I'd just finished FFX and the next day I got X-2. I thought the game was great as a sequel, as a stand alone game it would have been mediocre at best, but as a continuation it did its job well. It concluded FFX (I played through twice to get the perfect ending.) It answered some interesting questions like "Now that Sin is gone, what happens to Spira?" All in all I liked how most everything was wrapped up. As for the game part of the game, I liked the job system, I liked having access to the airship from the start. It was just plain fun for me.