Wow, this topic has somehow managed to get me hating FFX. Just like those FFVII fanboy threads.

When in reality, I think both of them are great games, and so is FFXII. But they are soooooooooo different, and as demondude said, that has caused all the hate. Both games have their weaknesses. FFX's emotion was sometimes over the top to the point of ridiculousness and FFXII's was the reverse. In FFXII you sometimes feel a lack of purpose whereas in FFX its like someones holding your hand and guiding you the whole way through.

Only FFIX got the perfect balance.

What is Final Fantasy anyway?
How can you claim that FFXII is not a proper Final Fantasy when you've only played FFX?

Consider though that if Final Fantasy weren't so versatile, it would probably not exist today.