A rock-solid upgrade from the first game. It addresses many of the issues I had with it, and is overall a more polished game. Such are the comparisons I have:
- Battle encounter rate is friendlier
- Asterisk-type chips addresses some of the chip flexibility issues
- Styles system that build up on the player's own way of fighting
- Story is still very simple, but the side-characters finally participate more in it
- World map is MUCH better to navigate
And did I mention the endgame? What I thought that would be just a few extra hours ended up summing up to 10 hours of extra content. It is VERY difficult though, and a bit too grindy sometimes, but overall I like it.
The game has a few things I really don't like, like a boring questline near the end, or a long stretch without saving, or grindy/annoying post-game sections (which is kinda ok to be fair, it is post-game). But overall it's a well-made and fun game! Just like Mega Man 2 improved a lot upon 1 and established the franchise, I think the same goes for BN 2. Although I'd say I prefer Mega Man 1 over Battle Network 1, haha.
- Battle encounter rate is friendlier
- Asterisk-type chips addresses some of the chip flexibility issues
- Styles system that build up on the player's own way of fighting
- Story is still very simple, but the side-characters finally participate more in it
- World map is MUCH better to navigate
And did I mention the endgame? What I thought that would be just a few extra hours ended up summing up to 10 hours of extra content. It is VERY difficult though, and a bit too grindy sometimes, but overall I like it.
The game has a few things I really don't like, like a boring questline near the end, or a long stretch without saving, or grindy/annoying post-game sections (which is kinda ok to be fair, it is post-game). But overall it's a well-made and fun game! Just like Mega Man 2 improved a lot upon 1 and established the franchise, I think the same goes for BN 2. Although I'd say I prefer Mega Man 1 over Battle Network 1, haha.