Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I think I liked this a lot more than the first one. Gameplay is significantly improved and I actually died once, which I never even got close to in the first game. Just felt like managing dice had higher stakes in this one. Of course, as you get further into the game, it becomes increasingly easier, because you can use skill points in such a way that you like never accumulate stress, at least with the absolutely over powered push ability of the machinist class. Story wise it was good, I don't really remember the story of the first one so can't do much comparison there. In general though, the world really engulfs you and you just don't want to stop playing. But yeah main takeaway here: holy shit the gameplay is good in this one.