Play Mechanics No problems here. Controls and everything else in the game worked as they should. Good. Graphics and Sound 2.5-D (not quite 2-D, not quite 3-D) graphics looked good. 2.5-D graphics are taking this old genre in a new direction. and that's always a positive thing. I don't remember anything good or bad about the music, it was OK. Character Design I liked some of the characters and did not like some of them. The Main character and her Main enemies were very good and looked professionally designed. Most of the Bosses were also very good. The smaller enemies which populate the majority of the game were bad. Most of the smaller enemies have no style and look like they were designed by an amateur who does not know what you can and cannot put in a game. If they are reading this, please take note: you cannot put cute cats, dogs or knights with shovels into a game about vampires because it does not work, destroys the atmosphere and looks silly! Level Design I liked a lot of the Boss battles which were big enough to be considered levels on their own, and thought they were very good. When they worked, they were complex, intense and fun. I did not mind some of the Standard levels and did not like others. They were all very straightforward and all were designed either OK or good, but the poor enemy design sucked the fun out of a lot of the levels. Game Design The poor enemy design really hurt this game. Itlowered the fun in a lot of the levels. At some points you need to look for things in levels you have already been in, and I almost straightaway went to an online guide whenever this happened because I really didn't want to go all the way through some of those levels a second or third time! Summary Did I enjoy parts of it? Yes Did I enjoy all of it? No Did I finish it? Yes Would I play it again? No Would I recommend buying it? Yes Right now this is the only Castlevania game we have. Enjoy what you can in it and hope for better next time.
