
A very solid, old school hack n slasher. It's similar to games like Castle Crashers or Shadow over Mystara in that there is an rpg element to it with levels, stats, equipment, elemental attacks, etc. The game pays tribute to various classics like Golden Axe, Guardian Heroes, old Konami beat 'em ups, etc. in various ways. The first stage feels like the first level of Guardian Heroes and the first time you ride an animal you will immediately think of Golden Axe. And there are environmental hazards everywhere like Konami's old TMNT games. You've got super attacks too, a la X-Men.
The game has an interesting art style that you'll either love or hate. The soundtrack is okay. There's nothing memorable, but I never found myself wanting to hit the mute button either. You tend to not notice it most of the time as it tends to get kind of drowned out by the sounds of battle. There's some decent voice acting in the game, though I tended to skip most dialog as I didn't really care about the story and am not familiar with the series this game is a part of. I just wanted to stab, stab, kill, kill, kill, story be damned.
The boss fights are actually pretty good, better than most games in this genre. As proof, here's a video of one of the boss stages (player just happens to be using the same class I did too):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy6RdnQ_iD0
And you get to ride a freaking tank in this game!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z8hpXEjfq0
The game's replay value comes from the different character classes, though they're not dramatically different in play styles. The ranger stands out the most because he can be played as an entirely ranged character. There's local and online multi-player, though I can't imagine the online community still exists for this game (you can get the MP trophies via local play I think and if you're playing the PS3 version that amounts to just 1 trophy I think). And you can replay levels for gold ranks or to complete challenges based around finishing stages with no deaths, within a set time limit, or with a certain damage total.
It's not up there with the best genre entries on XBLA/PSN, but it's a decent enough brawler to be worth a pick up if it ever goes on sale again