There's a big design problem with the 2nd title that only really becomes apparent when you engage in multiplayer versus people.

You can essentially rush to the ultimate Reaper character by just having everyone pray, which is both a game ender and a spoiler, because it really makes the game boring.

Having said that, this was for the original version when it came out, I don't know if they ever did anything about it and/or for the later GoG etc. versions.