A game with a very good story, sadly dragged down by basically everything else. The artstyle shift makes many of the characters look awkward to bad, especially KOS-MOS and Shion. There's also a change in voice actors for many characters, also unfortunately hitting KOS-MOS and Shion the hardest. It also really ruins what should be some of the games most hard hitting scenes with some really awful delivery. Many poor decisions make the gameplay slower and tedious, such as the introduction of the stocking mechanic and regular encounters that start to last far too long. Also the only Xeno game with a subpar soundtrack, despite the presence of a few fantastic tracks such as the credits theme and the other songs featuring its melody.
The games story also doesn't focus very much on Shion and especially KOS-MOS at all, which might be surprising coming from 1. Luckily Jr's story and his relationship with Albedo are fantastic, saving the games story from being as poor as everything else, even despite the odd shift in focus away from Shion and her robowife.