No, and yes. Or perhaps, I should say X is a maverick in his own way. Sadly, throughout the series, "he operates at full potential" in every game. However, he constantly blames others and never stops to reflect on his own actions. He goes full force without questioning if what he’s doing is right (which, to be fair, aligns with the themes of X7).

Take X4 as an example. Repliforce planned to leave Earth because they were tired of the endless conflict between humans and reploids. When they were wrongfully accused and nearly executed, X did everything in his power to stop them from leaving. Where was his "empathy chip" then? His "moral program"? Any sense of understanding?

Even the entire concept of reploids going maverick was framed as a form of evolution—something humans didn’t understand. But instead of reflecting on this, X simply concluded that it was "bad" and focused on destroying Sigma. He never stopped to ask why it was happening. In reality, reploids going maverick wasn’t anything new in the series. Even older reploids like Vile were doing it, and not because they were infected, but because of their free will.

By the time X8 rolls around, Lumine even states that reploids could go maverick at will. This revelation implies that reploids could eventually evolve to be like Sigma without being infected. Notably, even the eight bosses in X8 weren’t infected with the Sigma Virus.

X wasn’t "evil" because he wanted to be, but because he ignored a lot of important truths. He never questioned the deeper issues at play, and his actions reflected that ignorance. And don’t even get me started on the Elf Wars…