I was going to pass on this game, but decided to go for it with the Toys R Us Deal where you buy 3 games you get a $50.00 Gift card. I think that the game is pretty impressive. Yes, there are some simplistic plat forming in the game, but visually it is very nice and there are some parts where there is no way it could be done on current consoles.
The game has some charm to it and like someone said above the cut-scenes are very well done. I would heavily recommend you play this game on hard. I started out on Normal and it was just way too easy. I am not that great of a gamer, so there are going to be some trial and error to figure out how to beat some of the more challenging fights, but normal seemed a little too easy and had not had to re-try any portion and that is when I decided to change it to hard.
It also has a unique community feature...there are certain items that you find, collectibles that give you some stat bonuses and other benefits. The cool thing is that if you have someone on your friends lists is also play the game and has unlocked the same box, but found a different item, you can choose to activate your friends items instead of the one that you found. It is something very unique that seemed really neat. There are some items, where you have to find all the parts to get 100% benefit of whatever the stat bonus is, so there is that "gotta find em all" thing going as well, which for a game like this is a cool addition.
I am only into chapter 3 and am pretty damned impressed as is my fiancé. How many chapters are there btw?
Don't skip out on this game...if you like old school type of games, this is a great one!