When I started, I thought that it can't possibly as good as the previous Fate installments, since it didn't have the backing of an old, established story, neither the perfect animation of UFOtable.
Well, I was wrong. What this show lacked in stuff like visuals, it made up by the sheer enjoyment, given by other areas, where I think it did even better than it's predecessors.
Sound - 10/10 - a subjective area, but few can disagree here, I am sure. The soundtrack was simply outstanding.
Visuals - 9/10, the first parts, 7/10 the latter parts (they rushed it). But that's about it for the bad part, since the scale and the feel of the battles was WAY greater than the previous Fate animes.
Characters 10/10. This is not something you see every day, or in any other Fate series. No one here is truly evil, everyone has a goal they want to pursue, so you can't really hate any of the characters. Also, the end the heroes have in the latter parts are really emotional and well done.
All in all, even if this didn't have flawless animation, it more than made up for that with very enjoyable characters, music, character development and the good ending, whereas the other Fate series left a bitter taste in your mouth (maybe some like that, but I never really do).
