I like this game so much more than the first one. It's longer (always a plus when you're laying down $50 for a silicon disc), has more options, and overall is just more of a game in just about every way. It has RPG elements mixed in, which is fine with this RPG'er. You get bonus material for beating it, so the replay value is excellent because when you replay it, you get new material not in it the first time. There's also more places, so instead of running around in one locale the entire time you're running around several places, making it less tiresome as the first one. It does recycle a lot of enemy and background models from the first one, but it's not so bad. I think they use them more effectively than in the first one anyway.