the first one, somehow, by some miracle, made up for its lackluster story and characterization by revealing the plot in really, really interesting bits and pieces. i usually hate AAA slop like anyone else, but it had me running around the plot mission areas looking for all the audio logs i could find because i actually wanted to hear them.

the second one, having no plot to reveal, relied entirely on its shitty story and shitty characters. i finished it only because of the robo dino hunting, which is probably why anyone even gives the two games the time of day.