I wasn't as impressed as I think you were. It was a good game, but made a couple of errors that were pretty damning for my overall enjoyment.
First is that the game is too easy, with the no death system in place I never really had to plan out my acrobatics. And unfortunately, planning out and then succeeding in an acrobatic run was one of the things I enjoyed most about the first 3d PoP.
Second, it had some bugs with Elika and switches, when you needed her help to turn a dial she would stay at one dial for a while or not figure out what you wanted to do when you were trying to turn a dial. This can get exasperatting when you have to switch between 3 different dials to try and solve a puzzle as she was constantly delaying what I wanted to do.
Third, ending sucked. Ending sucked so much and I hate them for making a "oooo, wait for the sequel" ending and being so GD obvious about it as well as making a fake choice that you didn't actually get to decide. Personally, I wanted to say "fuk you Elika, I'm gonna go get my donkey and not release the god of evil" but that wasn't an option.
Like I said, a good game even with these issues, but not great.
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