I played this in the arcades with a friend twice through. While it was quite short, rather easy, and not particularly deep, it deserves 4 stars purely because that was the absolute most I have ever belly-laughed while playing any video game ever. The ability to use any part of the environment as a weapon is an effective gameplay gimmick, but is also used to hilarious effect; the ability to throw cake at enemies or to pick up a phone by the receiver and then swing it around like a nunchuck lends an almost Jackie Chan-esque vibe to what would otherwise have been just a regular beat em up.