Oh, I see. I see the full picture now.

TL;DR: I highly recommend playing the prequel first (CoH AE) and let that be the judge.

At first I truly wanted to recommend it due to this being a sequel, but this has its own issues that are somehow worse than the previous game.

First thing is the localization. This is a new team of two people that is different from the PSP version. Therefore, everything was localized from scratch and everything had to be standardized between both CoH 1 & 2. You can basically forget about the old team and their efforts for their long inactivity. As for the current one, I can't say much because they're just doing their job and are mostly silent (on Steam at least).

Second is that as I was going through at my own pace, there was an update that addresses some of the reviews' problem: A voice volume slider was not present in the options menu. This means people had to tolerate with loud voice acting as character bump into walls and die. That being said, I'm also grateful there was an update at all to help improve other parts of the game too, such as some text fixes and map readability - the map's walls had extremely similar color with the floor before.

Lastly is the game itself. As some reviews pointed out, there are Anti-Magic + Deep Zone tiles present, and they're required to traverse on to advance the main story. You need to build a team, with members preferably with the innate ability to fly (some races do this) or giving them Angelic Cuffs or Stilts. Casting float spells will mean your team's unfair demise past the first three maps.

Now for the fact that it's a sequel. It should be one that improves and builds on the prequel. It is only true to a small degree. The pros are using an MP pool for all spells, having a single inventory bag from the player's perspective, much better gold income, great Japanese voice acting in dialogue, and the game being absurdly faster than the PSP version. The cons are not having MP recovery items, maps being less friendly early on (after the Forest of Beginnings), and low inventory limits for a game that gives you a lot of synthesis junk. Tutorials are either absent or extremely subtle with zero explanation on what each race and course (character class) does. The prequel has its tutorials to explain most of the mechanics, so why can't those be transferred over? As for the courses, there are Steam and GameFAQ guides for what they do so I'll leave that there.

If it weren't for the tutorial and map issues, it would be much easier to give a thumbs up. But after beating the last boss in the story, I can't. Instead, I recommend playing its prequel (CoH AE) first and let that be the judge. You need knowledge from the prequel to know what you're doing here. Of course you can dive in blind and expect the worst, but you will have zero rights to complain afterwards.

Regardless if you decide to get this game or its prequel, I highly recommend saving often. Good luck.