I really wanted to love this, after sinking tons of hours into the first one, but it's barely enough to even call it a sequel. They lost all the magic from the first one.

The first Defender's Quest was one of my favorite games. I saw this because while this is not a bad game, it sadly does not live up to my hopes for the second. I don't think it carries the impact of the first and while it improves on the first in some game play features, I don't feel the connection the characters the way I did with the original. Granted I started the original when it was a flash game demo on Armor Games and I know that the final finished product was much different than what I initially played.

I am grateful that they were able to finish the game, and it is a good game for being put together by a small group and being a labor of love, but I can understand the mixed reviews for it.

I would say that it is worth playing, just don't do it right after playing the original or with that game too much in the forefront of you mind.