Should I try X-2 OR XII?

[BG-57]

FFX-2 will always be the poor stepsister to FFX; if you can get over that it's fun.

FFXII is a very good and solid game.

[Mirage]

I thought combat in FFX-2 was a lot more fun than in FFXII.

[Quindiana Jones]

You have good favourites. So I would suggest playing X-2 if you want to die inside, but play XII if you want to play a truly incredible game.

[Barraza]

It's kind of funny that we're all saying FFX-2 was girly, but I played it as a seventeen-year-old male because it was girly. As in filled with hot women in scenes that were meant to be hot. You can see Leblanc's nipple, for God's sake.

But still, XII is a lot better. Of course, I love both of them, though, for wildly different reasons. People who hate one or the other kind of miss the point. (Besides, they're still bitching that it isn't as good as VII, which isn't exactly the best game in the series.)

[Fynn]

Play X-2 only if you are prepared not to take it seriously. Enjoy the gameplay and try to enjoy the humour and try to ignore the rest. The only other good thing about X-2 is that it is probably the least linear JRPG I have ever played.
XII is sadly lacking in the humour departament, but it's a superb game nonetheless. The story is deep, though not so outright about it, and the gameplay is magnificent.
So basically, it's your call on what to play first.

[silentenigma]

You have good favourites.

[Black Magic Shopkeeper]

People who hate one or the other kind of miss the point. (Besides, they're still bitching that it isn't as good as VII, which isn't exactly the best game in the series.)

Oh, how right you are.
No, you shouldn't really be troubled by whether to play the games or not OR what order to play them in. Personally, I dislike them both for perplexing reasons, but then again I'm certain other people would like them.

It all depends on what theme you would prefer.