This is true, though.
Awesome. So you get the important stuff int he story, while getting to play the better game in less time, while still getting to make the choices that the galaxy depends on!
It is. Mainly because everything works as it should. In ME1, even weapons you're trained with were inaccurate as fuck, and your teammates huddle up and refuse to find their own cover, or they'll hang back 500m and not shoot.