I love the ability to read my parties thoughts while in the menu, it really fleshed them out as characters. I also adore the fact that the party has different animations for doing a normal attack and a Critical Hit. Cecil and Yang just seem so much more kick ass now. I also like the fact that all the Dark Swords are Two-Handed Greatswords and yet Cecil still manages to have a shield. I like how that gave more of an illusion of the overwhelming power the darkness gave Cecil before.