man i fucking love this game. i remember playing this on the xbox 360 with my school pals, none of whom were 'vaniaheads (that's the official Castlevania fan name by the way, Vaniahead) and we just had a blast. i love multiplayer co-op stuff and this was just fun. every character has a pretty solid identity and the stages have a good amount of variety in too. if you're familiar with castlevania, specifically the DS titles, you will probably enjoy the gameplay too. god knows i did hyuck hyuck!!! it's just a very neat time, micro castles with loot, some light puzzles, and a challening boss at the end, that you can do with your pals, is just a good time.
it is ever so slightly light on the content side, with the base game only have 6 stages. i would've rounded it to a nice even 10 and then done 5 DLC stages but... what can you do? with the exception of maybe stage 3 they're all good fun, and genuinely difficult. the characters could also do with some balancing. soma is just the best character in the game with unprecedented levels of utility that makes every character look pitiful by comparison. jonathon should've been a mix between soma and the belmonts, in that instead of being a level-up whip user he should've had the weapon variety soma has, but instead of katanas, he has whips! like in portrait of ruin! shanoa should have had infinitely more glyphs also.
the real thing letting this game down these days is the fact it's been lost to the generations of yesteryears. i believe you can still play it on newer Xboxes but its never been actually ported to anything since Xbox 360 and PS3. because it's konami (who are famously fucking useless, especially at PC releases) there's no PC version.
if you have a PS3 or 360 still that you play i would really recommend picking this up, especially if you have some buddies you can play it with. i will always, ALWAYS be down to play this with my fellow vaniaheads out there. hmu.
it is ever so slightly light on the content side, with the base game only have 6 stages. i would've rounded it to a nice even 10 and then done 5 DLC stages but... what can you do? with the exception of maybe stage 3 they're all good fun, and genuinely difficult. the characters could also do with some balancing. soma is just the best character in the game with unprecedented levels of utility that makes every character look pitiful by comparison. jonathon should've been a mix between soma and the belmonts, in that instead of being a level-up whip user he should've had the weapon variety soma has, but instead of katanas, he has whips! like in portrait of ruin! shanoa should have had infinitely more glyphs also.
the real thing letting this game down these days is the fact it's been lost to the generations of yesteryears. i believe you can still play it on newer Xboxes but its never been actually ported to anything since Xbox 360 and PS3. because it's konami (who are famously fucking useless, especially at PC releases) there's no PC version.
if you have a PS3 or 360 still that you play i would really recommend picking this up, especially if you have some buddies you can play it with. i will always, ALWAYS be down to play this with my fellow vaniaheads out there. hmu.