Most of time you will replay a certain scene just because of the unresponsive controls.
I think that given the very short length of the clunky controls were a design choice. :D
Maybe it's not good as the third episode, but imho it's still worth a try :)
Yes the Monkey Kombat is terrible, but it's actually a small small part of the game, just grab some pen & paper.
.... poor execution, unless you play on easy difficulty ( Heaven) expect to use just one/two powers, and combined with the poor variety of levels, you will get bored quickly.