It´s hard not to compare this to the first game after having finished them back to back. As a sequel it changes some stuff, some successfully, most of them unsuccessfully. It isn´t as polished (if even possible), iconic, memorable, unique, nor as good or as enjoyable as its predecessor. I even would say that it doesn´t feel as fair. But it still manages to scratch that "Dark Souls" itch that I was feeling after finishing the first game. It successfully maintains the obstacles that feel good to jump over and make you want to keep going, the same "addictiveness" that I experienced while playing the original, which in my book it makes it worth playing.