One of my all time favorite games From when I was a kid. That being said the nostalgia factor on this game is high for me, take that as you will. The controls are a bit clunky by today's standards (obviously, 20 year old game) but after getting used to them I didn't even notice. The story, the characters, everything about this game is amazing. Like other games of this era the difficulty of this game gives an adequate challenge, playing on normal gives it enough of a challenge that it isn't too easy that it becomes boring but lets you get through the story without too much trouble, whereas playing on the harder difficulties will certainly give a good challenge.