I'm trying Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

[PrettyNier]

well, yeah, thats sort of the point, though; there is rarely any actual need to use them. they are rarely required. they are, simply put, not well integrated into the game itself; it feels like they're little more than an after-thought, something to do "because thats what you do in games".

SoTN also uses a spell system that has you doing overly elaborate button combos, but the game doesn't tell you that you know all these spells from the start and then it asks you to pay to learn them. It's kinda lame.

I actually really like symphonies spell system, partially for that reason; there is an element of mystery and depth to it that the overly simplistic and straight-forward DS metroidvanias kind of lack.