Improves on everything the first game did. Misses a few marks with some abilities and weapons feels kinda meh and has a lot of technical issues, but holy crap everything else is amazing. This game just gets the sense of movement a player should feel. It's amazing. Even the combat (which I hated in the first game) is super fun and versatile. The feels, music, level design, etc. are all masterfully well-crafted.

Truly a monumental Metroidvania.