First: the gameplay is fine, but if you're looking for a game strictly for the combat then this obviously isn't for you. The whole point of the first game was to show that even in a dark world life finds a way. This games story is an absolute mess and contradicts the entire first game. If you played part one don't play this because it will ruin the first one even though it was amazing. Very sour taste. I genuinely don't know what the writers were thinking.