I may be misremembering, despite having revisited the first game recently, but I feel like there are no major differences here. And yet I found it more difficult and frustrating for some reason. I dunno, might just be in a different mood right now.

I think the magic has been nerfed? Might be completely wrong about this, but here it's kinda useless. I feel like it deals less damage than your regular attack. And in situations where you and your enemy attack each other simultaneously, it seems like the game determines completely randomly who attacked whom.

Ultimately though, this game feels kinda pointless. It's just more of the same. The graphics and the gameplay feel almost identical. And seeing how this is a beat-em-up, new levels don't necessarily add variety. I was kinda hoping for an improvement.