If you like hack or slashes or beat-em ups, this game is for you. Berserk fans will get the biggest kick from the game.
The gameplay is good, you get to wield a sword, buttonsmashing enemies, most of the time, you dont even have to slay everyone, you can simply run from one end of the stage to the other, despite being called a beat-em. The boss battles are good, however there nothing different to beat each of them. Just simple button smashing. You also have an arsenal of strong weapons to help you and you can change from using a sword to fist and fast shooting-arrows. The game is forgiving at times, you'll end up restarting at the same area when it's a Game Over and the game saves it all for you, however this makes it every easy to complete. There a few extras to unlock aswell.
Sound:8
Good music and sound effects, you know what you're hitting most of the time, from hitting an enemies or wall. Some of the sound effects sound wrong, you'll be hitting a metal armor knight or bow-man and its sounds like hitting wood.
Graphics:9
The graphics grow on you, really well textured enivorments, good character models and really does animate the action and violence very well.
Presentation:7
The cutscenes take up the action half of the time, during my first playthrough, I found myself skipping the cutscenes, I simply wanted to play the game, the long cutscenes, even from the beginning, is a bit of a turn off, also, you may just want to play the game and then go into the 'Prize Box' option at the title screen to watch them. Unless you're a big fan of Sword of the Berserk, the game story gets in the way.
Controls: 7
The controls are easy to pick up and play. The controls get in the way sometimes, you end up getting into trouble, while enemies hack and slash you, however in the end, it's not really that bad. It does take some time to get used too.
Overall: 7.6
You'll complete the game within 3 to 4 hours, The games does offer something to Dreamcast players, it does offer something as a hack 'n' slash title, however