This series is incredible and I can't wait for the next game, but this one definitely wasn't as good. The main issue I had was with the inventory puzzles. The "classic" puzzles were actually quite good (but seldom), while the puzzles that involved your inventory were...not. Many of the solutions were completely obscure with no hints given through dialogue or otherwise. Even on hard difficulty there should be, at the very least, a semblance of a general outline of an idea of what you should be doing. The game is as beautiful as the first. I've been playing adventure games for a long time, but this series definitely provides some of the most memorable eye candy in the genre.