It plays a bit like one of the Lord of the Rings games, the Ps2 ones. The problem is it kind of lacks weight, you punch in combaination and they really aren't connected with the moves the character pulls of. There are pretty lame shooting segments. The way you can control projectiles after throwing, in slow motion, them nice and really could be used in other games. The different stances felt pretty clunky and shoehorned in.
It is kind of annoying how it could be great, but sits at just below mediocre for me. Oh and I would go for three, stars eblems or whatever on the first try, else it is far to easy.