"Castlevania takes a perfect leap into 3D"
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence takes place in the year 1094, in the first century, and to keep this as short as possible, noble Knight Leon Belmont finds out from his closest best friend Mathias Cronqvist, that his bride to be, Sarah Tarantoul has been kidnapped by a Vampire named Walter Bernhard, who has a castle in the farthest reaches of the forest called "Eternal Night", and Leon arenounces his title in order to save her!! But he isn't carrying out this task by himself, he meets a very wise and knowledgable Vampire Hunter, and occult magician, Rinaldo Gandolfi, who supplies him with armor, weapons, and as well as potions, and some other very helpful items to help Leon aid in his quest!!
There are 5 levels, in which you need to beat first in order to even stand a chance against Walter Bernhard!! And in some parts when you go back to Rinaldo's shop, you find out even more important parts to the story that are totally different from any other Castlevania game in the series!! Each level is more challenging, and have some puzzles and obstacles that you need to overcome in order to continue, but with time, patience, and some effort, you can easily overcome them.
The boss battles have definitely stepped up since the boss fights in all the 2D Castlevania games were pretty much child's play for most of the veteran Castlevania fans, but there are a few very hard boss battles, like the one with the Vampire Joachim at the end of the Dark Palace of Waterfalls level, and the major tough boss fight with this creature named "The Forgotten One" at the bottom of the Prison of Eternal Torture, and the final battles with Walter Bernhard and Death at the very top of the castle, in Walter's throne room!!
The new move set is absolutely amazing, the level design is almost perfect, except for a few flaws with the same design being used for some of the different rooms more than a few times, and the button mashing can get to be repetitive and totally boring at times, but Castlevania: Lament of Innocence finally fills in a very big gap in the series that fans have been writing fan fiction stories, and imagining about for years ever since the release of the very first Castlevania for the NES back in 1987!! All in all, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is definitely a must have, for both types of Castlevania fans, diehard veterans of the series, and the newcomers to the long lasting series that would like to start playing from what's considered by some fans to be true beginning in the series!!!!