Good for it's time, but it's definitely no god of war. Not much skilled involved.
This game takes advantage of the joypad's axis which is hardly dealt with these days. After each section, you immediately get full health which makes this game not really challenging. The combos are just button bashing and you're stuck with the same weapon for the whole game, just different stances. But overall, a short and easy game, you could definitely clock this game in one sitting in just a few hours. Definitely one that I'll just play once. When you clock it, you get hell mode, but I didn't even bother.