> You play the role of Gatsu, a ruthless, battle-hardened warrior who also answers to the name Guts -- a nickname earned due to his valor. Gatsu, the main character, is a scarred knight who wields a 7 foot sword known as Dragon Slayer. When I say scarred, I mean to say someone has torn one of his eyes right out of its socket. He is the definition of badass and no one in their right mind would even consider crossing blades with him. When you play this game, it will feel as if you're watching a story taken straight out of an anime. Gatsu is accompanying his love, Casca, a once skilled female warrior who has since been robbed of her sanity. Needless to say, Gatsu is very protective of her. The game is full of cinematic sequences telling the tale of Gatsu as he travels in search of a cure for his love's affliction. Together, along with an elf called Puck who looks more like a naked fairy, they stumble on a group of bandits attacking some traveling performers. The moment Casca's life is threatened all hell breaks loose. However, a greater threat lays in wait: a parasitic plant which attaches itself to human hosts has spread across the land like wildfire. People talk in fear and in hushed tones about this menacing disease known only as the Mandragora...

     > Surprisingly, a number of quick time events are present in the game where you have to press a certain button within a split second to decide Gatsu's fate (like jumping in time to avoid a sudden pitfall). By failing a QTE you generally find yourself fighting through a harder path to the end of a level, but sometimes not reacting in time can cost Gatsu his life. The quick time events are nicely integrated into the game to the point where it wouldn't be quite the same without them.

     > In this game, based on the popular Kentaro Miura's manga, you take the role of Gatsu, "the hundred men killer" in his travel through Europe during the Middle Ages. Gatsu is a one - eyed and handed knight that suffers of a terrible omen that attracts to him (to his one man and a a half-sized sword, more accurately) all kinds of horrible monsters. As the title indicates, Gatsu easily becomes berserk and then his power and speed get doubled. Graphics and sound-wise, this game is the goriest ever!!

     > Cut-scenes are abundant in the game (sometimes they have the incredible length of fifteen minutes (but they're so good that you will see them more than twice) -- of course, they can be skipped. Finally, a curious aspect of the game is the gray atmosphere in the graphics, everything looks dark, even in the sunniest of mornings. I suppose it's because of the sad nature of the story and the particular character of the game. Definitely, this wouldn't be a game to present to your smallest brother because the amount of blood in this game is enormous. You will see the screen covered with red the first time you slice a monster in two -- I hope Eidos is not censoring this...

     > One of the reasons you will be hooked on this great game is the bonus box. Different kinds of prizes you can win if you beat the game in different difficulties (mini-games, art gallery, movies, etc...). This makes this game an specially long action title since it becomes a hard task in the highest levels. About the only problem in this game is the lack of a two player mode.