Absolutely fantastic, takes the first game and raises it to a whole other level.

-Pros-
>Music is still as a good as the first (better even, with help from Chuck Salamone). I'm not a music expert so I won't go on about music styles and stuff, but it's good. Really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good.
>Combat is challenging but rewarding with the amount of meat given to upgrade your health on top of other consumables. Tons of status effects that keep you and your party on your toes at every round of a fight and helps make every class of enemy in the game feel different and specialized.
>Claymation style is even more eye catching and mind warping from how it looked in Hylics 1, given the engine change from RPG Maker to Unity. I never caught myself complaining that a move animation was going on too long because they were just THAT interesting, it helps give an idea for how combat would be in an odd alien world like this.
>Decently length, took me about 8 or so hours to get through, not including some of the side areas you can go to with dungeon crawling element.

-Cons-
>The 2D platforming is rough, mostly in the level designs for the 2D sections and getting lost in them. I had to watch a video of someone else going through it just to know where to jump because of some area off screen that was there with no indication. Developer stated that he'd be putting in more coin paths to guide players, so here's hoping that helps.
>The overworld perspective can be awful at points, especially when you zoom out the camera in places like Foglast and Hylemxylem. Platforms can appear like they're at the same height as you, only to find out they aren't when you smash your face into the wall right below them.
>I like that I can finally talk to my party but there could've been a bit more dialogue so I could know more about them. In a surreal setting like Hylics, that might be the point, but I'd still love to have this cool world expanded more by interacting with them.

I don't write reviews, nor do I think I'm good at them, but I really felt like I had to for a game like this. It's a one of a kind.