Who prefers Kotor 2?

A couple questions for those of you who prefer 2 to 1.

Is it because of gameplay, storyline, tone/message, or something else? And how much does TSLRCM affect your preference? I have still only played vanilla.

I’m in the middle of my first replay in quite a while and I appreciate it far more than I once did but I still prefer the original. I love the dark, ominous feel to this game and I think the story is great as a standalone but after playing 1 and just wanting more info on the original characters this doesn’t scratch the itch like I want it to.

I know they planned a third and it fell through and all that but the lack of (gameplay) closure to the story has never stopped bothering me and I just can’t love 2 as much as 1.

I do plan to play TSLRCM one day but I just haven’t done it yet.