Has slightly better balancing and design than the first game, and slightly less janky enemy spawning.

Just slightly though, still very much that archaic memory-trumps-skill design.

And once again, we have a final boss with 3 phases that send you back to the beginning of the previous stage if you die once. Oh, and all 3 phases must be done in one life bar.

Still better story-telling than the 3D games.