The decline or the growth depends on the appealing of the setting gameplay etc. I can’t get into 7 but I loved 16. And so own and so forth. If u liked dd1 u definitely going to get dd2. That’s why I said is a stupid comparisonSo the decline is about the change in combat system? Or the world thematics?
I can’t say the theme made any difference to me… combat maybe while I liked it after some time it lacked depth.
The thematics were good imo… I just wished more RPG and less adventure.