No Aeon in Guadosalam was because the Guado just recently adapted to the way of Yevon when you were in FFX. AS for Luca? Well it's a huge city and not that much of a holy place. Chocobo Race wasn't that bad, it just sucked when you messed up one spot and it ruined the whole thing.

The one thing I would say I didn't like about the game would probably be....it's freedom. Compared to other Final Fantasies, the freedom wasn't as great as the others. You just went to a level and that was it, FFXII did the same thing but they made it feel more free with the new battle system. I missed the world map.