I posted here, I guess the amount of PSN Plus users is very small. Basically it was great, the loading screens are probably the best thing, simply because Patrick Stewart tells you a story while it loads.

Little underwhelmiing but it's good enough. Very God of Warish with more rpg and a little more jank. I could easily pick it up once it drops in price.

I though the demo was cool, especially the presentation and atmosphere. I was not completely sold on the fighting however, compared to GoW , but the level-up system hopefully improves the combat over the course of the game. There was also a horse-chase part. I though the combat while you were on a horse was a bit to simplifyed for my taste, but the scene was intentse because of the music and speed. They seem to try to focus on the story a lot, even in the demo, which could be a good thing with Kojima involved in the development process. Definitely a game I will consider buying later on.

I basically agree with everything Bananstativ is saying. The combat felt very God of War, so much that I was constantly tempted to do the combos that God of War lets you do, which wouldn't work here, obviously. It also felt a lot more difficult. Like, you couldn't just mash around like you (at least I) would generally do in God of War when there's just trash mobs around.  My health started dropping pretty rapidly whenever I wasn't paying attention and planning out my attacks. While the demo obviously didn't throw anything at me that I couldn't handle, I definitely got the feeling that this game could get pretty brutal as it goes on.  
 
The game focuses tons on story and atmosphere, and had this very cool feel to it. It walks a fine line between pure awesome and super cheesy, but I thought the game pulled it off. I was immediately interested in this world and its characters and wanted to learn more. 

I got all jacked to play this (after learning it was on the PSN UK) and I created an account to do so and then I found out it was only for Playstation Plus users.
 
While I am a Plus user I do not have a Plus account in europe

Awesome. Patrick Stewart made it so. 
 
(see what I effing did there!?)

I was surprised with how the combat felt... I heard a lot of remarks from friends that it was "just another God of War-type game" but it really didn't feel like it.
 It had a lot more finesse and tactical 'depth' to it... Not as mashy, anyway. I can't wait to unlock Paladin difficulty ASAP and get my rear-end handed to me just like old times (NES!). <3
 
Graphically... I don't know, I'm still picking up the pieces from my face when I first looked at the light effects.

I think i like it, i love Patrick Stewart so i'm getting it for that, the only thing that is putting me off is the frame rate sometimes.
Bayonetta and DMC4 looked better and they were 60fps.

Bland. Looked bland, sounded bland, played bland (it was like a mixture of Ninja Blade and God of War). Inconsistent framerate, too.

" I think i like it, i love Patrick Stewart so i'm getting it for that, the only thing that is putting me off is the frame rate sometimes. Bayonetta and DMC4 looked better and they were 60fps. "

My god what would the world be like without Patrick Stewart?
 
@Icemael said:

" Bland. Looked bland, sounded bland, played bland (it was like a mixture of Ninja Blade and God of War). Inconsistent framerate, too. "

" My god what would the world be like without Patrick Stewart? "

" My god what would the world be like without Patrick Stewart? "

" Does it at least feel somewhat like a castlevania game or is it just action hack and slash with castlvania slapped on the box? "

  Does it at least feel somewhat like a castlevania game or is it just action hack and slash with castlvania slapped on the box? "

I thought it was really cool.
 
As for the "It's not Castlevania"-comments: There is no definite Castlevania-gameplay style. The old 2d Castlevanias played so much differently than the newer Metroidvanias. Also, the village area and some other places seen in videos definitely remind me of some old Castlevanias that still had levels outside a castle back in the day. Especially the European village stuff ... that's exactly how I would want a modern 3D rendition of Castlevania to look like.
 
Sure, it plays very God of War-ish but that's just a natural fit since that whip-kind-of-thing isn't that different from chains. How would you make it any differently? Just have one straight whip attack like in the 2d games? That'd be ridiculous. No, it's really good they went into this direction and hopefully they get the chance for a sequel since this seems to be the most solid 3D Castlevania yet.

especially when i started throwing those awesome knives about the place.

It was great! And as far as I could tell(from the reviews) the only thing castlevania missing from it was the exploration bits.

Played it on Knight difficulty on 360, was fucking AWSOME!!!! i preorderd this and Enslaved.    
I  absolutely loved the combat. On Knight  difficulty you die in like 1 or 2 hits, this forces you to play very carfefuly, blocking and dodging and attackign when you have the chance.
I beat the big warewolf boss thing without getitng hit ... It's awsome. The graphics were amazing also,  probably the best i've seen on Xbox.  Can't wait till it gets here.
 
P.S i never played any previous castlevania games i hate all them types of games, but this is awsome! glad they changed to this genre.