I put a few hours in today and it's already everything I'd hoped it would be. And you're right about the story, it feels like you get much deeper into it much sooner than you did in H1.
Just got it, gonna get started tonight. Heard it's already larger than Hades, despite being in early access still, so looks like I can easily hit over a 100 hours on it.
Man, 2nd guardian is a tough fight! Maybe I'm still too early game for it, or maybe I just need to hit gud. They hit like moose though. Had a build with serious damage but still too squishy.
Oh yeah, definitely still trying to unlock more cards for better synergy. I was dummy and like, misunderstood how the 0 cost cards worked so made some foolish purchases.