Fixing most of the problems from the1st game,this sequel still lacks some elements that could've made it completly epic
The music, for example, was just okay, and is an element that could've really risen the game up, had they done it right. It's mostly just generic. You go to a cemetery, you get scary music, you go to a bar you get bar music. I didn't catch any themes in the musical arrangement, and it seems like just another "we need music so lets just get whoever we can find and do it" type of scoring.
Another problem I had were with the cut scenes. Even tho they are separate movies, a lot of them still looked like part of the normal game engine. As an adventure gamer, cut scenes are somewhat of a reward for doing things right, and the cutscenes in this game were mediocre at best, and not nearly as grand as they should have been. Take the opening cutscene for example. it was done so... uninspired, that you're left really cold, and not really sure what just happened. anyway...
The plot was actually great, and quite funny at points. The only main issue is that it's repetitive, and the main character even acknowledges it , but even his acknowledgment is repetitive, so I'm a little on the fence about it.
Graphics are average for the time of its release, and as such are beautiful 640x480 drawings. Tho I must add I didn't much care for Rincewind's design. I would go as far as to say he's one of the ugliest main character in an adventure game I've ever seen (Well, human character).I don't know, there's just nothing about him, his facial expressions, his appearance, his overall presence that I liked. But that's just me.
The game puzzles varies from normal to somewhat hard, but most of the puzzles i got stuck in were actually related to a door I didn't even know I could open in the middle of the street. Whatever.
And that's basically it. An okay game, that settles for being just okay.