I love this game.

While several of the characters can seem a lot like characters from the first game, they're actually very different once you get under their skin. The most blatant similarities are between Kyle and Ronfar, but there are differences even there. Kyle is constantly immature until nearly the end of SSS, when he finally realizes that some things warrant a serious attitude. Ronfar, on the other hand, has a trauma in his past that has long since taught him sensitivity towards emotion, not to mention the spirituality he possesses thanks to his profession as a priest. And you can bet he doesn't incite or propogate petty squabbles with Mauri the way Kyle does with Jessica.