I was surprised to hear all the voice actors save Ziggy and Jr. changed too...but...Shion doesn't sound all bad, but I watched a movie clip with KOS-MOS talking and didn't find it all too enjoyable.

I've read a lot about the battle system and I'm not sure I'll like it either. It seems like this one was made much more mainstream where the first one flipped the bird to everyone but hardcore RPG fans. Even more disturbing, the head writer is gone!

Some voice actor or another did say he was doing recordings for Xenosaga III though, so the series seems to keep on trucking anyway.