I was a pretty big fan of the original, so far for me at least the sequel doesn't QUITE live up to it. Granted the things the game does well it does REALLY well, namely the atmosphere, in that regard it's far better than the original. I find the game play falling a little flat I decided to start on "normal" difficulty and I find it far to easy, I also thought some of the controls were better in the original (PC version).
That being said I'm still enjoying it.