One of the more distressing comments I've heard about this game is that the on-screen action can apparently get frantic enough to make people sick. I didn't experience this problem at all with the original. Is the action a lot more hard on the eyes in this one, or is it comparable to the first game?
One way or another, I'm picking this game up. I loved the first one, and now that I've become 100% addicted to the anime series, I don't think I honestly have any choice in the matter. I just want to know if I'm going to have to take a break every five minutes to give my eyes a rest.
Also, how are the boss fights? Do they compare to the bosses in the original?
Personally I have no problem whatsoever with the game... except some of the missions are much harder than the original, which is a good thing. Things like you'll fight helicopters, and then fight a tank, and then fight more helicopters, and then fight another tank.
Boss fights are still very exciting... for instance, there is this really big guy with gattling guns, a guy packed with missile launchers (or some WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION?), some robots, and some really large biomechanical creature... and more.