The game really does get more fun when you force your MC to use the worst weapons and armor (I still enjoyed it before, but the combat left a lot to be desired). To me, the issue seems to be the game shoving all of its systems onto you right from the get-go, rather than you receiving them as the game got more difficult. The Zing system should feel like this clutch thing that you can only get the most out of every so often, rather than basically spin attacking your way to victory. Seems as if they over-corrected from some of the feedback from the first game. Hopefully they'll hear the noise and patch in a "hard" mode, or better yet, a lot more options a la Persona. But other than that, I like it quite a bit. The voice acting stuff doesn't bother me at all because I tend to hate long cut-scenes with spoken dialogue I can't skip (looking at you Kingdom Hearts).
