There has been no official indication by Square Enix that this requirement has been added, and those trying to work with support to get their game to work have indicated that support staff are unaware of any new online tethering that had been added to the game, suggesting it is possible that it is a mistaken addition to the game. FINAL FANTASY X-2 returns to the world of Spira two years after the. What should be noted is that the idea of the online requirement being added was indicated by some users as early as March 8th, 2019, but only has recently resulted in a review bombing of the title due to the seemingly unreported requirement. FINAL FANTASY X tells the story of a star blitzball player, Tidus, who journeys with a young and beautiful summoner named Yuna on her quest to save the world of Spira from an endless cycle of destruction wrought by the colossal menace Sin. This was functionality that was working at one time, even in the early stages of the game's release. I bought it and completed it again, now, finally on PC after 13 years. This occurs 3 years after the original release of the game on May 12th, 2016. Final FantasyX tells the story of a star blitzball player, Tidus, who journeys. If the game is already launched and you go lose internet, you seem to be fine with the game continuing to run.Ī patch that occurred on March 7th, 2019 has seemingly brought some unreported functionality, despite the patch notes only indicating that minor bugs were fixed. Members of TechRaptor staff have tested the claims of the online requirement and found that the game does fail to launch from the games provided launcher if you are not connected online when you launch the game.
Specifically, the game will not launch from the launcher provided by Square Enix in order to start the game when in an offline mode.
It's rare that you see an online requirement being added to a product several years after release, but a variety of Steam users are up in arms after an update to Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster has left the game unplayable unless you are online at the time.