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Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - A-
Good: Deep gameplay, spooky graphics and music
Bad: Confusing puzzles, cut-and-paste levels

Star Ocean: The First Departure - B+
Good: Addictive item creation, relationship bulding
Bad: Archaic storyline and presentation

I hope the "cut and paste level" thing is only a minor blemish to an overwise excellent game in Castlevania.

I'm glad Star Ocean got a great review but I am finding the cons to be rediculous.  How is SO:FD's story archaic?  It's not 100% original but the reviewer here must have never played any of the NES JRPGs like  FFI and DQI.  Now those games have archaic stories.  Besides, recent previews(including 1UP) said that the story was engaging.  Also, I hope they have a good explanation for why they think the presentation is dated.  Again, other previews said that the graphics were great.  Nothing in this game is anymore dated than anything in the recent Tales games.