This game has a well written lore and delivers that beautifuly through the enviroment and cutscenes. The combat can be a little repetitive but the effort in putting different patterns of attack and weeknesses forcing you to switch armors, weapons and spells is notable. The world is bit explorable but not as we can find on games nowadays. There are some metroidvania style to unlock paths, caves, secrets and blood but they are easy to figure. The difficulty starts as an easy action adventure game, in the middle game switches to a hard and strategic combat that will punish you if you are too reckless. By the end of the game you feel like a f* vampire master, but not just because you have lots of stuff, but also because of your knowledge as a player. ps.: The heart of darkness forge of souls secret is awasome and It came just on the right time when I needed it!