The Yin to Drakengard's Yang. Everything this game does better, it has to do something worse in comparison. Characters actually speak to each other now, rather than talking straight past each other in stilted quips! Unfortunately, the dialogue is boring as shit and grinds the pace to the halt. Combat is now much more focused and easy to control! However, maintaining health is a chore in this game and levels are reused far too often.

Like Drakengard 1, it's a game that struggles to come together until the end, but it reaches there eventually. Unfortunately, I can't really recommend it to anyone who doesn't have the guts to stick with an awkward and poorly designed game till the end, for story's sake.