In my opinion, these things make it bad
The side characters had better backstories, or they were explored more in Season 1 ( I literally cannot remember a single name in season 2 just the numbers) ( 390 was cool but he was already established in season 1)
I don't think they can replicate what they did in season 1 because it was shocking, but we kinda know what it's going to be now
don't know for me, but in season 1, I thought the main character could potentially die
They were going for a different genre - from only survival games to a rebellion-type
Season 1 had a darker atmosphere to the game
The Detective just had a bad season 2 compared to Season 1
I think it was natural for a show like this to have a worse season 2 but they still did pretty good