Like most people, its hard to evaluate the game on a binary yes/no reccomendation scale. Heres what I think it does better and worse than everhood one :

- Combat : The combat is the number one improvement from everhood one. More battles, better battles, good systems, it actually has a lot of depth and it is done well.

- Music : Both games have amazing music, hard to say which is better.

- Characters : While Everhood 2 has a **lot** more character designs and talkable npcs, like 80% of them are backer designed mushrooms confined to one room. I prefer the quality of character writing in everhood one, as you feel like you get closer to a smaller cast, while everhood 2's companion characters are more inconsistent and less likeable. Not a single person doesnt just see you as for their own gain, you don't make any close connections in that sense.

- Humour : Both games have very "random" humour, which can be quite funny if done well. I personally liked both game's jokes and humour evenly.

- Story : Story.. Is where everhood 2 falls short. I WANT to love the game's story and themes, I WANT to engage in the philosophical questions it raised like I can for everhood 1 but... Its too incoherent. I can clearly say "everhood one is a game about immortality", and while it obviously won't cover all the game's themes, it conveys an idea of them. I cannot do that for everhood 2. I guess it would be "about godhood" but thats a lot more esoteric and not nearly as deifned. The story has a lot of really good setups and it never resolves them. It could be very good, the devs gave themselves many ways to go to make a story on par with that of OFF for instance, but they never do. It feels like the game at the same time demands deep analysis and also refuses to have any element hold up to scrutiny.

- Visuals : Like in the 1st, there are some really trippy visual moments, but with way less consistence of art style. it kinda works, but there are different resolutions of pixel art, some litteral photographs and some 3D renders inhabiting the same space, its jarring.

Overall, everhood 2 is a game that has a really good combat system and music, but who's story falls short compared the the first game. I still think people should play it, hence the positive reccomendation, but with the correct expectations. Do play everhood 1 if you havent already tho!

my hyperfixation chose this game instead of anything else.

Everhood 2 gave me brain damage by the end of it, but at least the main character is silly.

i don't recommend, unless you want to feel the hope for this game leave your eyes in real time.

A pure improvement from the first game in all aspects and has endless replay value in form of mods. visuals and gameplay amazing all the way through.