Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (PlayStation 2, 2005)

The game is the typical side scrolling fighting game where the goal is to defeat a boss and gain their special ability to help you in the following stages. As you fight the evil devils, you gain experience points which you will use to upgrade. The interesting twist is this time you are now a Forgemaster in which you are able to conjure up what they consider Innocent Devils to fight for you. Each Innocent Devil type has different characteristics which you you will find usefull in one way or another (healing vs fighting vs flying, etc).

As with previous Castlevania titles, the graphics are ok. The fight engine is arcadic with limited controls needed to accomplish anything.

The Good:
1) Beat them up... a lot
2) Puzzles
3) New twist on conjuring
4) Wow... cool bosses
5) Much better graphics than before
6) Definitely replayable game to see all the different Innocent Angle forms
7) Ability to switch weapon each with their own attributes
8) Combos and more combos

The Bad:
1) Graphics are still not that good in certain areas
2) Fight engine is still just a basic hack and slash
3) Feels very repetitive.

Overall, it's a keeper with lots of replayability.