Well, I enjoyed the game anyway, and you can buy it cheap these days.
Okay, so it also has a derivative plot and gameplay. But since I don't spend all my waking hours playing games, I hardly noticed. I had fun with it.
This is not a button masher. It's more about choosing the right tactic at the right time. It's also one of the few games which actually gives you an additional tactical challenge by playing it on hard difficulty. On hard you have to time your attacks correctly. Most games will simply throw more (or stronger) monsters at you to call it "hard".
The character also fits the story in this game, which is a bit of a rarity for female action heroes. I take one look at most of those heroines and I say, no way I can believe she can go up against all these powerful monsters and beat them to a pulp! Cover of a fashion magazine, maybe. Beating up the bad guys? Ridiculous. Not so here. I could believe the character, within its own universe--well, at least to an extent. It was fun dashing into a warehouse with about 20 bad guys and taking them all down with vampire powers!
What I most disliked about the game was its juvenile attitude toward sexuality at times. That certainly does not fit in a game rated Mature. It definitely loses points for that stupid approach. Also it loses points for being gory, though at least it fits into the game universe.
I did have one technical problem, in that the dialog kept getting cut off at the ends of sentences. I had to read it fast if I wanted to know what they were saying. Other than the above mentioned issues, I can recommend the game for those who like a combat action-oriented game on the PC that's now quite reasonably priced.