It feels better than Super Castlevania IV in its moment-to-moment gameplay, and, as always, the music and presentation are superb (on the X68000 version at least); but I just do not like the level design at all. It's not fun! The platforming is insipid and tedious throughout, and the game loves to swamp you with enemies that are extremely difficult to hit or require numerous hits to kill.

A shame, because there are so many nice atmospheric touches in this, and I would love to see what else they came up with in the later levels, but I just can't bring myself to slog through it.