That's what you get if you want sequel,i gues..
The popularity of this game amongst some people may be because of the main character is a GIRL. You know with a skirt and all. Personally for me it was a bit of turn-down, as her actions, speech and jokes were somehow if not funny in girlish way, then definitely not serious.
The graphics and sound is ideal and caries the mark the franchise gained from second game.
However the story is written poorly and is dosed quite dry in game. The first part of game passed with you killing bunch of monsters and solving some riddles with no good reason. And after that it is quite clear that whats left of cult from girl's past is coming back to take her and you got to kill the cult leader before it's too late. That's all to the story.
So this game is pretty quick to finish, tho it could have been even faster if not some story elements that, to my opinion, was unnecessary. You can finish it within 6-7 hours without being rushed.