Here's the thing, though. Despite all the annoyances I've just listed, this is still a great game. In my review of the first game, I mentioned that I sat and played the game for eight straight hours. Well, the exact same thing happened this time. The story and RPG elements of the game are just that good. The game compels you, keeps pulling you onward to the next revelation, the next philosophical discussion, the next plot twist, and for all the times I cursed at my monitor when the hinky A.I. screwed something up, there was never a question in my mind that I wasn't going to finish this game. I simply had to find out how the story ended, and while there were some stumbling blocks along the way, I'm extremely glad I took the trip.