To me, Nanaya, the difference that matters to me is the fact that you can use mouse controls, which REALLY makes life much simpler since controls are much easier.
For people having trouble with the Slayer medal: (note I was playing on Epic Difficulty)
Note that multiple hits (Cleaver) do not add up. This means you have to use some other Limit Break with a high damage output. I ended up with Black Hole as my skill. Dark Tooth+MAtk boosting accesory/armour results in a 210% boost (DT=90%, Accessory+Armour=20%) in Natalie's magic stat. I went up against Akron and waited for his Holy form, used Lance's Crush to remove the MDefence +50%, threw one Milk using Matt and then unleashed Black Hole. If you still have trouble with that, use Matt's Fright to reduce Akron's MDefence after Crush! That should clear it.
Actually you can do it on any Darkness-weak creatures. It's just that I was testing Matt's Cleaver on Akron until I realised it had to be one strike and I was too lazy to move to another spot.
I was totally frozen in peace when I was playing this game. The only thing moving was my hands and my eyes. There was a pulsating feeling at my forehead and when I finally decided to find out what it was, I was freaked out by a feeling at my arm, which I discovered was my pillow that I had totally forgotten about. Awesome game. 5/5
I found the raven in a cage at the attic to be the best scaring thing. The second best was the mirror above the fireplace at the base level. I had 10 deaths. :/
9/10 I absolutely love this game.