It's a fun ride, has what I still consider to be the best first person melee I've played. The last few levels however are pretty much the worst. Ghouls everywhere, and ghouls are no fun at all to fight, since they hardly stagger, are really hard to block, and generally don't participate in the fun brawly combat, preferring instead to simply hit you for shockingly high amounts of damage.
edit: also Dark Messiah has crafting that is actually fun! And limited! And involves minimal menus! It's possible, but nothing else that I'm aware of has followed suit. I blame Minecraft.