Holds up really well for being the game nearly all metroidvanias would model themselves after. Dracula's Castle is just a fun setting to run through, constantly seeing more and more of the map fill out. The soundtrack's incredible and the sprite work has aged really well. While the controls are good and combat is solid, a lot of my issues with the game do revolve around fighting. The RPG mechanics aren't balanced very well. In the first couple hours, it's incredibly easy. Then in the second half, some of the enemies are suddenly way too powerful and a few bosses will kill you in seconds. The level design of the inverted castle is also ok, but it's definitely a step down from the first half of the game. You lose a large sense of discovery going through the same areas and the plot almost disappears entirely until the end (although admittedly, there wasn't much of one in the first place). This game is still a mostly great time that's thankfully not too long, but I do think since it's release, there's been many better, more refined metroidvanias.