This game's story and combat is where it suffers most. The combat is still extremely simple and it feels like the gadgets and abilities all overlap, to the point where you only have really 3 or 4 actual abilities.

The story felt a lot more rushed... but also too slow at times. Kraven just isn't an enticing antagonist, whereas Venom is. Guess who's in the story for like 2/3rds? And in general, I think the story of the first one is just way better constructed and has more hitting moments.

Otherwise, this is better than the first in every way. I hope the 3rd one can really swing it out the park for the last entry.