I liked the more Shinji Mikami-in-your-face of the first game. It had more enemy variety with crazy diverse level designs that were literally schizophrenic. However, I really did enjoy this game even though it felt more AAA than the first one. The story still makes no sense, but I got 56hrs out of level grinding for synaptic focus (bullet time), so I got my money's worth. Word of warning! Survival mode is too easy! Play at least Nightmare for the true survival experience.
Never played Commandos, so if that offends you stop reading now. I love stealth games like the Thief series and all the Metal Gear Solids 1-4, but have never played a RTStealthTatics until I bought this. I love Feudal Japan! I love the music and graphics! But everything from the controls to the gameplay is completely terrible! Why are the enemy cones not always visible? Why did my characters go there instead of here? Why did my perfectly orchestrated ambush go completely opposite of what I asked the characters to do? It's just a bad game, that's not fun. The fact that save scumming is encouraged proves this, like the designers new the player couldn't win their first try. Save scumming breaks immersion, so it's hard to get invested in the game. Do not buy this game unless you like be treat unfair.
There is a lot of negativity about the GOG version of XCOM 2 due to there being no mod manager. Just because Steam streamlined modding so that a 5 year old could do it doesn't mean the GOG version can't be modded. It's just a simple matter of dragging the mod files to the correct directory. Easy.
This is the polished version of the game to accompany the release of Samurai Shodown (2019) or Samurai Shodown 7 for the PS4. I highly recommend this game now as opposed to back in 2017 when the majority of these reviews were written. Buy it, so we can become friends on GOG.com and battle each other. It's worth the price.