it's not an extremely different game from its predecessor. the three new characters are cool, with hugo being a lot of fun to play as, but it doesn't really add a lot. i like that taunts are added and have gameplay effects such as increasing meter. i like the depth that EX moves add to the game. it's nice that gill now sometimes has a chance to pick a less stupidly broken super than resurrection. but i don't feel this is quite at the level that alpha 2 was compared to alpha 1. it's not quite the obsoleting that i was hoping it would be, and the stages don't change backgrounds anymore (potentially to save memory?), so in that way, it's worse. not the worst sequel we could've gotten, but there was a lot more they could've done here.