this could have been a great game, but a poor glyph system and bad storyline along with pesky difficulty ruin it.
graphics- more or less the same thing that all the castlevania games have looked like so theres not much to say here
sound- seriously i cant say that any of the music was memorable ..cause it wasnt , but thats just my opinion , as for the sound effects its what you would expect
story - geeez what story , the story was insanely lame as all hell boring characters and the people that you rescue are just bland with no life whatsoever the quests they give you are almost pointless and bland the ones from eric in PoR were way better and far more rewarding.
gameplay- the glyph system in my opinion was very boring and dull almost more than half of those glyphs feel so useless , and they get boring real fast unlike DoS the souls were awsome and so were the spells in PoR . as for the difficulty ..yeah its hard but the reason for that is the fact that EVERYTHING in this game would rather touch or ram into you rather than just hit you , and that happens alot believe me and when they do, they hit for alot of damage , so the only challenge this game has to offer is how well you can dodge the enemies in the end its just a very watered down version of both of the other ds titles.