Don't listen to what anyone else says, this is a classic game.
It has a typical old-school console storyline, AKA, there is a beast, stuff has happened, now go kill it, and that is a credit to it as well, that it doesnt labour itself down with a storyline, and forget the actual gameplay as loads of games do today. you only have one attack, the control scheme is easy as hell, but this game is so damn hard, you will be tearing your hair out at the same time as you are praising the universe for it's existence.
so yeah, good game.