I was such a big fan of Redemption that for me personally, Redemption II was never going to live up to it. I have still played around 1.5k hours of Redemption II but it did not leave the same impact on me.
I'm always curious what someone means when they ask for an "honest" opinion. As opposed to what? Do you believe people would lie to you if you didn't specify that?
Only downside I'd say is it having 2 disc making transfers to a new console difficult, even with USB dje to the factor of both Disc 1/Disc 2 being required.