Castlevania Judgment

"I remember getting the advice years ago regarding Metroid Prime Pinball that if you’re a fan of Metroid Prime, and you’re a fan of pinball, you’ll love the game. That was completely accurate for that game and the same goes for this one. If you enjoy playing fighting games like SoulCalibur and maybe even Smash Bros (as opposed to serious fighting games like Tekken) and you’re a fan of the Castlevania series, you owe it to yourself to at least try this game. Ignore your reservations, ignore your conviction that Castlevania shouldn’t be a fighting game, and enjoy the ridiculous amounts of nostalgia and logic-defying plot contrivances. Enjoy Maria saying, “they’re huge!” at Sypha Belnades’ breasts. Find a reason to try the game. I don’t guarantee you’ll love it, but it’s good enough where you should try it."

"We don't mind a Castlevania fighting game when it's done right but Judgment just isn't able to pull it off well thanks to a number of problems that make this a unimpressive fighting game. All is not bad, though, seeing as the collection of characters bring something different to the battle, but it's not enough to recommend this one. "

"Castlevania Judgment is one of the prettiest offerings available on Wii, but that beauty is a skin deep button masher of a game. "

"In the list of games I'm dying to play in the Castlevania series, a 3D fighter was about as far from the top as possible, but Judgment was a pleasant surprise. The combat is deep and entertaining, the characters are well balanced and very unique as a full-on roster, and everything from sub-weapons to specials, combo attacks, in-level traps and monsters, and epic super attack animations are well done and true to the source material."

"It is hard to tell what the purpose of Judgment was, and how it would further increase the franchise's legacy. Yes, there is one interesting thing, but it is buried underneath a subpar game. It is hard to recommend this one. "