Haven't gotten to even game except sporadically in a long time and was dropping by here to read up on what's going on with GG, and I have to chime in that until last month I didn't play GG2 because of the trash talking I heard from basically the entire internet.
Put it in last month and totally loved it. Endured, but easily endured, stages where the RTS element wasn't present -- it's no Devil May Cry, for sure -- but the action game + RTS is extremely satisfying and I loved the story. Dramatic like only Japanese narratives are and definitely adding a lot to the GG plotline. I'd love to see Sin in the next real fighter and Dizzy a little more adult if it's all getting redrawn for HD (like in that pic of Dizzy and Ky: http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-03/ggx2-dizzy-03.html). (Hey, not a big moe fan and she can get a little... I like more mature women, like I-no. )
I don't have the time in my life to play it competitively, wish I did, but it was worth what I paid for it. No major complaints here.