Castlevania Final Season Review: 6 Ups And 3 Downs

9. Down: The Court Of Targoviste

While the final season largely moves at an accelerated pace, Trevor and Sypha experience some elongated stalling in Targoviste, the city that Dracula decimated after his wife's execution.

The duo are informed that their is a secret underground court that rules the city and that the vampires attacking the citizens are trying desperately hard to find them. Through one of the court's soldiers named Zamfir, Trevor and Sypha are both simultaneously baited and stonewalled in regards to actually seeing this court to the point where they have enough of the whole thing, and who can blame them?

In reality, once Belmont, Sypha and Varney's vampires find the underground court, the whole story moves into high gear towards the finale. This means the narrative has to stall so that the other surrounding plotlines can finish up before it's time for the conclusion.

When we actually reach the court, what is found is hardly a shocking discovery and is ultimately rather underwhelming. The build-up drags for too many episodes for such a weak payoff.