Found out about this one from my friend and I was pretty excited to jump into it. The amount of passion and love for the franchise that went into making this was great. Great music and visuals with an upgrade to the gameplay and giving you a slide to help maneuver around the enemies and bosses. The boss fights were pretty good if you did not have to wait 5-10 seconds after every single hit you do which kinda threw me off to the usual Castlevania games. I started to adapt to it until I got to Death and Dracula and even with the sub-weapon took me a good 25-30 minutes each. Unbeknownst to myself and this being my first blind playthrough to any version of Simon's quest I did not know there is a "best weapon in the game" type of whip you have to acquire. I explored all areas multiple times thinking I collected everything and headed into the final boss fight without said weapon. Unfortunately, once you hit the checkpoint down there it is a no-return thing and you can't really go back. I learned that the hard way when my weapon literally did not damage the final form of the boss at all which ended my playthrough sadly and did not get to finish this one. Maybe some other time I guess lol I love me some Castlevania and this remake was pretty damn good. Too bad I did not know this would happen beforehand fuuuuuuuck.