Excellent Hack-n-Slash RPG/Adventure game
Graphics: Visuals are sharp, especially over HDMI. Good textures, great AA, excellent lighting, its all put together nicely. While the textures are good, some times they get a touch grainy up close, but other than that its not Gears of War, but its not GUN either. The magic spells are cool to look at to. A great game visually.
Gameplay: Fighting is easy, its hack and slash, not much to it but button mashing which works out perfect for this game. You have 3 different classes as well. You can be a barbarian, a Mage, or a woman, not sure what she is exactly as far as class goes a stealthy fighter maybe.
All of the classes can have some magic use but really its better just to level there fighting skills (mage being the exception) as trying to use everything will mean a weaker character over all.
The magic casting isn't to difficult either just assign a spell to one of the 4 face buttons use it. The controls for the game are simple which works out good. The AI is as you would expect from these types of games always on the offensive. So just mash away, maybe blocking every now and then.
The game has tons of cool looking armor to. Its a blast to play multiplayer too.
Sound: Not that great is all I can say. Over HDMI you can get static, and the sound is rather drab any way. Nothing fantastic, average at best.
Value: Other than the sound I find it hard to see how GS rated it so low. Fighting is great, Graphics and gameplay are great, and multiplayer is a blast. Definitely a rent first though, depending on what type of RPG's you like.