The gameplay and graphics are amazing and deserve high praise, but the story is a complete train wreck. my younger cousin(14) wanted to play the First game before the second came out, he doesn't play many games but wanted to give this one a try. I let him use my copy of the first game and he absolutely loved it.
When the sequel came out he was amazed at first when it started, although throughout the main story he said to me "I don't want to play this anymore" I asked him why and he just said "This doesn't feel right, this game makes me feel bad". I played the rest of the game for him as he watched and in the end what he said broke my heart "Is that it? Why did they do that?", he was sad about how ruined the story was and what they have done to the characters that he loved from the first game. I watched his enthusiasm turn to hate as he lost interest and not want to watch anymore. Definitely not a worthy sequel to the original.