+1 to munchy for a pretty fair review IMO.
I can see where some people come from when they are disappointed by LoS, since the trailers really used a bit of trickery to make it seem like there would be a Dracula fight. (though TBH, it WAS a wasted opportunity to NOT use Jason Isaacs as Dracula- I mean, come on, how awesome would that have been?)
The music I agree, is pretty subjective. Either you like it or you dont. I liked it, but what bothers me most is that they are mood pieces, and not unique ones either. what I mean is, they are reused for their respective spots in the game to represent a certain tone. Would have been better if there was just MORE music in general, even if they were also mood pieces. Just more.
As far as Titans go, I cant deny- as boring as they were, they at least looked pretty epic, and thats really all they were there for, to show these massively large scale boss fights. The Second Titan especially is an epic boss fight, what with the perspective and lighting, and really just the scale of the Titan, and how it had those objects floating all around it.
The Dracolitch now, on the other hand, was pretty interesting as far as titan fights go. It's probably my favorite, and a lot of that probably has to do with the fact that it just plays very much differently from the previous two- it's not just all shimmying and ledge jumping, but you do walk along it's bones and such, and it will later on go vertically and shit, it was pretty interesting, and come on- it's a giant fucking zombie dragon. What's not to like?
It WAS a pity that the Necromancer wasnt Death's design, but the way i see it, both the Necromancer AND the Dracolitch were both supposed to be homages to the classic Death and his secondary transformations.
we also never saw what Zobek looks like UNDER the Devil Mask, since it isnt actually part of his outfit, but granted to him presumably by Satan. He might have a skull face under there for all we know. (if the God Mask holds the power of God, then it only stands to reason that the Devil Mask contains power and knowledge from hell)
Testament of Sin
sounds like a Castlevania name alright.