still a great game
While FFX introduces the Sphere board, FFX-2 takes a turn in completely leaving the sphere board out. For better or worse, we get Dress spheres instead? May sound awkward, but the Dress sphere do really add into the depth of your own battle strategy. Through out the game, you will be able to collect dresspheres and each of them have their very own unique set of uses. By setting up your dresspheres on various Garment Grids which can also be found throughout the game, you can change into differentl type of dresses during battles. This can, or may well change the way how you would win a battle.
FFX-2 is very sidequest heavy. Don't expect alot of core plot twists and heavy story telling, theres dozens of sidequests to pick up and play on. Majority of them seems fun, but some of them may be very tedious.
Buy it or Rent it?
Certainly, renting an RPG isn't a very wise choice if you are aiming to get 100% completion. This isn't the case with FFX-2, if you advance through the story without touching any of the sidequest much... you can beat the game in a mere 20 hours of playtime. Of course, picking up all the sidequest and max leveling your dresspheres and characthers will pull that time slot up to the 40 hours plus mark. In all seriousness, pick this game up if you are into