Have you played any of the original NES Castlevanias? I hear it's basically a new one of those
I found a old 3ds around the house last year and downloaded the first Castlevania and I would say this game is very similar, there's even certain enemies taken from the old Castlevana game.
Since I've finished the game I'll list the positives and negatives(There's no spoilers)
Positives
.There's a good amount of variation of level design, it isn't simply working your way up to the top of the castle. There's a few different routes you can take throughout the game, it's nothing huge but nice to have and gives you another to replay the levels again.
.The soundtrack is really nice, not a iconic as the old Castlevanias but that's unfair bar to reach.
.The four playable characters all very different and I found myself constantly switching between the characters
.You can combine the different characters sub weapons together which leads to interesting combinations.
.There's somewhat of a interesting story, well it's slightly more interesting than fight the bad guy at the top of the castle.
.Although it's similar to the NES Castlevaina in terms of running time, the game gives you a good reasons to replay it(Can't really say any more as it would a spoiler).
Negatives
. It's far to easy, I'm not very good at these's games yet I only hit the game over screen a few times.
.The last few bosses are disappointing. Again it's slightly unfair as the game can't just rip off the Castlevania boss but even with that said there's isn't boss as iconic as say Frankestain, Death or Dracula.
.Certain sub weapons are too powered, some of the more difficult platform section can be easily by pass by certain sub weapons(Although I don't think this is a major criticism as it was something common with the old Castlevainas)
.The boss fights aren't that interesting, they have normally 3 different ''move sets'' and then they'll repeat.
Overall it's been good fun to play.