yeah this game is cool as fuck!!!!!! my main complaint with this game is that its just so much easier than the first one, which loses so much of what made the first game special. There's like 1 or 2 actually dangerous enemies, all the bosses are easy as hell, its way more lenient with handing out healing and powerful gear. if you have 2 extra party members, most the fights are really simple and its often easier to just spam the torso and ignore the body part destruction mechanic that makes the combat interesting. There is a gameplay mode which makes the game harder, but i think it goes way too far in that direction, you are almost forced into the same dominant strategies and it can feel like a grind. the first game had 3 difficulty options, and this one is missing that middle option. i really like this game though, the atmosphere, setting and lore are all great just like the first game. the characters in this game are much better developed than the first game, and it handles sensitive topics with much more nuance than the first game does. alot of people reccomend this game as a starting point over the first game, which i can understand as its alot less brutal and more of a traditional rpg. i personally think this game is elevated alot if you played the first game before it, especially some of the endgame content. overall i think this game improved on the first game in some aspects, but making it easier was a mistake in my opinion. cant wait for the new update to come out with the new difficulty option which might just fix my main problem with this game!