final fantasy 12 was great. maybe people needed gayer characters and a focus on fathead 12 year olds saving the world but i was happy with basch, balthier, and fran. then i pretended vaan and penelo were older, barely talked, and were background noise. the princess was a douchebag but they all are so it was ok. the plot was better than other ff12s but the script was arguably the best, and if you didn't like the gambit system you could turn it off so the point is moot.
comparing or even saying ffx-2 was better is like saying you like rpg barbie because that's all it was. as far as i'm concerned it was the godfather 3 of the final fantasy series and never existed.