I've found this second part weaker than the first entry of the series, this time it focus far more into the RPG elements instead of the puzzle ones about studying how to tackle each one of the levels.

There's an open world where you can grind for the following levels which is a totally unneeded feature in a game like this, I prefered the classical "you start at lvl 1, you have to discover the best way to face the stage", finding myself this time overleveled on all levels without wanting to.

Luckily, time trial kind of solves this issue, having fixed levels per each stage, but the fact you can use any equipment you've unlocked on Story Mode, and not the one from previous levels, makes a lot of the stages on Time Trial a joke