Overlord 2 improves the formula dramatically from the first game. The devs definitely learned from the previous game and fixed what was wrong with it. Only take away they did was removing stats to items and upgrades. How much more bigger number is this armor/weapon compared to my previous one? Minion/spell upgrade? How it upgrade??? Who knows! Its just better!!! Another complaint is that the games difficulty is ramped up at the end and took me by surprise, but I handled myself after losing hordes of minions. This game is still really fun and I love the puzzles and the interactions/dialogue in this game. A lot more heart and soul was pumped into it and I appreciate it.