Does something crazy and unlike drakengard 1, which has neither characters nor story, this one has a vague semblance of characters and a story. For real though, most people who hate the gameplay even concede "the story and characters are good" but I don't know? It's all boring? Plot threads kind of just show up and end without a second in the oven. Zero's novella is really good, probably the best moment in drakenier that isn't music, but she is straight up a different fucking character in the game so it doesn't matter because why would anything. Music and character designs were good, that was nice. I probably wouldn't have actually gotten through it except for the fact that seeing zero get covered in blood as you fight looks really good.