I tried the demo last night, although I tried it by myself, I thought the demo well... kinda sucked.
Not as in, the game sucked, just the demo didn't really do a good job of showing it off. Maybe I should invite a friend and try the game on the hard difficulty.
I never did play the old ones, and I was hoping to get this one on PC. But after playing it on 360, it really does seem to be a bit TOO at home on console for me to get in PC (If that makes any sense...)
Did you try it with a friend? The game seems to offer challenging fights, and I hope the abilities play an important tactical role as well. Lucas had some interesting tanking abilities. It all reminded me of how Ultimate Alliance played. Lots of mashing buttons and throwing in a special ability to mix things up.