not really my genre. i never liked mario 64 either, and making it furry doesn't help at all.
the difficulty seems all over the place. ideally the beginning should be easier, then with more difficult parts later on
the glide freezing the player feels kind of jarring, you should try and find a way to make it smoother
the character controller feels solid though, i imagine making the ledge grab reliable must have not been easy
good job