Loses points over the original for having less mechanical depth, reusing the same boring puzzles and for combat being watered down.

There is more enemy variety but it's still an ultimately boring combat experience, partially because you only ever fight one on one so there is no risk of getting ganked by multiple enemies like the first game (so combat is primarily about parrying than positioning and dodging); and partially because there's also no longer a stun move, so you have two forms of attack rather than three like the first game. An amazing audio visual experience but really disappointed with how bare bones it is, even compared to it's already bare predecessor.

Please do something a bit more interesting to play next Ninja Theory (if Microsoft don't already have you lined up for the chopping block)