Wow!  Who would have guessed Castlevania Bloodlines is actually in my opinion at least, one of the finest Genesis games ever and easily one of the best Castlevania games ever?  I'm totally not kidding with you guys!  Talk about getting the surprise of my life tonight.  This game does a LOT of things right.  In fact it does just about *every* thing right.  It's better than all the NES Castlevania games which isn't easy for me to say considering how much I love Castlevania III in particular, and it's leagues better than the Super NES game Bloodlines is constantly compared to for unfair reasons (Dracula X).  Dare I go to the extreme and say it's possibly even a notch better than Super Castlevania IV?  Oh yeah, it just might be!  I'll tell you exactly why Bloodlines is a masterpiece below.