The only negative reviews I have seen from this game are from Aaron from this this board, and Be On Edge at Gaming Age forum. Most have been realatively postive. But, I am expecting people to be dissappointed in this game simply because, they are trying to do the impossible (live up to the insane hype which no game could), but could still be a great game by it self.
As for controls, thats a wait and see for me. Many games, I thought the controls sucked at first (Resident Evil for example) but got used to them and eventually enjoyed the game for what it is.