Genuinely a fantastic game with some of the best gameplay I've ever experienced. Seriously, this sequel took the combat, tool, and stealth systems of the first game and refined them down to a near T. Additionally, in terms of story, at first I played the game without having played the 2 DLCs of the first game, which are actually integral to fully understanding the story, otherwise a lot is going to seem out of place. I will say that this was an unfortunate design choice, but honestly once you do play the DH1 DLC the story in this game goes from meh to pretty solid, I will admit. I have a lot more appreciation for this, perhaps one of my favorite addictions, now that I've played through them as it fully fleshes out the series as a whole. Would highly recommend you give it a try once you've played the DLC.
Thank you Arkane for your masterpiece.

Genuinely a fantastic game with some of the best gameplay I've ever experienced. Seriously, this sequel took the combat, tool, and stealth systems of the first game and refined them down to a near T. Additionally, in terms of story, at first I played the game without having played the 2 DLCs of the first game, which are actually integral to fully understanding the story, otherwise a lot is going to seem out of place. I will say that this was an unfortunate design choice, but honestly once you do play the DH1 DLC the story in this game goes from meh to pretty solid, I will admit. I have a lot more appreciation for this, perhaps one of my favorite addictions, now that I've played through them as it fully fleshes out the series as a whole. Would highly recommend you give it a try once you've played the DLC. Thank you Arkane for your masterpiece.