This entry improves on the original formula in a lot of ways by adding in new characters and items and refining the movement and shooting, but overall it feels incredibly similar to the original. That's not necessarily a bad thing, more Ziggurat is a good thing, but the game definitely could have gone further to advance the formula than the couple things it added. Nevertheless, the additions are good ones, which include character active skills and the campaign mode which is a series of smaller dungeons to grab unlocks. Overall, great game, worth it if you never played the original, still probably worth it if you did.