Great Action, Great Adventure, Bad Camera Controls
The game is brutal cold-steel action / adventure game. For new comers like myself would find the game difficult and end up unlocking the Easy mode that can be chosen after having 3 constant deaths throughout the game.
First off, unlike most action / adventure game, you can't really just dash on most enemies that will randomly appear during your adventure. About 90% of the enemy AIs actually have a basic idea of dodging, blocking or even counter-attacking your attacks if you decide to be the hero in the scene and try to slice and dice'm with no brainer. other than few beasts you encounter (giant fish / bats etc.) you will find your self doing most of the dodging and blocking + counter moves which are the keys to winning most battles.
Now I don't know why gamespot didn't put this up on the Bad Side of the game but the camera angle in this game was just horrible. Because there is no manual Lock-On control, your only hopes are the auto-lock on and the fixed-camera button. Now even those can't save you from certain boss fights where your camera will always lock on the Bosses regardless of the minions they call out to stab you in the back.
Because of the fact that your dodgy moves can't keep you invulnerable from any attacks while you perform them you have to learn to either block + counter, block + dodge before second attack, or run around in circles to find a different tactics to keep the game from getting repetitive.