Graphics look good, VA is horrible and how they re-interpreted most of the scenes makes me feel confident about this one. I think that the combat system will be what will make me love or not the remake, the combat in the original is not great, but I don't like that much this kind of real-time action with lots of pause options.
From what I understand it's optional to have that pause system. You can have it like kingdom hearts and rely on the command menu while in combat.