Not a true free roam like the first. Huge, huge disappointment.
Very linear game with not much exploration. There are side quests, but it really doesn't add much to the game aside from wasting time. To add insult to injury, there is a massive land mass that looks like it is something you should be able to explore, something that SHOULD have been in the game you payed for, but nope. This company failed with their first game, but I thought I'd give them a second chance seeing as everyone has to start somewhere. Its a shame they couldn't even make it better than the first. If anything, I enjoyed the first far more just because of the exploration.
Complete and utter waste of 50 bucks. All in all, the only thing worth praising would be the graphics, but to be honest, it is the same generic smooth edge graphics you see in most games in the past 2 years.