I loved the story and its no where near the same - Dom`s story arc was great and really shocking and I loved the fact they expanded the other characters a lot more too. I also loved the section inside the giant worm, riding Betty around was fun, the raft idea was cool and clearing the streets. The end was easy yes - but there were so many more boss fights in this one and by the end the bad guys were on the run so I was still happy with it. This is not a set of games were people can just skip the cut scenes or just shot your way thought it. Taking time to follow the story and you`ll get caught up with the characters - this is not C.O.D (thank god) its C.O.G and I`ll be a fan till I die. Have no idea what you are on about with the "Less brown" comment