Played another SP map, which really just caused more (minor) gripes. First... I hate the voice actor for Calypso. His "menacing" voice is incredibly forced and I don't like it at all. IIRC Calypso didn't even speak in TM:B. It was always in the 3rd person done by the character narrating, like "Calypso then told me I'd need to win the next challenge to win the tournament". I would prefer that as the actor for Sweet Tooth sounds worlds better.
Speaking of Sweet Tooth, I think they made his story a little TOO messed up. Maybe I'm just getting older but during the old games I would always think, "wow this guy is seriously nuts" but it was taken in stride. Now I feel actually uncomfortable with how demented they made the cutscenes. I don't know if the live action makes is worse or what, but it just seems like they overcompensated. Not sure how the other characters are yet.
Anyway, these are just mainly story and SP quirks. The game play is still solid and feels right. It's not much of a looker and there's not a lot of content here, but the underlying game behind the terrible single player is good enough.