Last game you did have more AP, but you have to realize that all the skills also costed more AP as well, they didn't cost 2-3 AP. So it kind of balanced out, but the getting more AP from investing into Speed Stat (and in the previous game, you only got 1 attribute point and not every level) it was a bigger choice and investment.
As for talents, I have posted about it before, the lack of talents is a HUUUUGEEEE disappointment. It's not even the same amount of talents as the last game, it's lower! Like its a big letdown.
