This is nothing like the book. In Melville's classic exploration of man's hubris, the aliens don't appear until after Queequeg dons his battle mecha and retrieves the Kokovokian Robospear of the Ancients.
Running still sucks, swimming still has the same weird bugs, flying has a good twist, and climbing is fun. Money seems useless after Egypt. I like the game but I wish it was a total overall improvement on the first game instead of being just slightly better.