This is my least favorite game in the TLOS series. The difficulty spike is absolutely nuts. Don't even speak to me about the Pirate ship stage. Sure the design of the characters was great like the first game but damn this game was hard as hell. I almost gave up on it but beat it in 2007 and never had a desire to touch it again. Only thing I liked about this game were the finishers or furies if you will. Those went so hard, the Ice Fury was my fave. The charge ups were amazing.