Shows its age, but as the first stylish character action game thing of it's kind? Pretty good! Has a good balance of difficulty that only rarely ever feels cheapened by archaic fixed camera angles that swap on you at random. The platforming is not very fun, but the combat is immediately satisfying, with some nice and hammy story in the background.

I'm a Sparda hater, Sparda sucks, you have no reason to use it over Alastor except for killing Plasmas. The extra range barely matters. It sucks not being able to use DT, charge your gun, or air hike. Come at me.