Controls definitely take some getting used to after the more intuitive/tight GoW, I'll give you that. As I've said elsewhere on this title, playing it after Gears was like playing Onimusha (Capcom as well) after playing Metal Gear Solid 2, it showed how finely tuned the controls were on the latter.
But I think, with some adjustment/time given you'd get into it and that it's a solid title. Nice graphics, fun B-movie sci-fi setting/story.