Its hard, its pretty, its interesting and very well made. Very polished old school action/adventure game.
Its a fast paced action game with adventure/rpg elements.
Its like Bayonetta but with more complex skills/mechanics.
The game is hard, it requires fast response and good use of the skills/magic at your disposal, the monsters are tough and they hit very hard.
The controls are excellent, very responsive and very well thought which make the combats hard but very satisfying.
Often you have to break your head to figure the way to defeat certain monsters and those screen filling bosses.
There are treasure boxes decently well hidden, that will give you better weapons and equipment.
The story starts out a bit silly but it gets interesting as you progress.
You get a lot of skills and magics at your disposal that you have to use inventively to get through the levels and past certain monsters and bosses.
The game is hard but intelligent, there is always a "smart way out" of seemingly impossible situations, and thats part of what makes the game so satisfying.
There is more to this game than meets the eye, its a very polished action/adventure game that will frustrate and reward you like the old school games used to.
There is no sandbox, no exploring and such (the game is on-tracks), but fast paced skill based action games dont get much better than this.