Much better than Lament of Innocence. Various weapons, the devil IDs (minions) that have a ton of branching evolution paths, warp rooms, actual interconnected areas, etc.

Only thing I'd say I really didn't like was Dracula's Castle, it was way too long and in general rooms get really repetitive imo. I guess the weapon upgrade system got annoying because you constantly ran out of materials, but that's it

Pretty great bosses, fun game. Wasn't really expecting an improvement from the previous 3D Castlevania game