Actually, I bought the game, and I mostly agree that it's a great game, but ironically, I disagree on the two-player. The thing is, if you approach someone and use hand-to-hand attack, and then press A just as your attack hits the other character, it will pretty much kill them immediately. So it boils down to who gets the first turn...or else forcing yourselves to only fight with guns, but to me that seems kind of cheesy.
However, I felt the game as a whole was really tight for a budget game and it's actually a lot better than many full-priced games out there. If they had had a bigger budget and more time, I think Future Tactics could have been a must-have game. As it stands I still love it.
Edit: I don't remember how the game's score turned out on Gamerankings (can't visit it either, I'm at work), but most of the reviews I read under-rated the game, IMO. I'd put it somewhere in the 7.5 range, worth it for $30 in my opinion.