It's a great game and it's just as good as the first game in my opinion.
It does everything a sequel should, adds more playtime, more mechanics, overall just building on what Ori and the blind forest first provided.
Unfortunately I feel it really hasn't done much beyond that, which is why I'm rating it below the original. Despite being a metroidvania it feels surprisingly linear, there's next to no backtracking and exploring required beyond the first few areas. The story although good feels incredibly straightforward, I would argue even simpler then the first game. without going into much detail I'll say there's no twist and the motivations of the antagonist feel rather weak.
Overall a great game, that's why I'm giving it a 3.5/5, it probably deserves 4 or more but I'm knocking it down for being a bit unambitious.
It does everything a sequel should, adds more playtime, more mechanics, overall just building on what Ori and the blind forest first provided.
Unfortunately I feel it really hasn't done much beyond that, which is why I'm rating it below the original. Despite being a metroidvania it feels surprisingly linear, there's next to no backtracking and exploring required beyond the first few areas. The story although good feels incredibly straightforward, I would argue even simpler then the first game. without going into much detail I'll say there's no twist and the motivations of the antagonist feel rather weak.
Overall a great game, that's why I'm giving it a 3.5/5, it probably deserves 4 or more but I'm knocking it down for being a bit unambitious.