What I like about your review: I think you explained the game in great detail. I like reviews that give me an idea of what the game is like in case I have never played the game before. I also like how most of your review focused on gameplay instead of graphics and sound. Sure, I expect graphics and music to be reasonably good, but gameplay is far and away more important. The comment about Dracula dropping chicken was funny.


What I don't like:
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To aid you on your quest, there are special weapons. In the past, these were used by pressing the attack button and ‘up’ at the same time, but of course with SCIV’s 8 way whip that’s not possible. The old control sequence has been replaced with the ‘R’ button (which is quite tough to get used to).
Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you set the controls to your liking in the options screen?
I also think the game could have used more analysis. There was plenty of info, but there wasn't enough to convince me why I should or shouldn't buy this game. I think your review didn't talk enough about what's wrong with the game outside of the difficulty. I have played it on rom, and realize its' a good game, but I'm sure you could come up with other weaknesses. Heck, I could come up with plenty of weaknesses for my favorite games. No game is perfect.



Errors:End of the third paragraph
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Not so in SCIV, here you can change direction at any time during a jump, quite easily.

The second comma is unnecessary.

In the ninth paragraph.
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These and most other items in the game are stored in candles, which are abundant in Castlevania, just whip one and its contents fall to the ground.

The part that says "Castlevania, just whip one and it's contents fall to the ground." looks like a comma splice to me.
You should probably just(no pun intended) start a new sentence with "Just."

In the eleventh paragraph.
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. As in other games of the series, each level is masterfully created, they don’t just throw things at you and say “here, jump this and then whip these then fight the boss”.

This looks like another comma splice. "They" should be the start of a new sentence.


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Don’t worry, this is not Yoshi’s Story, it will take you at least 2 days unless you play it non-stop.
in paragraph 16 looks like another. "It" should start a new sentence.