Patch 1.1, so far a bit boring...

I've played through an hour or so of the new area in Duet Night Abyss Patch 1.1, but I'll be honest here. It's boring and the characters are boring. There's nothing really standing out in this compared to what we got in 1.0 in terms of story depth, I wonder if it's some curse as it's always the oriental inspired zones that end up the most boring.
Again though, it's just the first patch of the new zone, maybe it'll improve with the sequels as they're still trying to set up the characters that will be part of it.