altho the architexture in the castle is visually impressive, one aspect that is missing is: the paintings! where are they? what i loved about lament of innocence was the fact that the castle had awesome-looking paintings everywhere (but some were hard to really look at cuz of the damn camera). i recall Walters chamber having a giant painting of a dragon behind his throne (i think it was a dragon), but littered throughout the hallways there were various paintings of extremely odd scenes, both religious & demonic. its a shame los2 didnt include anything such as these
i also liked the fact that the castle was literally begging dracula not to leave, becuz his power gives them life. i thought the creepy "we are your family now, dont leave us" voices from the transition between the castle & the city was awesome. the castle also couldve benefitted from the random stuff weve grown accustomed to in previous castlevania games, that only a trained eye will spot, such as the giant peeping eye in the long hallway in symphony, or the bloody handprints that follow you in portrait, or the lady in the crypt in mirror. little details like that amount to a lot imo
i mean, can u just imagine while walking thru Bernhard's Quarters, you see a silhouette of a giant spider-octopus thing crawling thru the stained glass, but u never encounter it, but u know its there, watching. or in Carmillas Chamber in the library, before you enter a room you see some books being read by an invisible entity, and as soon as u enter they slam shut & fall to the ground. creepy shit like that woulda been awesome