I'm a big Castlevania fan (both classic and IGA style), so I should be the exact target audience for this, but good lord in heaven, this game will be impossible to play in front of other people. And I wouldn't even want to play it alone cause those voices are so high pitched they're like nails on a blackboard....

You don't really explore a 2-axis maze, and backtrack. Its a linear platformer with branching paths. "Platformer" tag is more suited for this kind of game.

After going back and forth for more than 12 hrs today, I finally got the "alternate" ending. I assumed I'd get the panties achievement along with it, but apparently not. I have a few things I haven't tried yet, so I'll maybe do that tomorrow. Specifically: I'm thinking the two sisters still don't have their underwear so maybe I'll see if I can finisher shot the 2 bosses I haven't done it to. , but I have low hopes....

The JP audio of course. I can't hear anything that would translate to "anti demon" from what she's saying.

Map is necessary for a game like this, end of story. I was replaying the second level I believe after completing the game, and I encountered an area I couldn't unlock before. It obviously requires a traversal upgrade to get across once you've unlocked it, though. This is bad game design, effectively making me play the same level 3 times to complete it. I'm not going to do that and will just stop playing the game here, having exhausted all the real content on the first playthrough. This game is way too goo...