Dragons Dogma 2 is objectively what any fan of the first DD could've asked in a sequel. In my experience I would say that the dungeons (almost all of them are caves) feel very repetitive and the story until the true ending route doesn't get interesting at all.
Despite this two particlar things the game feels really good to play, with the boss battles in the spotlight that thanks to the physics engine it always feels very organic to combat this giant enemies. The exploration of the map is very rewarding and there are very cool secrets to uncover in the world.
All in all I would say that this is a pretty good game and what I as a fan wanted in the next game of this series.

They really had to release two mid games to make the best of them all. I really liked this game but there are some things that didn't feel right to me, like the omission of characters like MOMO or Chaos for mayor part of the history, and a ton of elements and terms in the universe of the game that they didnt care to explain properly (cause they have a database read the database bro) that, to be honest, didnt care that much in the big picture. Shion was great in this game and its my favorite character of the game along with Jr. and KOSMOS. The music was incredible too (Godsbibb the song of all time) and the character designs this time were all great (Im talking about you xenosaga 2).