I loved blitzball in the first one because you actually had control over things, but to an extent, there wasn't much challenge by the mid/higher levels, especially if you design your team for defense (replace a forward with a defender on purpose) and play that way. X-2's blitz was a manager's game. My brother wasn't a big fan of FFX-2 but he loved that blitzball because it wasn't as easy to dominate and it posed certain challenges (fatigue caused injury) while extending the skills you need to concern yourself with. I thought it was strange a person wouldn't touch a ball floating right by him unless he's engaging them in a tackle sequence but I do prefer the first one because you can actually play it.