I feel like people are too hard on this game sometimes. I liked the plot and the subtle hints that maybe you were doing something wrong and the game can geniunely get horrifying. The music even helps with this depressing tone(such as HolliJolli Village having a depressed Jingle Bells. The entire game seems geniunely hopeless and it always seems that there's nothing you can do except stick to your allies and figure out as much as you can. This game isn't without its flaws though. I personally never found boss HP to be an issue even though most did, so I won't really complain about it. Separate battles, however, can be difficult. The symbiosis between the babies and the bros is what makes them so strong. Breaking that apart makes the fights much harder, which the game does somewhat often. Certain parts of the game also just get tedious at times or feel unnecessary and the abundant amount of overworld moves can be hard to remember or just plain tedious to perform. Also I didn't like that SP was removed. I didn't like having to guess how many bros items I would need for the next area and would get really nervous when the items ran low. For the most part, I think this is an improvement from SS - 8/10