A very good and true sequel to one of the greatest game ever made. But still ranks 2nd.
GRAPHICS: 9.8
Unchanged from the first one which is just fine with me since they are remarkable for the time. They make very good use of the 2D graphics and the talking heads are very nice looking. But again, I wish there were a few more death animations.
CONTROLS: 9.5
Also unchanged (at least not in a very noticable way) from the first one. But it didn't really need a change either. A good improvement is the faster transfer of money but it is still annoying since you cannot simply type in how much you want to trade.
GAMEPLAY: 9.5
Very fun with a lot of great side quests and even more to explore and again you will want to play over and over again. But I dislike aliens, and feel that some of the towns were not as original or realistic as they were in the first one.
SOUNDS: 9.7
Just as nice to listen to the second time around and the sounds never seem to get to old or annoying. All of the sounds in the game go together very nicely and compliment each other.
STORY: 8.5 ***spoiler warning***
This I feel is the only real downfall of the game compared to the second one. Although still interesting and decent you don't get the same sense of urgency to retrieve the GECK for your village as you did looking for the waterchip. And finding out how to get the ship going to go to the Enclave main base tends to be a bit more annoying then I like.
MULTIPLAYER: N/A
FINAL: 9.4