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I agree with most of that. The 2nd game was so disappointing and felt rushed. Which is not surprising given what we know about the situation at LucasArts at that time, and the closure of it just 3 years later?
It really did feel like a let down, maybe because the 1st games was so strong, dark, and engaging. And also a lot of fun. Yes, it was stupidly overpowered and OTT, but that was computer games in general at the time. I’ll always be a fan of the first game, and the whole multimedia project thing around it, which shits on the fans and their loyalty and memory of it when this kind of content is de-canoned.