I generally have issues with Suda 51's games, because people pass off the glaring flaws in his games as commentary or whatever. I'm all for poking fun at stuff, but when it actually hampers my enjoyment of a game, I can't take it.

I rented NMH2 to play in between Mass Effect sessions (until I get Tatsunoko vs Capcom), and I was pretty pleased that they took out the 'overworld'. That was the big thing that made me not want to finish the first game. I only played up to the boss you have pictured and quit when those lasers started messing me around. Didn't feel like figuring anything out at the time so I just turned it off :P I did notice the new music though, it sounded kind of like Persona's.