A definite improvement over the first game. There's less filler, with this one taking the best levels from the first one and mixing them up with new ones introduced here.

There's a lot more variety in general, ranging from stopping an elevator by shooting a bomb on it, blowing up a tank by shooting at its barrel to stopping a rally car during a race. The difficulty is a lot more intense this time around as well, to the point it uses the last level from the first game as a halfway point here.

It modifies the original levels just enough as well so that it doesn't feel like they were just directly recycled. The pacing overall is a lot more intense and dynamic. The final boss is genuinely really challenging as well.

Enjoyed quite a bit just improving my accuracy and score here. I think the first game is still worth playing, but if you have to play at least one of the games from this series, this one is definitely what you want to go for.