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Telegraphic style:
Virtues: Concept (story, setting and characterization), character design, voice acting and soundtrack are top-notch. The execution of certain episodes is superb (episode 14 and 24 come to mind).
Flaws: Animation is very inconsistent. Some direction issues (those stupid split screen zooming/paning sequences). Flashback abuse. Major rythm issues. Mostly unimpressive action sequences.
And now on to the serious stuff: Very poor scriptwriting. The dialogues are the same from the game, but due to the removal of a vast amount of narrator text / monologues, they just don't work. The story is made unneccesarily enigmatic by the lack of explanations, to the point it jeopardizes the suspension of disbelief, which is a very bad thing.
An example of that lack of explanation: in episode 15, Rin jumps like a bloody ninja on crack on Berserker. Yet they never explain that Magi can temporally enhance their body, nor they tell us that the Tohsakas are actual martial artists. So we're left with "WTF did she just jump ten meters away from the tree or what!?"
Veredict: An anime with outstanding virtues and flaws, it would have benefitted inmensely from a higher budget. And better scripts. Ultimately, thanks to the ending, it leaves a good impression.
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