A drastic departure from the first game, gameplay wise... but not necessarily for the worse! If you like Souls, you will be in your element. If not, well, you had better learn to roll. Apart from some UI issues stemming from being a 7th gen multiplat. the only objective shortcoming is the significant nerf that has affected alchemy, more specifically potions (probably to account for the action RPG gameplay slant and also as a justification for the alchemy skill tree). Other than that, if you are a fan of good games (and you should be), you could do a lot worse than Witcher 2.