I loved IX...and will take your life if you bash it in depth...
(Dont mean to be rude, but ya...I loved it)
The dress spheres were horrible because once you finished one you had to go on to the next one and start again without any good skills and you couldn't be a black mage an a white mage without doing weird things with the sphere grids, which I also hated with a passion.
It was way too free play, yet not free enough because I enjoy walking around not flying everwhere.
The music also was too upbeat most of the time and I hate happy.
Well I guess I am alone in my views. I played X-2 immediately after X so I guess I saw more comparison?
Anyways, sorry if I was being mean, but to me, this was one of the worst I've played.
***The battles were ok. It was nice to see them moving around, but sometimes they left the screen and the girls were too hoppy.******I believe Square was attempting to appeal to a more feminine audience (Thats not to call it a girly game by any means) and made subtle selections that would be more apealing to women.