Very late to the party but I just caught up to the 2.0 story and I liked it. My major criticisms was that there really wasn't much to do in waifei and the town as a whole felt like set dressing, too many filler encounters to make up for the lack of TV mode, and I feel like Dr. Kohl should have been a boss fight. I also think there should have been breather section after he fed himself to the miasma and then the Yunkui summit deciding to go after the Exaltists once and for all. That part was too abrupt.
The group was likeable. Fufu is easily the heart of the team, Yixuan is a flawed leader, and Pan is fun to both play and be around. Shiyuan is the only weak member by virtue of being non playable and mostly kinda being just a background npc with no memorable lines and character quirks. Definitely an improvement over Section 6 imo. Yixuan somehow felt less forced despite being the obligatory chinawank character than Miyabi who did mostly nothing until the last second in her chapter.