One step forward, two steps back. The story was a lot less engaging than the first entry, the gameplay however is much improved overall, most of the annoying stuff from the first game is gone, except for statisticians, which were replaced with a somehow more annoying mechanic, Felonies, if you know you know. My biggest issue with this game however, and the main reason it gets a negative score from me, is the level design, which felt much, much more uninspired and annoying, from enemy design and placement to the new geo-effects, it was kind of a pain to get through this game's story, which isn't necessarily a bad thing for this series as long as the post game is fun, since that's where the bulk of the content resides, but it wasn't, at least for me, I'm not dealing with Felonies, no thanks.