While I didn’t play these titles when they first arrived on the scene some time ago, I’ll admit that the original title that was re-released on the Switch made for some periodic chaotic fun. Not intended to be high-minded or take itself too seriously, the name of the game was silly wanton destruction and craziness, and while it wasn’t perfect it was still at least entertaining.

Given that this sequel was made and released pretty quickly on the heels of the original, I don’t suppose anyone expected it to do a great job of adding new and fresh gameplay to the mix. In that light, the fact that you’ll still mostly be running around causing destruction as quickly, efficiently, and devastatingly as possible is no surprise. While you’ll have some new toys that are initially fun to play with, they also can’t really buoy the overall experience though, and that unfortunately leads to everything pretty quickly feeling familiar and a bit flat.

Comparing my memories of the first game to this one, the one difference I did sort of feel they tried to make here was leaning more into story beats and humor… and at least as a modern game player that seems like it was a horrendous decision. Perhaps at one time some of these jokes could have been considered lowbrow funny, but even removing political correctness and other modern concepts from the table, so much of the humor here is just achingly lazy and bad. Throw in voice acting that does the jokes being thrown out in volume no favors whatsoever and this simply feels like an odd relic. If you enjoyed it back in the day and would like to return, more power to you, but of the two releases in this generation I’d consider the original to be the better option.