I think you guys are overreacting a little bit. It's not like doing a flip will affect gameplay. I guess it might be a little silly, but it sure beats the way people jumped in say Oblivion for instance. their legs just stop moving and they fly in the air.
It isn't an over-reaction. Everything else combat, run and swim wise I've seen looks great. But there is just something about the main character's normal jump that reminds me of a blue hedgehog. As for oblivian, I'd call that a bug or poor quality assurance.
As for the ! and ? over npc's. That is common in new mmorpg's to signal that npc offers a quest. And if this game will have npc's like the last one. It will be for our best interest that we keep the ! and ? to find the quest npc's easily again. When the quest is done, they will go away.
