If they had only tested this game before releasing it it could have been a lot better...
+Nice Idea
+Powering up takes pretty long (min 4 playthroughs)
+it´s more fun on the 2nd playthrough
The Bad:
-Short
-most Magics are useless
-not a single collectable
First off,I rented this game for a week and I´m happy I just rented it.Even if I like brainless Action-Games this one left a bitter taste in my mouth.
The Graphics:
The Graphics look like a XBox game in almost every point of sight.Exept some lightning effects,it looks pretty poor.There are some high points,like the Mountain-Level,but the Fog in the Level after which looks like you got your screen-brightness much too high destroys the positive mood about it completely.Not even the Animations put the game out of the hole.Of course on a PC-Screen or HD-TV it looks a bit better,but overall it´s a big disappointment.
The Sound:
The Voice-acting and the Soundtrack is ok,but the 5.1-Mix is not worth mentioning.
The Gameplay:
Basically you walk around,shoot what you see,and go on...doesn´t seem too bad,but the enemys are not dying that easy.The best about it is the fact that you don´t need to think for a minute.The Bosses rock too.Even the Idea for a good and bad ending of the Stage (which only affects your skill points) is pretty nice.
But since there are no collectables and exploring the area is pretty boring thanks to that,the most of the Magic is pretty useless,some "Hey why did I die right now anyway?"-Moments and the short lengh of 6 Levels (all under 30 Minutes) make it more a mess then a good game.
The Character control isn´t that great too and misses some smoothness
and the cheesy Storyline who seems a bit forced...it´s like the rest of a game: A nice Idea,but not too well executed.
If you play it for the 2nd time you´re luckily a bit stronger then before so it´s a lot easier to swallow.
So...:
The Game has nice basics and I´d like to see a 2nd part,but this game is nothing you need to pay for.If you´re interested anyway rent it for a weekend or something.It´s not like it´s no fun at all,but there are much better games that are also a eye-candy which this is certainly not.