Geneforge 2: Infestation is, unsurprisingly, a direct sequel to Geneforge 1: Mutagen. All of the things I liked about that game hold true here as well: great exploration, world building, factions, choice and consequence, and so on. It nails the core RPG experience. My review for the first game describes the setting and why I like it so much, so I'll skip writing that out again.

In Geneforge 1, I burned out because there was just too much meaningless combat, and quit 30 hours in. That didn't happen this time around. Geneforge 2 simply makes combat more rewarding. There were more useful equipment upgrades to find. Most spells and abilities in from the first game received some tweaks, resulting in more viable combat options. There is also a whole extra tier of creations and spells to unlock late game. This helped keep things a bit more varied. I still did hit the point where I was ready to finish, but, luckily, I was just a few hours away from being able to complete the main quest at that time. I did leave a whole heap of sidequests unfinished, but that's perfectly fine.

The ending itself was very satisfying. I'm glad I was able to stick it through this time. Great game.