>>32441603From a technical standpoint it's much better but the combat system is almost completely different. The main character only fights minor enemies on the world map and the main battles take place in those purple vortexes and you have 2 spectrobes ouy, you only control only one and the second one is controlled by AI but you can switch between them freely. I personally liked the new combat but some may prefer the first game's combat system, also it's still fairly limited since spectrobes only have one standard and one charged attack.
I don't remember if there's any major online content but I guess not, I played it fine without ever connecting once.