Better than gamespot says it it!
Its a borderline 7.5 Maybe 8 :)
it has
-nice graphics
-Funny scenes (even though maybe not intended to)
-decent combat system (not as good as original but still good)
-good story
-solid gameplay
the bad things are
-the main charcters hair is annoying !!!!!
-Quite hard puzzels(that led me to revert to looking on youtube for a way to solve it)
-No open roaming system ( you travel from town to town by using a select menu)
-scenes that make you laugh and cringe ..(but thats anime for you)
-might get very very confusing if you havent played the first one
Overall i think this is a decent game ... i may not reccomend it to someone who hast played he first one .. but if you have then dont let the gamespot review scare you are try it :)
... when i first picked it up in the store i was thinking ..*This is going to be Sh*t
....
its not as good as the first game by quite-first game was epic :) - but it is a well worth buy :):):)