So, everyone but me adored the first installment in this series. I didn’t hate it, but too few mini games, and seriously repetitive gameplay. This one upped the ante. Some repetitiveness, like the several storybooks where you find two symbols at a time. But otherwise very original. The mini games are not as many as I’d like, but boy, the ones they have are awesome! Multilayered puzzles, that I like figuring out on my own, but if you’re stuck or want more instruction, that’s available as well. Just like the first Nevertales, the extras are impressive. You can go back and find any collectibles you’ve missed after the game. Finding all of them opens the Red Heart Casino. There you can play Solitaire 2 ways, Blackjack, Forklift games, the Target game again, and an infinite version of Gears avoiding obstacles as he flies up the tower. Then, if you get 500+ points in the Casino, you get access to a large jigsaw puzzle. Throughout the game, in addition to collectibles in each scene, you also find morphing objects in each Hop. After the game and bonus game are played, you can replay the hops to collect any morphing objects you missed, and also get 3 stars in every hop (which you get an achievement for.) The only achievement I missed was to look at every note. I did good early on, but once the action becomes intense, and I don’t need to refer to the notes to know what to do, I stopped looking. Unfortunately you cannot go back and look at the notes after the game, so make sure you look at all of them in-game, if you want that achievement. Overall a nice riff on Alice through the looking glass, with Mallek thrown in as the ultimate villain. If you can stand more story than gameplay, this one is definitely worth it!