Hmm. Beaten up to the end of 2-3 in CS4 now, and I must say, these chapters are good in the "going around exploring and doings quests" parts, but the main story parts feel really, uh, boring/pointless? Like you're mostly fighting people who aren't really against you, kinda rescuing girls who are kinda captured, and not really doing anything. The Act 1 stuff felt like they put effort into the climaxes at least. This stuff is fillery as heck, like they were planning on making CS3 and CS4 as one game, split them apart, and then realized they had to add a bunch of inconsequential content to make the game longer (shorter can be better, guys!)...
I generally agree here. Act 2 in particular felt like there was a bunch of stuff that didn't need to be there. There's a part coming up that I thought was really cool mostly, but overall I'd say Act 1 has been easily the best part of the game. I am also only on 3-1 right now though and my impression is that most people like the finale a lot, at least. ---
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.