[quote name='UberNinjaz']No on all accounts. I give it a 6/10 at best due to
-Generic titans fights (honestly, do you have to repeat EXACTLY what SoTC did?)
-Drab combat that mirrors GoW as in you only really need the same one or two moves over & over.
-Moronic puzzles where you just slide things around with a mega punch. Did I mention they're all on rails?
-QTEs
-Cutscenes that have to point out the obvious for a whole year. I'm aware you can skip MOST of them but the ones that don't have to show you where the goddamn bar is so you can insert it into some crankshaft of whatever. I'm playing on Paladin, I think I know what to do here =\
-Let's not forget those Chupacabra parts. Who the hell thought that was a good idea, honestly?
-As for the last part about DLC, it's disgusting how they expect people to pay for what's basically an epilogue, a continuation of sorts. That garbage should NEVER be allowed but one person with a brain will always get overshadowed by one hundred sheeps with loose wallets.[/QUOTE]
I will agree that pretty much everything that you mentioned are minor faults of the games (specifically the Chupacabra parts, seriously. WTF??), however, I still had a markably good time with it. The gameplay was smooth, controls on point, a good length story/campaign, and the production values were high (the soundtrack in particular).
I seriously think many dismissed it since it wasn't originally a Castlevania game yet they [Konami] shoe-horned it into being one.
I have some friends who are rabid Castlevania fanboys who flat out rage and refuse to acknowledge this game as part of the Castlevania universe.