Talk:Castlevania: Symphony of the Night/@comment-44988828-20200204185418

I love this game and have been playing it for 20yrs. I think it is nearly perfect, but does anyone else feel the second half of the game is weaker than the first?

The first half has that element of mystery and storytelling with the interations with Maria and the secrets to unlocking the inverted castle. Once you are in the inverted castle, it is more straight forward. The element of disovery has little to do with defeating Dracula. A player need not even defeat all the bosses in the inverted castle to win the game, which turns the second half into a completionist effort rather than an adventure.

Thoughts?