The improvements in this game are focused on traversal.
They made the game a bit too easy tbh.
The harsh environments and tight inventory management from the first game aren’t there here.
Building stuff is easy and can be done very early on.
And you don’t have to walk as much if you choose to use trucks or bikes for deliveries.
But this is mostly in response to criticism of the first game. And it allows more people to enjoy.
sh*t studio and sh*t management. They wanted to destroy AAA games by setting filler games as trend for GP. Gamers showed the middle finger to them.
Buzz of MS from the gaming system if you want to run it like that.