better than the first game in almost every way, and yet so very much the same as it. it's like they ripped dd1 out from it's original trappings and put a coat of RE engine on it, with some extra bells and whistles. if you liked the first game this is very worth your time. if you didn't play the first one, it's still worth your time as long as you can stomach the fact that travelling and planning ahead is a core part of the game. combat is great, the new vocations are extremely fun, and the map is massive compared to the original.

after 77 hours on my first run i can't get enough, i'm starting ng+ with things still left to explore, questlines yet to be found, etc. etc...

the only thing to me that feels amiss is (no spoilers) i feel that the ending is left wanting, and the lore left a little unexplained when compared to the original. maybe it's because i spent so much time with the first, but i'm unsure if the sequel dethrones it as my favorite game. we'll see after another 100 or so hours and some dlc idk

tl;dr: it's dd1 but in RE engine with some qol features, cool new vocations, and a map that dwarfs the first's