It's by far one of the prettiest games on the PS2.
It is fun and definitly challenging at times and it's a pretty deep game....there's lots to do.
I've had it since it came out and it's definitly starting to wear on me a lot like Devil May Cry (1,2,3) did. It's still a great game, just doesn't mesh perfectly with me.
Controls are pretty straighforward for a third person....nothing revolutionary or anything.
It has a very nice combo system however and what I like to call "finishing moves" that you can do when either the enemy's weakened or pretty much anytime on weaker foes. And you can use magic.