I myself didn't like the super heavy weight of the weapons and slow attacks at first.
This video shows the combat from an NA players perspective but is only designed to show combat mechanics like raw swinging, parry capabilities, parry returns, and feint techniques.
My 2 cuprum.
The MO1 system allows you to do some pretty fun flurries, but leaves that as pretty much the only acceptable play style for NA. That is swinging really quick and getting behind parries.
The MO2 System while making it much more difficult to flurry, is still possible as well as being able to parry.
Sorry to my boy @FOXxAK @Henrik Nyström