I loved it but wouldn't even have finished it or played it very long without cheats.
A lot of it is really nice, but the game design is a horrendous mess of ideas thrown together seemingly at random.

Really, it's a good game when you got the cheats to offset that mess.
But the inexperience of the studio shows, a lot.
It's like several people came up with different ideas and game design elements that don't work with each other at all, never talked with each other (was this developped during the pandemic?) but still put all of it in the game.

Sony decided to shelf the IP altogether. Bad idea.
It doesn't need a sequel, it needs a remaster or a re-release, one in which they would fix all of its problems and everything that doesn't work.

I loved it but wouldn't even have finished it or played it very long without cheats. A lot of it is really nice, but the game design is a horrendous mess of ideas thrown together seemingly at random. Really, it's a good game when you got the cheats to offset that mess. But the inexperience of the studio shows, a lot. It's like several people came up with different ideas and game design elements that don't work with each other at all, never talked with each other (was this developped during the pandemic?) but still put all of it in the game. Sony decided to shelf the IP altogether. Bad idea. It doesn't need a sequel, it needs a remaster or a re-release, one in which they would fix all of its problems and everything that doesn't work.