This is HOW sequel should look like. Better than the first game in terms of everything. More interesting puzzles, more various enemies, more lore, more colorful locations, balanced combat, boss fights here are amazingly wide-ranging and brilliant ending. Idk how much I played this in childhood, since remember almost everything here and yep, I kinda speedruned the game xD.
Overall, this is one of the best sequel game I've ever played. Hope 3rd part will be on the same level or even better