After playing through the beta test campaign three times, we can safely say that the game lives up to expectations. The developers improved the graphics greatly and took into account the shortcomings of the first part. However, the optimization still looks unimportant: constant crashes, bugs at every step (that’s why it’s beta). We were never able to test the mercenary (yes, now you can travel alone, hiring all sorts of AI characters). However, such mercenaries will only stay with you for a certain number of battles. That's how fickle they are.
My feedback to the developers looked impressive: at first it seemed that the game was too crude. It took a lot of time and dancing with tambourines to join and play with a friend. They made it very uncomfortable. For some reason, they removed the ability to change the gender of characters. Well, that is, if you choose an alchemist, then you play as your grandfather, and this is not discussed. But they worked on the figures, now it’s nice to look at them. The chance of receiving rewards seems to have increased significantly.
Another picture was even strange: as more and more strong clothes were knocked out, their appearance became... worse. I went through the middle of the game in some rags. I was literally wearing a savage's bandage. This isn't even starting equipment. And in the end, my male magician walked around in a clearly feminine robe, and there was a heart on his magic wand. Let me remind you that gender cannot be changed. Why was high-level clothing for women... I have not seen a male equivalent.
But the second part did not go far from the first, so it is still the same cool cooperative game. You won’t be able to play alone, you won’t go far, you’ll end up dead at the very beginning. A lot of chips were added, it became more interesting to play.