Before reading Berserk, I never actually thought I would find in to something with more gore than Hellsing. I kinda feel stupid now.

Story 8/10
The story doesn't really start till a few volumes in giving the series a rather slow start. After that we get to enjoy an amazing storyline before coming back to the start, except this time we know the context.

Art 10/10
Incredibly detailed without preventing you from seeing what's actually going on. If there's something I can complain about it's that Puck often gets drawn in some weird style which annoyed the crap out of me.

Characters 9/10
Instead of praising the character development I'm just gonna say what bothers me, and that is the fact that I simply don't like about a third of the characters.

Enjoyment 8/10
After the amazing storyline mentioned in the Story portion the series stays awesome for about 10 volumes or so till taking what is in my opinion one of the biggest nose dives in history.

Overall 9/10
If you are bothered by gore or don't like depressing stories, then you should not touch this with a 10 foot pole, otherwise you should give it a try.