I absolutely loved the first game and immediately fell for this one as well. The art, music, story-telling and gameplay have all been improved upon for what currently in the game right now. Which leads me to say that my biggest and only issue with the game right now... is that there isn't more due to the game being in an early access state. While that in of itself is completely fine it just feels weird for a metroidvania game to not launch with a complete story to playthough. There's a lot to this game and I'm aware, but it was bumming me out that there were a couple areas I couldn't explore as I was really getting into the game let alone the combat. I'm for sure going to remain patient for the full game to come out, but as of right now I think it's a good time to revisit the first game to get my fix of great metroidvanias.

amazing is all i gotta say really

It's very good, has all of the strengths of the first game while improving upon its weaknesses. This is most apparent in the combat, Ender Lilies combat was floaty and it never really felt like your attacks had any "oomph" to them, Magnolia has that "oomph." Even though its still early days, it's also apparent that exploration will be less tedious in the sequel, the maps provide more information and the player gets access to mobility skills much, much sooner than in the first game.

Ender Lilies was a solid game, 7/10, but this one looks like it's going to be downright amazing.