I'll keep this short since at the moment, it's just the beginning of a new phase. For a first update of the game tho, it's pretty incredible and shows a lot of promise!
As a follow up to phase one, it has welcomed improvements in nearly every area. The renders, animations, scene pacing, shot selection, UI, in game hint, soundtrack, sound effects, dialogue and just simple stuff such as setting the tone has been improved leaps and bounds.
One of my favorite parts of this update was the character introductions, they all did a very compelling job at getting me invested and wanting to see more of said character(whether they were old faces or new ones). The latest method of panning shots is sick as well, love the animations for it!
Overall as a update setting up the foundation for what's to come, it was great and has me very excited! I'd definitely recommend it, especially if you've already played through the first one