So far, yes, but I'm not that far in, so I wouldn't be confident guaranteeing it.

It's got more variation and less interruption for the well-I-found-it-boring future scenes - the game's more streamlined and the plot is more integrated.

And the various new elements and mechanics really do make for a lot more general variability in game play. (More than I'd so far discovered - currently my housemate is playing, and he isn't as far through the main plot as I am, but just a few seconds ago found some very, very cool stuff I'd missed.)