It's not a huge improvement over the original but it's a little more playable than the previous one but it's still a challenge especially to be able to stand firm without falling when landing on the ground or water when you're in the air either on a skateboard or a surfboard, Graphically it's not so bad but it could have been better if it weren't for its mid-zenithal perspective so it can be a bit confusing for some players, The music is compliant, but nothing out of this world, and since when can a surfboard resist lava? Well it looks like the surfboard is all liquid but hey, and also that it was developed by Sculptured Software instead of Atlus from the Previous Installment and Distributed by LJN, you know the company that AVGN itself had to be angry.