Not a fan. I don't have a problem with 3D castlevania in general since I liked Lament of Innocence well enough, but unlike LoI this one feels nothing like castlevania. The large amateurish-looking tutorial messages and button prompts make it look like an xbox live arcade game and while I like the storybook presentation, the plot material is way too generic. The music is also way too grandiose and the environments, while good-looking for its time, are not very interesting. As for the good parts, the combat is pretty decent for a god of war clone and the hand-drawn animations for the movelist are super slick. Gabriel seems cool enough too though he is standard medieval hero man.