Interesting. It seems MoF-HD, apart from acting as a graphical update, tried to fix a few of the the original's most glaring problems. And I'll admit that the cutscene lip-synching is a welcome change. But MoF still remains fundamentally unimproved.
As for the QTE's and the checkpointing: the finisher QTE's have disappeared, but those within battles are still there. And choosing hard mode shouldn't be a requirement to avoid a piece of particularly poor game design. Even so, the ridiculously short checkpoint intervals remain. Not what I would call a revolution.
How much are they asking for this? And has a PC port been confirmed or no? If there's no PC version maybe I'll just pony up and get it on PSN.
If you really must, the game's XBLA price is $14.99. And the PC port has essentially been confirmed, but it won't be immediate.