Red Steel is not a game for the ELITE PLAYER. However if you have never played an FPS before this is a good start.
There are some good sides though. Sword fights are fun. Missions are a good size and every now and then they will do something which suprises you. Like the ninja who has a posin sword which will kill you on impact.
I actually started to enjoy myself after a while just because the gameplay became weird. The story is unintentially funny and in one mission you are attacked by dinasours and japenese power rangers.
The words Guilty Pleasure come to mind. It reminds me of those cheesy japenese movies which end up turning out good.
My point is if you want a weekend of cheap laughs this is the game for you. If you are one of those players who has just finished playing the original Far Cry then you will probabley end up feeding this to your dogs.