I can't believe that this game came out in Japan only last year, because it plays and feels like a Wii launch game from the crappy controls to the lack of depth and pointless mini-games. I just completed (I guess) the section with Crow at the amusement park
Hmm, it's an unfortunate place to give up, since by far the best parts of the game start to come immediately after that (including an area where the fighting is actually fun).
It's clearly a flawed game, but there are much better bits than the amusement park...