For those that played both (specifically those that played Dragons Dogma first then Dragons Dogma 2), which game do you prefer?

For me, I was highly disappointed with the sequel for many reasons you all may have heard over and over.

It felt like the same Dragon's Dogma game from Dark Arisen but with hardly any new QOL changes and more of that feeling of "There's gotta be more, right?"

For those reasons, I prefer the first game to the sequel and I'm curious to know anyone's thoughts on how you rank the two.