It's true that all I asked of capcom was "more dragons dogma" but I think they took it a bit too literally. I had a great time and was thoroughly addicted up until the credits but there's just not enough new stuff going on for it to feel fully satisfying. Having a whole new world to explore is great but the enemies and bosses are largely repeats with quite a few not even making the jump from dark arisen. The story starts out a lot more comprehensible than the first game's but once you get past a certain point it becomes just as disjointed and bizarre and it lacks iconic moments to hang onto like the encounters with daimon and the seneschal. The vocations are great to play but again are lacking in fresh new content. The mystic spearhand is cool but playing it in the late-game just resulted in me getting stunlocked constantly which was pretty miserable. I guess having a good time despite glaring flaws is really in the spirit of the original game but I wish it was better.