Im not happy with most of Obata's designs, but when i see them ingame they look so much better.
Simon looks like a manwhore in his design, but ingame he looks alright.But what the hell is up w/ the shorts? No Castlevania character wears shorts and looks good with them. Yes I know Ayami Kojima drew Simon w/ shorts as well, but she draws them SO much better, and for some odd reason they look alright, but Obata basicly drew Light Yagami w/ bicycle shorts and a whip.
And Death looks like the spider badguy from lost in space. i hate how he doesn't have his cloak, he does in ALL of his games, so this one he's naked and I hate it.
However, i find Aeon to be kinda cool, and I think we'll find out that he's like St. Germain (btw he needs to be in another game)
Alucard looks good, imo, and Dracula looks ok. Dracula is better than the PoR version as well as DXC, so no complaints there.
Next is Eric Lacarde, he looks like some young kid, I mean he doesn't look bad, except it just doesn't look like Lacarde. TBH, I was hoping for Lacarde to look more like Wind, but the kid is like having the fat 8 year-old Maria, it just doesn't fit.
Trevor is in the game and he has an eye-patch. A FREAKING EYE-PATCH! DO YOU REMEBER HIM HAVING AN EYEPATCH IN THE GAMES BECAUSE I SURE DON'T, AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE NEVER DID!!! So both Lacarde and Trevor look like some Soul Calibur knock offs.
Gameplay looks good though, and I can see it being lots of fun despite your wanting to play it with your eyes closed.