Going into this, I did not expect the changes to improve the game by much, both in gameplay and story. I am happy to say that I was mostly wrong in that assumption. First, the gameplay. It somehow felt like much less if a slog than the original. The addition of Warlord Skills are also welcome addition to round out Buddy’s skillset, in addition to slight replayability by killing the warlords in different orders to make use of their skills in different battles. The new superboss that was added is also a welcome challenge even if its also a punishing rng-fest of a fight. Assuming you go the aggressive route for that fight. Still provides a welcome challenge for the defensive route. As far as story goes, a few small scenes are added to flesh out some characters some more, in addition to a small heap of new content if the right conditions are fulfilled, which include that aforementioned superboss. While this new ending content is certainly divisive, I personally like it. It rights some of the wrongs from the original game’s endings with regards to character motivations and other things.
…However I will agree that the fucking “binky” line is entirely unnecessary and completely butchers the tone of the scene