Though there's been a number of QoL upgrades in this game, there have also been some definite downgrades in the gameplay. The inability to use any more than 8 skills in battle, the removal of health recovery items, the encounter gauge going up slower and the lack of fishing to get upgraded equipment were the most notable ones for me. I can understand removing the latter because it would give us OP equipment that would let us just absolutely sail through the game, but I find the first 3 changes pretty questionable at best. I went to replay the original game after I 100% Evenicle 2, and I 100% a fresh save in half the time.