This 2D from-left-to-right brawler with role-playing character customization is both a homage to classics like Golden Axe or Shadow over Mystara, but with fresh elements like an intricately narrated story and end game content to keep the player busy even after they finished the main story.
Controversies about the character art aside this game is beautiful like a Renaissance[*] painting and has incredible depth. It's like a 2D sidescrolling Diablo.
Each character has a completely different set of moves and specialties and playstyles can vary even within one character class. The game supports multiplayer but is equally playable in singleplayer.
I wish VanillaWare would employ a studio like for instance Bluepoint to port this over to PC!
[*] inspiration for some background art is definitely from artists like the flemish painter Brueghel