I didn't really liked the original Extra, the combat was a pain, the pacing was horrendous and nothing happened until the ending. Now I'm angry because you need to play it to enjoy this gem.
This is by far a better game, better story, same characters but with better exposition, better pacing and while the combat it's still the same it requires far less farming.
The game has 2 routes, but it's probably better to call them endings. In short in the normal story you resolve a problem while in the CCC story you ask yourself how this problem came to be. I tought the game was ok when I finished the game the first time and it was obvius that you dint know everything that happened. In the CCC all those holes get explained but I dont like you need to do a NG+ to actually understend the whole story throught additional scenes that are possible to see un a new game but extremely hidden, it's still a 30ish hour game. I really liked my second run and it was worth it, a nice story about love and AI. Sometimes it gets a bit too quirky and eccentric but that's ok. Keep archer and Archer runs for the CCC ending.
This is by far a better game, better story, same characters but with better exposition, better pacing and while the combat it's still the same it requires far less farming.
The game has 2 routes, but it's probably better to call them endings. In short in the normal story you resolve a problem while in the CCC story you ask yourself how this problem came to be. I tought the game was ok when I finished the game the first time and it was obvius that you dint know everything that happened. In the CCC all those holes get explained but I dont like you need to do a NG+ to actually understend the whole story throught additional scenes that are possible to see un a new game but extremely hidden, it's still a 30ish hour game. I really liked my second run and it was worth it, a nice story about love and AI. Sometimes it gets a bit too quirky and eccentric but that's ok. Keep archer and Archer runs for the CCC ending.