1. Yes and yes.
2. A little.
3. Hmm... well, not always. See #4.
4. Clear instructions yes but I have another problem. It could just be my PC, but the text is moving/changing really fast during the cutscene, with usually no prompt to press a button to change the text (it just changes on its own to the next message about every two seconds). This barely gives me time to read some things.
5. Hmm. I need more time to consider this.
6. Nope. Unless what I mentioned in #4 was a bug or error.