This is a review by NFG, in several posts:
http://nfgworld.com/mb/thread/1142-Rediscovering-Hagane
If we disregard the fact that he save-states it and posts awful upscaled screenshots that suggests that both his mechanical and aesthetic criticisms are suspicious, I have to say I have the feeling that his view is closer to the truth than the cheerleading glorification of the game from people like zinger and the gamengai crowd. I've only played the first level, but I was not impressed, so I am glad to have found a negative opinion on the game. As for the truth... who knows. It's quite possibly somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.