It seems to be playing out in one of the Playstations higher resolution modes running at 60fps. Each character is also instantly recognizable from their hand drawn counterparts. This is pretty cool and the poly's kind of gives the characters a more grown-up and much more solid appearance. The special effects are wonderfully done as well. All of the signature fire bolts, explosions, light trails and rainbow effects have been faithfully reproduced for your viewing pleasure.
Backgrounds are unfortunately somewhat of a letdown.
Everything is pretty much pre-rendered and a good portion of the screens has a rather washed out, less than vibrant earth tone look to them. Since they are pre-rendered there is no actual interaction with your surroundings, but there is usually just enough animations going on to occasionally distract you from pummeling your opponent. The goods news is that each character has their own location to fight on, so there are plenty of new and original backgrounds to hold your interest. One that comes immediately to mind is the sewer level when you fight as Doctrine Dark. All of the digitized character voices from their screams to their taunts are all included and clear as a bell.