There is no discussion of the multiple modes, playing styles or the game at all.
Not only is it only four paragraphs long, but anyone who has played the game can tell that Mr. The bigger problem is the fact that we have allowed biased opinionated fanboys to pose as journalists in this, the age of the internet and the lowest common denominator for writing. Trust me kids, we’ve seen the worst Judgment could have been already. It was I&B that killed the idea of a fantasy/action fighting game for the past decade so long time historians of the genre were far more receptive to the idea than hardcore Castlevania fans. I’ll admit I purchased it because I liked the idea of an RPG fighting game (Plus having Strahd and Lord Soth as hidden characters appeals to the 13 year old in me…), but alas the closest I’ve come to that is Street Fighter Alpha 3‘s world tour mode. For the unaware, this was a Saturn and PSX 3-D fighting game set in the AD&D 2nd Edition world of Ravenloft where you had a party of fighters squaring off against another party in order to gain XP, magic items and well, kill your opponents. Personally, my big worry is that we were in for another Ravenloft: Iron & Blood. I mean, who would want a fighting game with all the big Castlevania characters in a giant fan service style game? Before the game was even playable, people had condemned it as the worst CV ever. So the combination of another 3-D CV with fighting gameplay blew the minds of a lot of people. Of course, with Castlevania, its previous forays into 3-D gaming were well, not very good.
God forbid a company tries something new with a franchise. Ah Castlevania: Judgment, how you stirred up the fan boys.