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No, I'm saying I don't understand how X-2 can be one of the best games in the series in spite of the things I, and Vivi listed.
You've not actually given a reason as to what, critically, is wrong with Final Fantasy X-2.

So while you do that, let me tell you what's right with it. Final Fantasy X-2 has arguably the best overall gameplay of any Final Fantasy game. It definitely has better gameplay than FFIX. Better combat, better ability system, better open ended exploration and quest resolution, better environmental and dungeon design and better minigames. (Though it's a close call on that one!)

The only places I can see IX triumphing is better music and story/characters. Mayyyyyyybe better art direction. But then X-2 has better graphics so eh.
A lot of it has to do with story and characters that makes it pale in comparison to the other entries. It also feels more like a parody of Charlie Angels than a true sequel to Final Fantasy X. The women are dressed more skimpy and I can't determine who this game is catered to. Girls? Horny teenage boys? Fans of the sequel? All of the above? You go through the trouble of finding several different sphere grids and most of them are worthless, and making it nearly impossible to get a 100% because of all the ridiculous things you have to do (like talk to a certain guy before another guy) all to get an ending with a character a lot of people didn't care about in the first game wasn't the best objective for this one. I felt it cheapened the ending of the original game in all honesty.

The love story in this one is a lot better than in the first game, I'll give it that.