The camera is shit and the balance is fucked. Xbox NG1 had hard-but-fair gameplay, whereas NG2 just went for "we're gonna stun lock you with dogs and explosives and mechas while you can't see shit because the camera is worse for some reason and Ryu no longer rolls he just sort of ducks which isn't nearly as cool and also Rachel is gone to be replaced by a completely different character who is basically the same but is actually Irene from the NES games and these are prequels".
Fuck do the ninja ladies have nice bodies though.