Not really. The Red Legion weren’t mentioned at all during 1, and the game was centered around them. Another thing I didn’t like, the game was centered around the Red Legion, and in 1 you spent most of the game and add-ons destroying the Fallen, So why the hell are you fighting Fallen on almost every planet in 2? For a game where the main enemies were the Cabal, you don’t fight them a whole lot until the end of the main game.