I found it went quickly enough (especially where I could skip most of the sidequests that had slowed down the first round) and with enough variation that I could enjoy it. It helped that I went for a spear build on him that mixed things up from the small sword/large sword 2B used. Spear throwing with the occasional hack to disable tougher things made for a different enough experience to be fun.
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