The main reason to avoid this game is sadly unrelated to its content, but rather the forced requirement to have a Uplay account. Not only is this a pointless hassle but when the service is down, the game simply does not work. This happens more often than I would have expected and has led to me moving this game into the hidden section of my Steam library.
As for the game itself, it has its pluses, especially in terms of the combat, but the writing is a rather significant step down from the previous game (The Stick of Truth). Part of this is perhaps because rather than being published by Obsidian, a company that has a long history of challenging tropes and RPG conventions, is now through Ubisoft, which is is as bland and generic as you could find.
The structure of the game, I feel, is similarly held back by the move to Ubisoft as now many of the quests fall under the standard collect-a-thon or fill up the progress bar. The first game had just one of these with Chimpokomon, which seemed like a self-aware joke and gave nothing for completing it. Now, this sort of busy work is everywhere.
In the end, the game is larger but feels shallower. Not bad, mind you, but somewhat disappointing as missed opportunities tend to be.
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