OK. Time for me to bring up my biggest beef with X-2.
The music.
I have often seen people quote the music in X-2 as being one of it's finer qualities. I can not see how this is possible. X-2's music is only music in the basest sense of the term. It has nots and rhythms. However, it has none of the things that make true music such a joy to listen to. The music lacks any contrast, in dynamics or tonal color. It has no emotion. No passion. The music does not make me feel anything when I listen to it. It lacks musical complexity or interest. The majority of the soundtrack consists of generic four bar loops that could easily have been swapped out for public domain sourse music for an identical effect, perhaps even a more enjoyable one.
There are exceptions to this of course, but for the most part, X-2's soundtrack was a let down compared to the brilliant scores of the other titles in the series.
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