Epic Story !
War is an awesome character, sent on a mission to restore the balance of heavan and hell.
Typically it is a hack n slash game with rpg elements and although it follows a linear path, it is (on a small scale) open world in the fact that you will need to teleport and revisit each zone for various missions.
This game seems to be influenced by World of Warcraft to me. I'll explain.
War is very similar to the Lich King. His sword, Chaoseater, looks like a Death Knight sword. His mount, Ruin, looks like a Warlocks mount with fiery feet. The voice actor for War was also the same person who did the voice acting for Illidan Stormrage in WoW.
Some of the levels look WoW'ish too. Some arena level has an Orgrimmar style, and the Black Throne has a distince Icecrown Citadel feel to it.
Even working your way through levels can sometimes feel like a WoW dungeon, and one of the big spider boss fights reminded me of Anub Arak fights in WoW.
Because i associated this game with a WoW style, after about 10 hours of play i got my mount, and getting a mount in WoW is a big thing (or at least it used to be when i first played it) and i was like "YEEAAA GOT MY MOUNT!".
The game for the most part has a near perfect combat system, not as tricky as Gamespot says at all, everything is fluid and easy to use. There are some excellent weapons to get, all of which has their own levelling system and you can upgrade with enhancements (bit like enchantments in WoW).
I even found a legendary weapon upgrade and it kicks ass.
The story in this game is legendary.
Also a thing to note is that it runs on the Havok engine (same as gears of war) and i definately noticed a gears feel to the game. Think of it as gears with a sword instead of guns and you get a feel of the gameplay style.
This game was alot better than i expected, and it is now very cheap. If you like a gothic feel with a big badass sword and a very cool main character, then this is the game for you.
The 360 version had the screen tearing and fps problem fixed a long time ago, i experienced no glitches at all in this game. Buy it !