The game is more fun than the first one without DLC and mods. With DLC/mods, it's up to your preferences - with my preferences, this is more fun than the first game, but the relative lack of variety (e.g. in assets and total lack of props) hurts in comparison to the first game. Fortunately the asset situation has improved recently and will continue to do so quite rapidly.

Generally many aspects are improved in comparison to the first game, which is exactly what makes the game more fun. In my experience, this game has more management aspects than the first one, although it is still quite building-heavy. Still, this doesn't feel like a plop-down simulator anymore, which the first one ended up feeling like and which I personally didn't really like all that much.

Performance and the bug situation still leave room for improvement, but the game should be quite enjoyable on a wide range of setups without the bugs necessarily hurting the experience all that much. Your mileage might vary of course, so keep in mind that the game still isn't quite perfect in these regards.

The game is more fun than the first one without DLC and mods. With DLC/mods, it's up to your preferences - with my preferences, this is more fun than the first game, but the relative lack of variety (e.g. in assets and total lack of props) hurts in comparison to the first game. Fortunately the asset situation has improved recently and will continue to do so quite rapidly. Generally many aspects are improved in comparison to the first game, which is exactly what makes the game more fun. In my experience, this game has more management aspects than the first one, although it is still quite building-heavy. Still, this doesn't feel like a plop-down simulator anymore, which the first one ended up feeling like and which I personally didn't really like all that much. Performance and the bug situation still leave room for improvement, but the game should be quite enjoyable on a wide range of setups without the bugs necessarily hurting the experience all that much. Your mileage might vary of course, so keep in mind that the game still isn't quite perfect in these regards.