Control is disappointing
However, the controls, especially how the character moves, is extremely sluggish. In 3rd person, the character slides diagonally when moving. In first person, the fighting itself is difficult to manipulate at times. For example, swinging a sword really is slow and tough to pick up on the screen (I'm using an Xbox 360, on an HDTV). Raising a shield is quite good as it blocks most of the screen as would in real life. But the movement seems to be more mechanical and not quite as organic as I would have expected. The sliding really is annoying. They could have done a LOT better with the movement animations.