Filled with neat mechanics, thrilling spectacle, heartful drama, and wonderful art. However, it's somehow also a drag to play? It's suffocatingly serious, its combat feels slow and clunky, and I also found it hard to commit any kind of investment in its characters. The plot roller-coasters between its three convictions: brilliant, boring, and braindead.

It's objectively better than the first one, I'll say that. Unfortunately, its improvements are few and far between, and it still suffers from a lot of the same issues. It is impossible for me to trudge through this one after having already beaten the first. A shame, too, because it's BEAUTIFUL, and obviously lovingly crafted.

Palworld did it better