certainly has elements of symphogear written in it (the writer of this wrote symphogear and this game) and the gameplay has improved much more than the 1st, but it's still rusty in parts like certain personal skills being straight up useless like the status resistances that work against only on normal enemies. Wild Arms 2 also goes strong with the wild west theme yet again while mixing in fantasy jrpg tropes making it a good experience. However, the writing falls off the rail by disc 2 to the point where it makes disc 1 worthless. I dont love the plot as much as the 1st game, but I think it's good.