Quite better than the first entry, maybe it was due to spacing them a bit to avoid burnout. The game feels more meaningful along the way, thanks to the already established characters and setting.

Still, pacing problems continue to be an issue, I limited myself to do the sidequests I found interesting but even then the game throws you dungeon after dungeon at times, some of which can be considered filler.

All in all, it was still an enjoyable experience. Getting to break the game with the different quartz settings was fun and the story got very engaging at points. Thanks god for turbo mode to carry me through some painfully slow animations.