Fun game, but I find it to generally be a downgrade from X1. Weapons and bosses are worse, level design is less interesting, and the mechanic of the X-Hunters showing up on random stages can force you out of your preferred level order if you want to get the true ending.

Following up on X1 is a pretty hard feat, and I think this does an... alright job. It's still a good time, and I'd argue this is the best X game after X1 (Yeah, I'm not a huge X4 fan, shoot me.)