I will obviously and of course admit that a lot of this review is personal opinion, and a lot probably hinges on my lack of abilities around the game mechanics, as this is the first 3D platformer I've played.

I played this game solely for the vampiric parts and knew nothing of the story. That being said, aside from a few puzzles that I genuinely found interesting, this is probably the worst video game I have ever played.

The boss fights are completely miserable and the early ones especially are just an emulated ripoff of Shadows of the Colossus but with "simplified" mechanics that make the fight worse, and the puzzles aren't that much better.

As someone who typically focuses on the stories of the games more than anything else, this Castlevania series (which my friend said is basically a reboot of the franchise) has some of the worst written characters/plot points I have ever seen, and throughout most of the game it just feels like the writers pull stuff out of thin air to advance the story.

Overall, I would give this game maybe like a 3/10, made up for by the (very few and far between) fun parts that are by far over "shadowed" (pun intended) by everything else.

Also this is probably a silly nitpick but some of the aesthetics in this game seemed lewd for no reason other than to objectify women.

It has a great story and its the best gothic game I've played so far.

Good game.