Great improvement on the Cotories. It ties side characters archs, solves lot of problems that first game created in terms of story. It also abandons some mechanics of first game such as hunger, clans and continuing side stories. Story itself written in a very good way. Pop culture and covid references gives it a sense of sincere mood. I like new characters and what they did with old characters. Endings were also satisfying and dependent of your choices. It also has a thematic consistency.

I still have problems with it. It still feels too railroady, lack of choices in some places really annoyed me. Main character has a personality that you can't change which is an issue to me. I like first games approach to main character but this one feels like you're just witnessing the story much more.

I still prefer it to original game since it is at least written in a good way and is consistent. Your choices at least matter at the end.