F0rneus
Tears in the rain
It's difficult for me to take seriously any publication that gave Castlevania Judgment a better review.
I suspect I'll say the same about ones that gave better reviews to Curse of Darkness given the complete lack of level design, variety, or anything other than a decent OST and combat.
For it's flat level design, Curse of Darkness had perhaps the best soundtrack in the franchise, fun monster making/levelling mechanics, metric tons of weapon types to use, and the combat engine was solid as all hell. I think it's a far better game than any Castlevania, Mercury Steam ever put out.