^ eh, a lot of those things I don't find particularly important. I've seen all the differences in texture (with signs and missing glass 'n junk) and it's kind of whatever to me. It doesn't really impact anything if you're not familiar with the other version, and even if you are familiar, I wouldn't really care because... well it's like signs and shit, who cares?
The music and sound sounded fine to me, and the bloom isn't necessarily bad, I think it looks fine. I think the bloom thing is a bit of overreacting from people who are familiar with the original and don't like how it looks "different" more than anything. I'm sure someone can yell at me and tell me Im wrong -- but I thought Shenmue IIx looked fine.
The voice acting is the biggest difference and the only one that matters to me personally -- as it substantially changes the experience. I think the Japanese voice acting is, for the most part, fine, however, it's not all that interesting to me so I just don't care to play the game that way. Some of the actors we're just strange in Shenmue IIx and it genuinely made listening to them/talking to them a really interesting thing to do. Even ignoring the strange elements, some characters in Shenmue II did a pretty great job -- and not just in that strange/alluring shenmue lull kind of way.
As I said earlier, Fang Mei is one of the reasons why I prefer the English voice dub.
comparing this video to this video
In the Japanese version, Fang Mei sounds very "anime-school-girl" and her voice comes across as completely generic and uninteresting to me. While, in the English version her voice has a very melancholic yet uplifting quality to it. I thought whoever voiced Fang Mei was fantastic.
Shenmue IIx is my favorite game -- it's far from crap, just different from Shenmue II for dreamcast.