History YMMV / NosferatuTheWrathOfMalachi

* GameBreaker: The Ancient Chalice is the very definition of overpowered. It's Holy Water kills any supernatural enemy (anything that isn't a Gypsy, a Devil Dog or a Bat) instantly, has a good range, and can hit multiple targets at once. It also makes any boss (except for the Count, who requires a specific way to kill him), even the final one, a pushover, as they all go down after just a few splashes. The only downside is that you have to find troughs of water to refill it, but in the West Wing and Main Castle you start finding those every few rooms.

* GameBreaker: The Ancient Chalice is the very definition of overpowered. It kills any supernatural enemy (anything that isn't a Gypsy, a Dog or a Bat) instantly, has a good range, and can hit multiple targets at once. It also makes any boss (except for the Count, who requires a specific way to kill him), even the final one, a pushover, as they all go down after just a few splashes. The only downside is that you have to find troughs of water to refill it, but in the West Wing and Main Castle you start finding those every few rooms.

* DisappointingLastLevel: If you've rescued at least most of the family members, you should be outfitted with so many items that the Main Castle is fairly easy (not helped by the massive amount of health and ammo they give you right at the beginning). Despite setting up the climactic final confrontation within, you end up having to progress through a whole large area that's pretty blatantly there for padding. The game has by this point used up most of its ideas and introduced all its enemies, so rather than a logical and interconnected area that you could believably find in a real castle, you find a mess of random generic rooms stuck together haphazardly in a messy layout that makes navigation even harder than it would be with all the similar-looking rooms, AND the enemies are a completely random rush of everything with no real pattern or consistent difficulty. What's more, the final area and events are unlocked halfway through no matter what, so there's no reason to visit the second half. In fact, there's no real reason for this area to exist AT ALL, since the final battle is elsewhere.

** Demons might just be the very worst. They're frighteningly fast and hit like trucks, and can take a ridiculous amounts of punishment. Dealing with just one is bad enough, but when you reach the Main Castle you start encountering them constantly.

** The scythe-wielding gypsies have long range, take of loads of health with each hit, and take ages to kill if you don't have a gun (since you encounter them before you have a chance to get one...)

* GameBreaker: The Ancient Chalice is the very definition of overpowered. It kills any supernatural enemy (anything that isn't a gypsy, a dog or a bat) instantly, has a good range, and can hit multiple targets at once. It also makes any boss (except for the Count, who requires a specific way to kill him), even the final one, a pushover, as they all go down after just a few splashes. The only downside is that you have to find troughs of water to refill it, but in the West Wing and Main Castle you start finding those every few rooms.

** [[spoiler:Lord Malachi]], meanwhile, is set up in all the Scripts to be some sort of ultimate evil creature of godlike power. He fights you by...running at you and hitting you while you back away and unload everything into his weak spot. This is far from hard, since by this point you have a fully loaded Machine Gun, armour, and maybe also some Potions that make it even harder for him to hurt you, AND there's loads of health and ammunition scattered around. After spending a whole game with fights being desperate affairs of quick thinking and resource management, the final battle is won by running away while holding down the fire button.
*** Oh, and you think that they would make the final boss immune to the overpowered weapon that annihilates everything? Nope. You can kill him by splashing him with Holy Water two or three times.

** The scythe-wielding enemies have long range, take of loads of health with each hit, and take ages to kill if you don't have a gun (since you encounter them before you have a chance to get one...)

** Gargoyles might just be the very worst. They're frighteningly fast and hit like trucks, and can take a ridiculous amounts of punishment. Dealing with just one is bad enough, but when you reach the Main Castle you start encountering them constantly.
* DisappointingLastLevel: If you've rescued at least most of the family members, you should be outfitted with so many items that the Main Castle is fairly easy (not helped by the massive amount of heath and ammo they give you right at the beginning). Despite setting up the climactic final confrontation within, you end up having to progress through a whole large area that's pretty blatantly there for padding. The game has by this point used up most of its ideas and introduced all its enemies, so rather than a logical and interconnected area that you could believably find in a real castle, you find a mess of random generic rooms stuck together haphazardly in a messy layout that makes navigation even harder than it would be with all the similar-looking rooms, AND the enemies are a completely random rush of everything with no real pattern or consistent difficulty. What's more, the final area and events are unlocked halfway through no matter what, so there's no reason to visit the second half. In fact, there's no real reason for this area to exist AT ALL, since the final battle is elsewhere.
* GameBreaker: The Ancient Chalice is the very definition of overpowered. It kills any enemy instantly, has a good range, and can hit multiple targets at once. It also makes any boss, even the final one, a pushover, as they all go down after just a few splashes. The only downside is that you have to find troughs of water to refill it, but in the West Wing and Main Castle you start finding those every few rooms.
* GoddamnedBats: There are literal goddamed Bats that fly around the roofs of the Castle, which can be annoying as they hurt you if they touch you and are really hard to hit.

** [[spoiler:Lord Malachi]], meanwhile, is set up in all the Scripts to be some sort of ultimate evil creature of godlike power. He fights you by...running at you and hitting you while you back away and unload everything into his weak spot. This is far from hard, since by this point you have a fully loaded Machine Gun, armour, and maybe also some Potions that make it even harder for him to hurt you, AND there's loads of health and ammunition scattered around. After spending a whole game with fights being desperate affairs of quick thinking and resource management, the final battle is one by running away while holding down the fire button.

* GameBreaker: The Ancient Chalice is the very definition of overpowered. It kills any enemy instantly, has a good range, and can hit multiple targets at once. Holy Water makes any boss, even the final one, a pushover, as they all go down after just a few splashes. The only downside is that you have to find troughs of water to refill it, but in the West Wing and Main Castle you start finding those every few rooms.

* GoddamedBats: There are literal goddamed Bats that fly around the roofs of the Castle, which can be annoying as they hurt you if they touch you and are really hard to hit.