the audio mix is fuckin bizarre in handheld, like Very quiet and then the music is VERY VERY quiet at max vol. framerate in docked mode on the overworld is awful (at least in the second main area) actually gave me a little headache. i kinda dislike the change to a more open world modern style world structure with some random battles, i'm already too high level for some main story battles (probably due to those randoms) and i'm playing on hard difficulty.
that said, there's some really really cool new buildcrafting and team composition stuff in this new one i think. i love the new character, and the Sparks system is way cooler than the previous game's analogous weapon upgrading thing. i'm really excited to see how much the combat scenarios heat up as the game goes along, i've already had some sick turns where my characters execute double or triple the number of actions of a typical trpg, which is the core of the M+R gameplay loop for me and has not gotten any less satisfying
