The prologue for this game is a huge improvement alongside the gaiden chapters over the original game! The introduction of a playable avatar is done ok, but the fact that a majority of the supports are tied to them when we had such a good support system in Path of Radiance is a shame. The side plot doesn't really add much to the story compared to the original. The portraits are much cleaner but aside from that, this game doesn't really feel like it's a big improvement to Shadow Dragon. I can tell the developers tried but overall I still feel the mechanics make this game feel too different and the supports add good characterization to some units but it's not enough. We needed more supports that aren't locked to Kris. I appreciate this game for what it does but would likely not play again!