honest to god wanted to give this a fair shot but its just so mind numbingly boring
i hate when people go "ugh this game isn't insert series title" but man this just isn't Castlevania if Gabriel didn't have the last name Belmont i'd think i was playing some off brand Lord of the Rings game
its a standard God of War clone but it forgets what made the old God of War games actually fun and that was the barbarian like combat but in this game you can't even pull off any of the combos you unlock because the enemies will break out of it and attack on the second hit because of how slow the whip is
it also adopts the "find item to upgrade health and magic" shit from GOW but it hides all of the items offscreen covered in the fucking ruined backgrounds i only found some of them because i had a guide open that told me yes that wall covered in shit that looks the same as everything else is actually a secret hallway that'll give you 1 of the 5 shards you need to gain like an extra hit worth of health
the boss fights also suck i made it to like the end of chapter 2 and you fight a titan that you have to climb like Shadow of the Colossus but in order to climb it you have to throw a rock that half the time you can't even see coming because the camera doesn't track it and after that fight is the Black Knight who again can only be hit twice before he uses an attack that can shave off half your health if it fully hits like what the fuck???
people who don't play Castlevania will probably enjoy this but if you're going to play a 3D action game vania then just play the PS2 Castlevanias because those at least look, feel and play like Castlevania
i hate when people go "ugh this game isn't insert series title" but man this just isn't Castlevania if Gabriel didn't have the last name Belmont i'd think i was playing some off brand Lord of the Rings game
its a standard God of War clone but it forgets what made the old God of War games actually fun and that was the barbarian like combat but in this game you can't even pull off any of the combos you unlock because the enemies will break out of it and attack on the second hit because of how slow the whip is
it also adopts the "find item to upgrade health and magic" shit from GOW but it hides all of the items offscreen covered in the fucking ruined backgrounds i only found some of them because i had a guide open that told me yes that wall covered in shit that looks the same as everything else is actually a secret hallway that'll give you 1 of the 5 shards you need to gain like an extra hit worth of health
the boss fights also suck i made it to like the end of chapter 2 and you fight a titan that you have to climb like Shadow of the Colossus but in order to climb it you have to throw a rock that half the time you can't even see coming because the camera doesn't track it and after that fight is the Black Knight who again can only be hit twice before he uses an attack that can shave off half your health if it fully hits like what the fuck???
people who don't play Castlevania will probably enjoy this but if you're going to play a 3D action game vania then just play the PS2 Castlevanias because those at least look, feel and play like Castlevania