Depends on wether you liked the other games or not. Myself i was a huge fan of the series and i was equally impressed, amazed as i was disapointed. Any disapointment was all down to story though. Graphics, gameplay etc are all utterly fantastic. Hell the stories brilliant and really emotional at times, but theres other times when you find yourself going "eh what?". Basically if you enjoyed the other games and have a good handle on the story so far youve gotta play it.