KOTOR 2 begins

Well I gave in and yesterday bought KOTOR 2. I figured if I am going to have lots of time to kill on vacation next week what better way. The first game took me about 45 hours to finish and I have already played this one about 7-8 hours. The best and worst thing about this game is that it is exactly the same as the first. Literally they took the engine and graphics from first game and stuck a new story in it. This is good in that the first game was amazing. It is bad in that there isn't much innovation. The few changes include some UI tweaks and the ability to break down items and construct new ones. This allows some difference in finding items, but not a whole lot. I still like the game and will play it a bunch over next week, but I just wonder if it could have been better.