Your top 10 (or 5) games

[Emu]

No, I was told by several people that it's awful. I'm working on VP2 right now but I'm quickly losing interest in it because many of the combat rules seem to be completely arbitrary.

[Pentegarn]

I liked it (The DS game). It actually makes you play it a certain way the first time through so it is impossible to get the final boss. The bonus Seraphic Gate game is kind of crappy though

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

A page right out of Ghouls and Ghosts. What a bunch of jerks.

[Pentegarn]

Not as bad as all that, it just means

Spoilers!

The first play through you have to sacrifice souls to make a fighter powerful enough to get through the game the first time because the enemies are just too powerful. Sacrificing souls though makes your final boss Valkyrie. Once you beat the "C ending" boss then start a new game with all the gear from your first run through and can now win fights without sacrificing souls, which makes you fight the real final boss

So think of it as a double length game, kind of more like how Castlevanis SotN springs a double length game on you.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

SOTN was like having a whole sequel to play through with the inverted castle. Ghouls & Ghosts makes you literally play the entire game over to beat the real end boss. I'm sure VP is a ton better though.