Gamespot was a litlle harsh on the scoring of this game. it is better than that, but not by a whole lot.
The fighting in N3 is very nice to see and it worth upgrading levels to see these combos. all look very detailed but in the end they are pretty much the same move with a different start.
7 characters in all to play as and 1 to start off with. what is annoying is the fact that there is no free mode lik DW5. characters have to play their levels and their levels only. and to make it worse some characters have very few different levels.
another downfall is no interim save or checkpoints. as battles are pretty lenghty dieing especially near the end of a mission is fustrating.
The combat is alright though pretty repetitive and you will probably pick a favourite combo for each character but if you mix combos and spark attacks the combat can be kept blazing.
(and no this aint a joke at the flame orb dude )
N3 review hoped you liked it