It's the first game but with more polish. Melee combat and character animations are improved, but it largely has all the same problems the first game had. If you took issue with all the open world AAA Sony first party bloat of the first game and the general awful writing, this game won't turn you into a devout fan either. Personally I had my fill of fun shooting robots, mainly due to this being the only "third person shooter" that has implemented GOOD gyro controls on PS5 for some reason.