Overall a keeper! Just beware that your thumbs may fall off before you see the final chapter!
The graphics are out of this world. You can actually see wrinkles in your hero's clothing in cut scenes and the in game sequences are nothing short of amazing!
Length. To complete this game will take more than a few hours. there is not much overall replayability though as once you get all your characters to level 9, an S rating on all stages, there is not much go back and play. But what a treat the first time through!
System: Overall simple to learn and effective. The sheer bliss of cleaving through massive amounts of enemies and the simple nature of the controls makes this one easy to learn.
The Bad:
Camera: Many times I found myself staring at a rock as my character eas hacking away.
Cut Scenes: More than once I found my glorious combo streak or special move being interupted and therefore lost due to an in game cut scene (annoying)
Stupid AI: Bot h the enemey and your allies. Lets face it who hates it when a pack of goblins stand back and watch as you hack their friends up without moving in to flank you. Or much more annoying is when your allies (soldiers) stand around chearing while a group of goblins are hacking into their buddies 20 feet to the south. Teamwork is not apparent most of the time.
Lack of Items: There are not much in the way of items to flesh this out as an RPG. Most of the items repeat and are downright confusing as why one would want them in their posession. There is no selling of items, buying of new items, upgrading items, etc. You simply have them in your inventory and for the most part never use half the items you find.
The worst offence though this game offers is that the story between characters do NOT line up. Since we are playing through the same scenarios it would have been nice if the story was simply the other sides take. For example **SPOILER** in Inpanyy's story she becomes the leader of the temple knights with Aspharr being the second in command. In his story He is the leader of the temple knights and she is second in command. It begs the question as to why is there a continuity problem with the story. I hope this is all explained later on (as I am not finished playing through all the story lines and have at this point not beaten the special stage)
Overall this is a good game that will keep you busy for a few hours and offers up 1000 achievable achivements. Unlike many games out now where getting a perfect 1000 is all but impossible (without playing an online component or spending the better part of a year playing through the game over and over and over and over until you think you would be better off tossing your controller in the garbage. This game is a delight to play and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a hack and slash. If your looking for an in depth RPG, look somewhere else. This game has dropped in price recently and is a steal as a bargin bin game. If you find this one cheap pick it up you will not be disappointed!