The Ghost of RubangB on 17 June 2008
It's actually the only 3rd-person melee game with hack-and-slash controls that I've ever enjoyed, due simply to the way you hold the controller to control the way you hold the beamsword, which adds a whole new level of gameplay to the usual button mashing in these games. That's what saved the controls for me. But yeah, the story and style are awesome as hell too.
