I played a little bit of it but not enough to make an accurate judgment call.

I love the original Wild Arms. It is one of my favorite RPGs of all time. I'm in the process of replaying Wild Arms, and when I get done with that you can bet I'm going to start Wild Arms 2. As long is it has great music like the first game (Zed's Theme and Boomerang Flash) I'll be fine with it.