There were many improvements upon the combat, options and customization of the first game, and what they improved I enjoyed. Those things alone made this feel like the better game of the two. A town with characters made the game world a lot less empty than Fallen Order's. There were more stances, and more abilities that fleshed out combat a good deal.
But almost everything else I was excited for going into this game left me feeling disappointed. The story is really not all that great, it starts well, and some of the new characters leave you interested, but eventually you come to the realization that this just isn't going anywhere and that really sucks because the villain had so much damn potential.
The initial planet sets you up that each planet will be as deep and as interesting as this one, but when you get to planet 2 and 3 and they are so barebones, and you just keep coming back to planet 1, over and over in the story, it really takes the wind out of your sails. It makes you enjoy Planet 1 less.
I enjoyed this game, but I can't say for sure I enjoyed it as a whole more than the first. I guess maybe when you factor in the new options and customization, but the missed opportunities really weigh this game down in my opinion.
One thing is for sure, when Respawn makes whatever the third game in this series will be, you HAVE GOT to get your writing team together, and really try map out an interesting plot. I really just don't know what they were thinking with this story.
Also, holy shit this is one of the buggiest, screen tearing-est games I have ever played. One of the final cutscenes was not supposed to be funny, but it had me laughing hysterically, because I thought it was bugged. But it wasn't bugged, it was just a weirdly done cutscene. But because this game has so many weird issues (characters T-posed literally every time I departed from a planet) I EXPECTED that it was a bug, and so it ruined that scene for me.
But almost everything else I was excited for going into this game left me feeling disappointed. The story is really not all that great, it starts well, and some of the new characters leave you interested, but eventually you come to the realization that this just isn't going anywhere and that really sucks because the villain had so much damn potential.
The initial planet sets you up that each planet will be as deep and as interesting as this one, but when you get to planet 2 and 3 and they are so barebones, and you just keep coming back to planet 1, over and over in the story, it really takes the wind out of your sails. It makes you enjoy Planet 1 less.
I enjoyed this game, but I can't say for sure I enjoyed it as a whole more than the first. I guess maybe when you factor in the new options and customization, but the missed opportunities really weigh this game down in my opinion.
One thing is for sure, when Respawn makes whatever the third game in this series will be, you HAVE GOT to get your writing team together, and really try map out an interesting plot. I really just don't know what they were thinking with this story.
Also, holy shit this is one of the buggiest, screen tearing-est games I have ever played. One of the final cutscenes was not supposed to be funny, but it had me laughing hysterically, because I thought it was bugged. But it wasn't bugged, it was just a weirdly done cutscene. But because this game has so many weird issues (characters T-posed literally every time I departed from a planet) I EXPECTED that it was a bug, and so it ruined that scene for me.