With game-play, I don’t just mean the battle system and the class-system etc, but also the way that you play the game. The fact that you can go where you want and do what you want, that you have free choice and a lot to discover, yet not a lot of things that you MUST do, that was something I enjoyed a lot.
The battle system was fast and refreshing. It was a lot of fun. The dress-spheres were another thing I enjoyed. I like the freedom that a class system offers, one of the reasons why I liked FF5.
i found the battle system of FFX-2 crap! By the time i picked an attack, i was almost dead, which jst made the game so rubbish, battle system for FFX was alot better, had time to plan your attack and sort out everything, but with FFX-2 you have to rush and it jst gets so confusing, my opinion FFX out ranks FFX-2 for the battle system, whole game even! infact, FFX is the only game i liked in the Final Fantasy saga, since every other gameplay was like FFX-2.
I really don’t care for slower paced stuff- tactics is a good game and all, but I’d rather play Disgaea- that one keeps me on my toes.
If the battle system is X-2 is really too fast for you, you can turn down the speed. o_O