This game isn't the savior of the X series, but it also isn't as bad as the games that came directly before it.
The partner swapping mechanic is definitely the best part of the game, I didn't really care about it in X8 because I hated playing as everyone there but here since I enjoy each character being able to use 2 instead of 1 in a level is really nice. It does feed into the problem X8 has of being really stupid to 100% though, which is definitely something this game struggles with. Though that's alleviated at least somewhat by the New Game+ which is fun by itself because of the broken Sigma Blade you get for beating the campaign, which turns Zero into a god which is always fun.
The reason I don't think this game is super great though just comes back to level design. A lot of the levels I don't think are very interesting, that or they just overhaul the core mechanics which sucks because those mechanics are why I like MMX.
The partner swapping mechanic is definitely the best part of the game, I didn't really care about it in X8 because I hated playing as everyone there but here since I enjoy each character being able to use 2 instead of 1 in a level is really nice. It does feed into the problem X8 has of being really stupid to 100% though, which is definitely something this game struggles with. Though that's alleviated at least somewhat by the New Game+ which is fun by itself because of the broken Sigma Blade you get for beating the campaign, which turns Zero into a god which is always fun.
The reason I don't think this game is super great though just comes back to level design. A lot of the levels I don't think are very interesting, that or they just overhaul the core mechanics which sucks because those mechanics are why I like MMX.