools to be used in his single-minded campaign to control all of existence. I wouldn't look for a sympathetic backstory here.
yes xygor you sick made member .. this is going to earn you alot of cred in the ff community
Final Fantasy II was huge leap in terms of storytelling. My first in the series title from "the great ones".
They should remake more final fantasy games. Id play this as a remake.
I think what he is showing is the current remake
@@NoxLegend1 I think Morris means in the same way as FF7 Remake.
You should explain the story of FF5!
love ff5 just got a bit pissed off at the steam version for some reason it doesn't have cloud saving and reinstalled the pc so lost the saves
@@djstona5284 Drats ! Always take backups, you.
@@bastardferret869 it's easier for backups on emulator steams a bit different but the cloud works for it now
Thank you again for these videos! I never played this FF game, but I loved getting to learn about the story and see the gameplay. I really love how detailed your videos are; there's not many people that could make a 27 minute video about a game I've never played before and keep my attention the entire time, but your FF Complete Story videos are always all kinds of awesome!
There is one thing that bugs me about following the story of this game, and that's that they changed a lot of names from earlier versions to later ones. Most are pretty similar and it's obvious what it's supposed to be. Gus becoming Guy? Fine. Mindu becoming Minwu? It's still obvious who that is. Tell me though...how does the name "Gareth" become "Ricard"? That's just a completely new name. (I played the Origins version anyone who wants to know)
Wow this video is really well put together and you explain it in a slow and great way and also that you use the PSP version is excellent. well done 😉
Love your work! Please keep it up. Looking forward to more videos on the other games in the series.
FF 2 is ym favorite FF, be cool if they did a remake of it in the style of FF 7 remake....also my favorite moment hands down is the Lamia Hilda reveal, was like "What the fuh!?" for sure :D
Also my favorite
They need to do a remake of each Final Fantasy from 1-8
@@blair5475 Why not include 9?
@@J01789 sure
Tnx men ff2 was the reason I fall in love with the final fantasy series.
The stories and game mechanics in each game is extraordinary.
Looking forward to it man ur videos are dope
Thank you! I can't wait to premier it.
Hi Xygor im a new Subcriber and thanks to your Final Fantasy complete story vids. It has helped me a lot to appreciate the FF stories and history. Also it would be really be a thanks if you sre able to make a complete story on Final Fantasy 5 and 8.
In the end thank you for all of your great content and time on making and resesrching on the videos and games. Have a great day now.
FF5 will be one of my next! Thanks
No Soul of Rebirth storyline? Seems a bit incomplete if you're not going to talk about what ended up happening to Winwu, Josef, Scott and Ricard.
Such an incredible story.
Awesome work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@Xygor You're welcome.
I love the Final Fantasy series.
Awesome! Can we expect a Final Fantasy X Complete Story Explained soon?
I don't know about soon, but plan to do it eventually
did you know theres technically an ff x part 3 ... its the conversations with tidus and yuna basically braking up supplied as a bonus with x/x2 hd
That would be an undertaking. Especially covering the ending and what actually happened which youtube recaps
Never really cover.
Leila was my favorite of the fourth slot characters. It was with her that I grinded and didn’t have another challenge until the final boss
Great video. Honestly, I like it more than playing through myself as I did not enjoy the gameplay for this game in the series.
Will there be a complete story to Final Fantasy Tactics? I enjoy your previous complete stories of the final fantasy series
Likely in the future.
@@Xygor nice! I subbed after watching your final fantasy iv (2 in US) story, great content! 👍
I got like 5 min into youre vid then I stopped realizing I haven’t finished this game and I rather play it then spoil it for myself lmao.. you’re so cool for uploading this FF is my backbone 🥰
One of the greatest games ever
Hello, thanks for all the hard work.
Is all the music in this video from FF2?
The one playing at the 6:40 mark is really good!
Love how part of the story is in FF IX when getting Ramuh.
Xygor succinctly summarizes the complete story of Final Fantasy II, but soon dies and fades away.
That "die and fade away" should be a meme if it were popular nowadays.
Great video! Nostalgia
this gameplay is from what version of the game?
This was a excellent review! I really loved Final Fantasy 2. Kane if anyone doesn't know returns in Final Fantasy 4 as the Dragoon with Cecil!
FOR ALL WHO DONT KNOW: JOSEPH STORY IN THIS GAME IS THE STORY TOLD BY RAMUH IN FINAL FANTASY 9
Lord of arms?
Fervid blazer?
Votex of arms?
Weaponmaster?
Crown of arms?
Wild rose?
Double trouble?
I would love a re-release of Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III from the PSP on PS4 with trophies.
I started Final Fantasy 2 but never finished it.
I felt it did not feel like 1, or later titles.
You review thou has intrigued me to try it again.
Thank you
It really wasn’t that great your almost better off just watching this.
It's true. The experience system is way different. It was designed by the person who would go on to direct the Romancing SaGa games, which are good in their own right, but they certainly don't have the feel of many of the final fantasy games.
Are the Final Fantasy games supposed to all be on the same world? And are they also in a time order?
Thanks.
I always liked the story, revenge, rebellion, redemption. But the gameplay mechanics were horrendous, I think it was the worse FF game I've ever played. I had only played 1-7.
Fair critiques!
Beeeeeyooootiful!! Love these vids.
I really don’t know how I missed all these games growing up. I think Mostly because they were on playstation and I didn’t really play the PlayStation all too much. Really sucks I missed out on such a great franchise.
so I've been playing dffoo and got minwu there, why does minwu know how to use the ultima on dissidia if he died before acquiring it?
So Ricard pledges to train Kain to be a powerful Dragoon. Is this the SAME Kain from FF IV?
FF2 is such a good game. The codeword/keyword system is beautiful, the story is deep and human and people are flawed and scared and just kind. I'm positive if the leveling system would had been tweaked a bit more it would had been one of the best classic FF.
What version of the game are you using? All of your story explained on FF games looks so good compared to what I'm playing (Pixel Remaster)
PSP version
@@Xygor Ahh, I sadly don't own them
YESSS!!!! FF2 IS SO WRONGLY HATED AND UNDERRATED
Awesome as always!
There's also the part where the party members who died fight the emperor in heaven
Another great video! Can’t wait to see the next one. I’m still confused how FF7 remake ended...maybe a video for the dummies like me???
Honestly, "Guy speaks Beaver" ... There are better moments imo, but none that i remember more clearly than that!
I beat FF2 Remaster. Took forever to grind L16 Ultima lol. One shot almost all encounters.
So what the point of ultima?? Like u try so hard to obtain it just to leave it unused
What system is this game on, this is not the final fantasy 2 that I'm aware of on the SNES.
This is the PSP version. This game didn’t come out in North America until many years after its original release.
Plus Final fantasy 2 for SNES is final fantasy 4
Actually a decent game. Not the best progression system but the story is pretty good, as is the soundtrack.
Fine story, but play style, mostly the weapon system stinks. Lack the 4 Fiend dynamic which made 1 work.
Xygor when is more content comming out?
Damn so nostalgic
Thanks for the summary I tried playing the pixel remastered version and the random leveling up even with a 5x boos just wasn't happening after I played for nearly an hour and a half I was barely getting any level ups. Then someone told me it leveling system is semi random in theory using an item or spell should give you a level up but while the system works for many me with my bad luck after an hour and a half grinding and managed a meager 4 stat increases even with 5x boost to leveling rate. With my bad gaming luck it could take me 2.5 years of grinding to get half way and no game on earth is worth that. Uninstalled it from my account so fast and left a negative review. And NO it isn't like ES those are guaranteed XP boosts for using skills this is just one big RNG leveling up gambling simulator. It reminds me of why I rage quit garbage modern gaming. 1/10 worse FF by a mile even worse than 13 somehow. It's only redeeming factor would be its story which most wont be able to play and get due to having a variety of gaming luck.
Graphics is really good for the time.
Ah, yes, that's just how I remembered starwars.
Man...poor Leon.
Has to walk everywhere and sees those 3 take off into the sky in a badass airship
He going to be a villain again, probably introduce coal as an energy source
Did the previous final fantasy games originally use English names even in the Japanese language? If they did I think that’s a really cool artistic choice from the creator.
I'm so fucking tired of the myth that Final Fantasy was the last effort of a dieing company. ffs
Id say that was ffx
Pretty sure both Nobuo Uematsu and Hironobu Sakaguchi have said it was though
This game is just brutality metal from start to finish
We need a remake for this
😢its like the og of all rpg android games
You know they ran out of name ideas when one of their characters name is guy
He was originally called Gus i think
Gordan dissappeared when he was needed, resulting in the death of Josef.
Good video all of these help me sleep at night lol joking man take care bro Keross out
Will you do a Final Fantasy III story explained?
Yes, I eventually will
This Game Was Released in '88 But I Played This Game on The Nes Emulator The Music in FF 2 is Pleasant to Listen but The Gameplay Was Uninteresting.
I grew to know these characters through FFDOO. Very interesting storyline. I actually really like the Emperor. I know, Bad bad!
i find it odd how many people die in FF2
Leila: want to become my nakama?
So many death and I never pay attention to it
Ah, Final Fantasy II. 1988's Persona 5.
I dont get it
Me either
Hah i had to play this years ago on a rom. was translated to!
I like the PS/PSP era remasters of these games. The pixel remasters are... ok. Good, but not great.
When you think about it, FF2 set the trend for the heroes to spend most of the story failing.
Haha exactly. Final Fantasy 1 it's "go fetch this stuff and kill anything that gets in your way, then kill the 4 Fiends and Chaos"....everything goes to plan.
Here its "Go get some Wyverns and Dragoons to help.....whataya mean they're all dead?"🤣
No final fantasy 3 story video
I just wish this game had a better system to level up the characters....
Then your dead party members travel through raqkia where they find the light half of the Emperor wich became lord of aruboth.
this didn't seem so bad. Why is FF2 the most hated of the series?
Also, which platform and edition is this footage from?
It's primarily hated for Its really annoying leveling system.
The footage is from the PSP remaster, I believe.
God! Why did so many people die in this game?!
They were going for a really dark tone in this game.
@@wilfredynunez5263 FF 6 is way darker than this
This game basically has the same plot of Star Wars.
HYPEEEEEEEEEE
Are you ready for this?
Where the final fantasy 3 story explained?
Just watching these in case FF16 is related to any of these. Probably not tho
Everyone dies in this game lol...
Yeah, no shortage of death here!
adamantoise...
How come bobody is talking about how similar a lot of the plot points are, to Star Wars.
Because FFXII gets that luxury
please do ff3