After my disappointment with the first game, I was hoping for the sequel to offer some redemption for the series. While it improves on the formula somewhat, it's largely the same experience. You still find yourself using stealth most of the time, but at least there's some good environment manipulation while doing the main story. The "open-world" aspect is fine but mostly just an extra chore to get around. One improvement I did like is having separate resources to upgrade the main character's abilities and weapons.