Even after that many years, it's still a nice game... The only negative thing that breaks the flow is the difficulty bump coming from nowhere from stage 7 to 8... I actually prefer the easy pace from stages 1-7...
I had to fail a few times on stages 8 and 9 until understanding which weapon/trap/skill was good against which enemy... if there was a few more stages and maybe a few challenges to explore those weaknesses... The experience would be a bit nicer...
But overall... It was a fun game to beat...