This game is a case study in getting carried by visuals. The game is indeed gorgeous and graphically impressive to this day.
But everything else is basically a let down. This was an xbox launch title! This is exactly why xbox struggles to compete. The main elements , combat and story , are very surface level and have absolutely no depth. The characters are decent but nothing standout except vitallion.

Yet if you look away from the expectations and go in for a weekend of visually stunning roman hack and slash fun, you can come out of the game satisfied. I was neither under or over , just perfectly whelmed .