I did like playing this and it was nice to see how the story continued for these characters after the first one. I will say though that I enjoyed Bravely Default's story (and it's twists) much better than this, even factoring in the not so well done second half of the first game. I liked the music better, the characters were much more fun and blended well together more than the two new additions in the sequel, this one I just didn't care about the new characters and I really tried to give them a chance but they just weren't doing it for me. I feel like the developers improved the job system in the best way but the story and the other characters fell flat for me. I'd say if you were a fan of the first one, you need to play this one just to complete it and see what happens with the first game's characters. I'm glad I played it but I probably won't replay any time soon.