that's the main difference, you have to unlock the possibility buy thos speheres that allow you to erase stat nodes and replace them with +4 stat nodes. In the normal sphere grid you'd pretty much only need this to face the Dark Aeons and Nemesis. Also iirc, in the expert sphere grid all the characters start of from around the same area, allowing you to customize your characters from the begining.

yeah i read that which was pretty neat that there wasnt like really a "set" guideline of the grid you had to follow, which i think would be cool. im playing it on ps2 emulator atm and im like 10 mins from actually getting the sphere grid

I personally enjoy more the normal one, but it doesn't affect you gameplay that much anyway

I love the ff remix music during the tutorial

How do you get to face the dark aeons? also how do you choose the expert grid?

never knew of either of these lol

would I have been able to beat the dark aeons? I remember multiple characters were like maxed out

only in the international version of it. i know i was pissed when i foudn out this and i had the US version for ps2, never got to experience it.

I have downloaded the intl' version of it now and it's sick, the sphere grid is basically the same but it's more open and not really a set path and the dark aeons and new bosses are fucking toughhh. I beat the game without getting any legendaries because i wanted a challenge but now ive gotta get them to beat the new bosses.

Do you need a Japanese ps2 to play the international version?

no

I played it on my PAL PS2

International ftw, Dark aeons, break hp and damage limit, right now trying to beat that god damn Shinra at sphere break in X-2 man it's so tedious.

This post was edited by paradoxlol on Apr 1 2012 06:50am

its easy bro ahaha

I will shit my pants if the HD remake doesn't include all the benefits of the international version.