A much more designed version of the first game. Devs were more comfortable with the hardware at this point so we got a game with good visuals and content. I was a fake gamer during my time with this game since I was hardcore abusing save states by the end. I was getting frustrated every time I took damage because of how punishing it feels. I've written before about the previous games that I love the movement and how deliberate it feels. The stipulation is that it needs to be backed up heavily by the level design or you get that frustration. I had been burned so many times by random quick movements and locking on to stairs that everything started to feel unfair. The Bloodstained games do this design well later on.

Recruited Sypha but never used her. That said, I think character switching is cool. Animation should be faster though. not sure if that's due to a limitation or not. Music is really good. Played the US version.