[quote name='Zoglog']
As far as the gameplay goes, I don't know why people expected it to be anything other than what it is. Honestly i'd take this game over any stupid 3D Mario Platformer anyday.[/QUOTE]
because Q entertainment was involved and even though it isn't like their other games, it just doesn't live up to the quality I'd expect from them. After my first 2 playthroughs I was excited, but after the next ones I realized it's fun but it's kind of a mess.
it's totally random when you die, but the enemys are generally so easy. Then, when you occasionally run into one of those armored goblins that knows how to fight, it becomes obvious how messed up the game is--you can sit there attacking it constantly and barely get in a hit, but it can just attack you whenever it feels like it and nearly kill you, since you can't cancel your moves into blocking. Meanwhile, arrows randomly fly on to the screen and finish you off. Since you don't have an open view, you can't anticipate them and they finish the job that the unhittable goblins couldn't do. that's crap.
in short, it's a cheap as hell and not in the good way. and in a stupid Mario platformer, you know when you hit something it dies and you know when you die, it's your own fault and not poor design
