k2 is an absolute blast, the story is engaging right from the start, full of great character moments and memorable scenes, it frankly makes its predecessor look shallow in comparison, considering just how much confidence this games exudes
the gameplay while critiqued by some, has been pretty enjoyable for me, with a satisfying progression loop and a fun physics engine to boot it was almost never boring for me, although I do understand the complaints about the game eventually becoming "too easy"
in general there's a lot more respect for player's time, with way less unnecessary downtime between everything and barely any story filler
the finale had me worried at first but turned out to be an immensely gratifying conclusion anyway, which at one point I thought was nearly impossible
I have not done much side content (save for the Majima saga, which was enjoyable) at the moment of writing this but I will absolutely go back for it, and from what little I've seen of it it promises to be quite good
this was an absolute fucking capital J Journey of a game and I adored the overwhelming majority of my time with it