The character models was to be expected ever since the day this game was revealed. They aren't exactly the best quality and still suffer from PS2 era lighting quality, but they still move and feel nice so it is a start.
Whilst links are easier to execute, I do feel like there might be a little bit of too much leniency on the way command motions work. Just more to add to the comparisons with SFIV since that had the same problem.
Also, with the updates and such to be happening that Capcom have announced at EVO, looks like they really are working on it. I'm looking at the online CFN rankings and the top placing bots are gone, but what surprises me is how Daigo's account is now 3rd in the world as of this current posting.
ESPN2's broadcast of the SFV finals also bought in over 201K viewers. Still a long ways to go compared to the big time MOBA's, but not a bad start for the fighting genre.