I never got around to finishing this game, I just lost interest and its repetitive gameplay wore on me.
Graphically this game is much better, the pedestrians are more lively, the environment is more diverse and colorful and the characters, Cole, Zeke etc all look pretty good.
The game has you preparing for a battle with the beast, a monster that is slowly making his way to you, after each mission it will say that it's for example 1,000 miles away. You play as Cole, and to my surprise Zeke is still his friend after betraying him in the original game. All in all the story is okay, nothing amazing.
The gameplay is much of the same. The controls seem the same and the missions are somewhat similar. Now not only does Cole have electric powers but he can also acquire Ice and another power from another character (don't want to ruin or spoil anything) that allows teleport among other things. Cole's new powers are pretty cool like throwing cars, using Ionic vortex's, pretty much a tornado that takes out enemies etc.
The thing is that the game feels so tedious and repetitive to me. I try playing the game but I play one mission at a time and turn it off because it bores me and never keeps me hooked to play it longer, the combat is redundant like the first and your constantly being attacked from all angles scrambling to find something to absorb energy and keep your health up. I never liked how much damage it takes to defeat the common enemy, let alone a whole army of them, the protection missions where you have to protect a river boat, or power generators ect. are all just frustrating and seem to go on too long so that even easier missions seem like a chore.
Technically this is a good game, it improves on everything from its predecessor, but this style of game doesn't suit me. There wasn't enough variety to keep me coming back for more and had me feeling like I was playing the 1st game in many ways.