The graphics might have gotten an upgrade but the story, the pacing, and the main characters have regressed from Innocence. The dialogue is incredibly poor and Amicia is just straight up insufferable even when there is no reason to be. The new characters are pretty good admittedly, I found myself getting attached to Sophia and Arnaud, but wow Amicia was a far cry from what I remembered in the first game. The gameplay is whatever, the new crossbow is nice to have but other than that it's pretty much the same as the first game, and some mechanics are still just as annoying as I remembered. I'm honestly pretty shocked that I didn't love this game, I adore the first one and I was incredibly hyped for this but story wise it just doesn't live up.