It's definitely a beat em'up. It has a lot of weapons, simple combos, bad sound mixing and one of the most generic plots you can imagine, but has something going for it to make it stand out: It has probably the first incarnation of the modern Quick Time Event, two years before Shenmue give it its proper name. I wish more game had QTE in the way This game does it, because most of the time, if you fail them is just a minor annoyance with a funny scene and if you succeeded, you save resources (Time and health) while watching a cool action sequence. In short, this game is a little history curiosity while not being that big of a deal.