I tried. The Battle Network subseries has a strong cult following, and after hearing how much of an improvement this sequel is over the 1st game, I decided to give it a shot.

Boy I can't imagine how dreadful the first game is then. This features basically nothing that I enjoy in RPGs - your skills in combat are governed by RNG basically, there's no sense of progress or improvement, and the writing is basic with a localization that is clearly subpar, to put it mildly. I was just bored really.

Not for me at all.