Slicing your way to the top of the Santa Destroy Assassin's List should be a much longer and much deeper experiance.
The bosses are really what the game focuses on since your basically raising money inbetween boss fights to reach the entry fee for the next boss fight. There are assassin missions in-between but they don't vary very much as far as objectives, its either : Kill until you recive a hit, or kill everyone within a time limit. And you'll quickly figure out which ones you can do the best for the most money. This is probably the thing I dislike the most about the game as well as is the "free-roaming" in the city which is pretty limited. From finding lost red balls to get new moves, to dumpster diving for T-shirts its really not very inspired or hard to find everything.
This is a pretty decent game, the controlls are nice and tight and the art style is fantastic, the city and the side missions are pretty shallow but the bossfights more then make up for the some-what shallow gameplay. The biggest complaint I have is that it's way too short. I beat the game in about 15 hours and found all of the t-shirts and red "Lovkov" balls before fighting assassin # 1. Truthfully I would have prefered a longer game, at least 20 assassins instead of 11 would do the trick. And a deeper world to explore wouldn't hurt either. Pick this one up if your looking for a bloody, brutal sword slinging game for the Wii. But don't expect to much bang for your buck.
Final Rating : 8.0