This is such a satisfying sequel to the 2018 reboot. Combat feels more meaningful and in-depth, and it has some of the best zones/areas in video game history (especially the post-game zones). Richard Schiff is outstanding, as is the rest of the voice cast. It's all covered with a coat of polish. The problem is... the pacing is off. The 2018 reboot is a perfect game for me with the pacing balanced delicately between gameplay and story. Here, the story just hits entire segments where you're walking and talking for far too long, or you hit stretches of gameplay where you're locked out of the open world and forced into a linear path for a long time. It made it hard to come back to this game sometimes, which is why it took me so long to finish it. Still a masterpice and worth experiencing, even more ambitious than the original, but you can tell they really had 3 games worth of story and tried to cram it down into 2.