Makes a really strong first impression, but kinda starts running out of steam the closer you get to the end, with wholesale re-used assets and anti-climactic scenes back to back. I'm kind of impressed at how many character arcs unceremoniously got dropped; it feels like they wrote EVERYBODY out somehow. And that's a damn shame, because Hugh was so endearing. I don't think any of the characters in this franchise have ever been so ready to throw hands before him, and I feel like a kid with that much gusto deserved better.

I really liked what this had to offer gameplay-wise (though I felt the encounter rate got grating after a while), but as a followup to the surprisingly well-written story Black 1 had, this left a hell of a lot to be desired.