I still halfway through, but I feel like the map is more compact, which I personnaly don’t mind. I understand why people would consider it a (fully fleshed) expansion though. Just like the first, I still have those “holy shit” moments when discovering a new biome or something of importance. It also took me a long time to get going in the first time, and I appreciate the fact to be far more efficient right from the start. The above water areas are not that bad imo.