So, this one actually did manage to live up to expectations. If anything is disappointing, it'd be that the modern era characters didn't take any of the gameplay enhancements from 3, but the game itself does feel more modeled after 2, which isn't a bad thing in itself.
Though I haven't unlocked Max yet, it met both my specifications(I wound up with a Switch I believe just a few months after my other post in here, not by choice, but what're ya gonna do?).