Played shortly after first game so felt it was way better. Combat was infinitely less painful, however once I'd gotten used to the second game it still became a bit of a slog to get through. The best thing about this franchise is the travelling and exploration aspect to me. The characters are cool, and playing all the games gives you some character development. However the combat really fucking sucks still, and there's soooooo much of it. Not quite as torturous as the first game but still too much. I wish there were more puzzles and more focusing on adventure and exploration, less mass killing. It felt like playing one of my fps games where you have to kill waves of zombies and after each wave, more appear to kill. I like those bc they are mindless fun and I expect it from those games but not in this.

I liked playing some parts and being reminded of crash bandicoot (mainly during scenes where you had to run towards to screen). Now there's a good naughty dog game!