I have to say I'm fairly disappointed in the game so far, I preferred the first one to this -_-
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with the game, it's just that there is SO MUCH FLUFF in there as mentioned multiple times already. Also I'm pretty sure I'm right on the ending of the second hub world, and from what I know there's 3 worlds so I'm essentially done 70% with the game and there has barely been 10 minutes worth of story. Considering how polished and emphasized the first game's story was, this comes as a very odd design choice. It's like they spent all the time refining the game play and making huge new hub worlds and not enough time in expanding the lore.
having a game with a large scale is one thing, but having loooooooooooooooooooong empty hallways that take 1 to 2 minutes each to go through just so you can maks load times is another, i wish there was a hack or mod to be able to summon the damn horse anywhere, i'd just bring it out in all the dungeons so i can atleast move around faster.