the story is kind of a mess with villains that are not established well and some predictable writing. also the enemies' ability to detect you while you're trying to sneak up on them and do an instant 180 could be pretty frustrating sometimes. however the gameplay is pretty fun just like the first game and i enjoyed the environments and resource management (i played on nightmare so i did get really low on ammo sometimes). same appeal as the first game with the mindfucky flow of events and general design, which i greatly enjoyed, but i feel that some of the set pieces and boss fights could have been more striking as they didn't invoke the same sense of terror as the first game