I'm pretty much mix-school, as in, I started with FFVII and then went to old-school FFs. I prefer the medieval fantasy world setting and character classes myself, but that doesn't stop me from liking FFs. Even so, I don't think Final Fantasy X-2 was a disgrace to the series. After FFX, which was a disappointment for me, I was pleased with FFX-2 and how it fixed everything I disliked about FFX. For example, pretty much the only characters I liked from FFX were Rikku and Auron. Every other character annoyed the thing out of me (*cough* Tidus) or just lacked character development, IMHO. In addition, I found voice acting to be sub-par as well, especially for Hedy Buress.

In FFX-2, every character was likable, even (SPOILER)Tidus since he didn't have much time in the game, so he didn't speak much. I especially liked (SPOILER)Shuyin as the villain. Rikku was still a fun character though I actually preferred her in FFX. The voice acting was a lot better in FFX-2 than in FFX, in my opinion, especially for Hedy Buress. I was worried that she'd mess up big-time since she was the lead character in this game. FFX-2 also brought back the ATB system with its fast-paced battles, and I liked the class system, which we hadn't seen since FFV. The final battle was also an improvement since I really disliked FFX's final battle in several ways. Finally, thank goodness there were no compulsory Cloisters of Trials in FFX-2!

Finally, while FFX-2 did have several changes, it still kept those things which I liked about FFX. There's all the familiar locations and the familiar setting of the world, and I like exploring and revisiting all those places from FFX again and see how they've changed, and while the main story may not be too developed, I love all the substories involved in all those locations, and all that character development the side characters (Wakka and Lulu, Ronsos, Guados, Dona and Barthello, Tobli - yes, I actually liked Tobli's character - and others) are having.