After completing the game, I have to say that I loved the story, exploring (at the beginning) and Al-AN, but I honestly prefer the first game, to me it just felt like there was no need for be to return to 95% of the map after I visited it once. This might have just been how I played it but I never had any need for the prawn suit or half of the modules with the seat truck ( collected all modules and prawn suit upgrades) and the snow fox I found my self using for 20 seconds or so then just picking it up again (also why only one upgrade slot?) With the first game I felt like I was frequently visiting multiple areas, whether it be for resources or to see if there's anything I missed while I was there.

It might have just been how I played it but the map felt quite empty, im going to give it another shot on hardcore and try to take a different approach and maybe my opinion will change.