Genesis felt like what would happen if a whiny Sephiroth Fanboy with low self-esteem, wrote himself into his own fanfiction as a Mary Sue but thanks to his crappy attitude about himself spends the rest of the plot either whining about not being as cool as Sephiroth and spouting lame ass poetry about obscure VII references. Genesis should die in a fire, he ruins Crisis Core. At least Sephiroth feels like a villain and not a whiny loser with an inferiority complex.

On topic...

The Japanese site just updated with a video explaining the Assist abilities and I must say I'm truly impressed. It might not convert the hard core fighting game fans like Roogle but I say it's a step in the right direction.

For those to lazy to check the site:

There are two gauges under the life bar which are the assist gauges. It fills up as your character attacks and moves forward, but it takes a cue from Guilty Gear, the gauge will deplete if you stop acting or stay too defensively. When one gauge is filled, you summon another fighter to throw a few cheap shots at the enemy with a Bravery attack. With two gauges filled, the assist character can use a HP attack. The other cool feature is that it is possible to still attack while the assist character is battling. This allows some interesting combos... One the video shows is a poor Garland getting sandwiched between Lightning (Main) and WoL (Assist) both performing one of their nastier HP attacks and Garland is literally juggled between both of them.