PixelJunk Eden - controls from Hell?

For some reason PixelJunk Eden (PS3) is causing a whole set of different reactions than I expected. Personally I love the game, though I did reminisce a bit about its controls on Bashers (NL).

The weird thing seems to be that a lot of players in my gaming sphere not only think the controls are weird (they are), but also inconsistent. Which in my opinion is way off the mark.

Sure, there’s this thing with hitting X once or twice, but once that is learned no other control problems present itself. And yet, players seem to think the game is buggy with their Grimp not holding onto plants or even having his own mind about your control-input.

And here I was thinking that together with Braid (X360), this game would reinvigorate the platform genre. Seems Braid is the only one allowed to.