Honestly while I like the drawing, the idea, the characters (except for Compa--she's annoying as all hell) and maybe even the story, the gameplay is pretty horrid and repetitive, not to mention the difficulty is all over the place. I started playing mk2 god know how long ago and I have yet to finish it, mostly because I don't get the drive to. This game would be god-tier if it was eroge tho :O
Not sure if I'd give V a spin but I might just for the sake of seeing the old crew again. Ordered PS3 version of Tales of Vasperia and SRW is coming up in a couple of months though so it might not happen until next year (maybe it'll drop in price by then too--not really willing to pay nearly 100 bucks for it either way).
Oh and,
5bp-chan <3