I'll say the same thing I said last time. X7 sucks and everything else is at least decent.

5 and 6 are messes, but the error was in the lack of polish, not in the core design. This is why fan patches basically completely fix what's wrong. This could not be possible so easily if they were truly bad games. Even 2 and 3 get much of the same even though they're more in line.
>lol patches don't cou-
The fact it is possible to increase a game's quality so much through simple changes should speak for itself. Fans tried to do it for X7 too. They failed. This is because X7 is actually shit.

1 is not as good as people say. The balance is horrible unless you go buster only. Pretty much every following game nerfed weapons appropriately.
>weapons? haha you didn't beat the-
people are allowed to suck at games. if you can beat it with lemons, congrats...but pretending that's the intent is retarded. ergo, X1 weapons are stupid.

8 is as good as it gets but they also made it way too easy,even for the average kid, and it's too minigame-prone.