Really a step down from its predecessor. It's a game that hurts the good clean fun of the original. The story is by the numbers garbage. With odd story decisions like taking out the two minority characters from the original game and making them into side characters. Then they make the genius decision to pair them up in the future such that they have a child together. Really not a fan of shipping kids, it's kinda sick actually. Then the story does some dumb "authoritarian" dentist story, but it really just tries too hard and without the depth that something like that would require. It tries to take the aesthetic of stuff that is considered "authoritarian" but without much nuance. Talk about shallow! The original game was a fun romp with a cast of wacky kids. This time around, the fun aspect felt secondary to the mess of a storyline. Also, the level design was kinda shit. The only redeeming factor for me was the hot dog costume, that was sick.