The progenitor of moe gacha warfare (as well as Shimada Humikane), but that doesn't mean it's the holy grail.

The artwork and personality of the girls are very reflective of the historic ships; the "gameplay" is painfully dull, though. Also, doesn't help that Tanaka and company still choose to keep the game exclusive to Japan. If only KanColle Arcade was the actual game, it would at least be more graphically palatable. TL;DR: enjoy the fanart, not the game.

Overall: 4.5/10 (5)

Gameplay: 3/10
Story/Narrative: 4/10
Graphics/Visuals: 6/10
Audio/Soundtrack: 5/10

Fairly similar to GFL, but if it was all 3D isometric. Great animations, superb OST and PVs. My largest painpoint with it is that its outfits/alt skins are individual characters w/ individual levels (like Princess Connect) - i.e. Shiroko, Shiroko (Cycling), Shiroko (Swimming). You having to individually level them up. I dislike that way of getting skins. I far prefer having a single character you can swap outfits on, like in GFL and Genshin.

Obviously, there is more to a game than just its outfit system, but this is particularly important for me.

Overall: 7/10

Gameplay: 6/10
Story/Narrative: 6/10
Graphics/Visuals: 7/10
Audio/Soundtrack: 9/10

As someone starting with OW2, I think it's a good game, and I've had more fun with it than not.

I think all the heroes have awesome characterization, animations, backstory, and more. Gameplay is fluid and punchy with a good Rock-Paper-Scissors set up to the character dynamic.

I've seen most of the complaints be about the monetization, and yeh the cost of a Legendary skin, for example, is on the higher end at ~$16, but it's not unprecedented versus other FTP games.