i picked it up the other day, im fairly close to completing it, but i can definately see why IGN gave it a low score.
it just seems like the entire game was made on a lower budget than before, and some areas rushed even. i guess ill post some examples.
voice acting, Donal and Goofy are the only 2 characters in the entire game that dont screw something up at some point in the game,
virtually all of the final fantasy characters have crappy VA's, (mainly cid and aeris), even the others (not just FF chars), their original actors in KH1 did a much better job, it was just a big dissappointment to hear the new voices.
and i know its not haleys fault that his voice dropped how it did, but he is the exception to what i said above, he couldve definately used a completely new VA. it no longer fits the character >_>
graphics, well some do look better but some look worse as well. I cant pinpoint any of them off the top of my head but i do remember going WTF when i saw certain character models,.....
could be that i actually make character models that i was able to spot flaws in them, but its still a bother to know that THIS is all they have for me after ive been waiting for the game for 2 years.
i also hate the new MP system, it does come in handy when you are completely out, but i feel they went about it the wrong way. Lets say your down to that last little smidgen of MP..... its 100% USELESS. you have to use that up to make it charge. WHY if they were so insistent on having your mp recharge did they not just make it slowly regenerate constantly.
all that aside though, I do love the new battle system. You can get some crazy aerial battles going in this one =P