Fast pased action, awesome amount of gore and limb-removal, punishing difficulty.
The Good: Awesome graphics, the gore is fantastic, lots of action, great boss fights, good weapons variety.
The Bad: Punishing difficulty, annoying enemies
Cutting ninjas and wierd creatures limb from limb has never been so fun, I love it. I just cant get enough of this game, it is even better playing a new game with all the stuff you had at the end of the game, it is just insanely fun. One of my favorite things to do is to cut someones head off then just for the hell of it, cut 'em in half or remove more limbs. The story is aliright I suppose, I wasnt really paying attention, I was more absorbed in killing stuff. But basically, this crazy lady and 3 "Greater Fiends" are trying to resurrect the "Arch Fiend" who is threatening to destroy the world or something. The Greater fiends are basically bosses who control various elements such as lightning, storms and fire.
The weapons in this game are great, there are 7 or 8 different main weapons, 4 long-range weapons, and 4 different attack spell things. This game gives you a lot of different ways to kill stuff, and the combos and finishing moves are awesome.
Gamespot says that the environments are not so great, in part, I do agree, but thats just a few places, most of the envoronments look pretty good, especially some of the more wide open spaces. The enclosed spaces such as caves and things of that sort do look kinda crappy, but other than that, I have no complaints.
Now, there is the issue with the camera, personally, I havent had too much of an issue with the camera, only in a few of the boss fights did the camera ever give me problems. The camera is third person, and you can control it with the right control stick and the right trigger.
I have beaten this game once on the default level, and I am playing through again on that same level. The first time through was pretty difficult, especially some of the boss fights and some of the "Trial of Valor" things (I think there are 9 of em). Some of the smaller enemies can be hard to kill, but you just got to know the best way to kill them and the best combos to use to kill em, also blocking, jumping and moving has a lot to do with it as well. There are these ememies that hit you with long range stuff, the most annoying are the guys with rocket launchers (especially the multiple rocket launchers), the flying enemies that shoot crap at you, and the enemies that throw exploding shuriken at you. Other than that, the other enemies are a lot of fun to hack up and kill over and over.
Overall, this is a fun game, and I have had a lot of fun with it to date. I am still playing it, just trying to get a few more achievements before I put this game down for a while, its a good distraction until Soul Calibur 4 comes out. I highly reccomend this game, but if you are one of those people who has issues with punishing difficulty, I suggest renting it first just to try it, or download the demo.