User blog comment:Godisme/The Golden Plains/@comment-3075024-20130628184521/@comment-1393830-20130629171445

I dont think X-2 is as bad as everyone says. Its major problem was that it had identity issues. It couldnt decide if it wanted to be a fun little cooldown from FFX in which you dance and race, or if it wanted to be serious and explore a topic that was only lightly touched on in FFX but was very important to the story. I think if they just focused on the rebuilding of Spira and exploring how the Machina war got started wit Shuyin and Len, it would have been a fantastic game, but the minigames and the random inserted comedic moments ruined the game for many people. Many did not like the dress spheres but I thought it was innovative and the combat system was very good. The Via Infinito was also a really cool concept but it should have been shorter as the floor designs got stale and I found myself just running past the floor bosses to get to every 20th floor. I played that game until I got 100% complete and I will say that it had a lot of potential but fell short due to not knowing what it wanted to do