It's a pretty decent game, but not much better than the original.

The combat is still fluid and takes heavy inspiration from Dark Souls, the enemy variety is alright, but not enough variety for me personally. What bothers me the most is waiting to give me the better "ultimate" ability until the last, roughly, two hours of fucking gameplay.

The story is more audacious and has a couple of interesting twists that make it more interesting than its predecessor. Although the ending is a bit underwhelming for me. Feels like just a cheap ending to set up yet another sequel to this game which is to be expected of course.

All in all, a decent game... But it's only worth it if you're playing it for "free" on Xbox Game Pass.