Grant: Knife is as strong as Trevor’s default whip. He has short attack range, but stabs really quickly. Can’t upgrade his weapon. Can climb on walls and ceilings, though cornering is tricky. Shares the knife, axe, and watch sub-weapons with Trevor and can use them while hanging on walls. Has control over his jump range and direction. Is a smaller target. Takes one more bar of damage than Trevor.

Sypha: Staff is as strong as Trevor’s default whip. Her staff also has better range than Grant’s knife and she can swing it just as fast. Can’t upgrade her weapon. Has awesome spells that can burn, freeze, and home in on enemies and only cost a single heart to use. Same size as Trevor. Takes one more bar of damage than Trevor.

Alucard: Fireball is weaker then Trevor’s default whip, weak enough that it take two hits for him to kill Medusa Heads and owls. His fireball has the best range of default attacks, but is as slow to use as Trevor’s whip strikes. He can upgrade his weapon, but it increases in quantity, not quality. Attack is best used at closer range so more fireballs hit the thing you want dead, which of course puts him at risk. He can’t use his fireballs on stairs, so he’s defenseless there. Has no sub-weapons. Can transform into a little bat and fly around all over the place, but it consumes about two hearts a second and he can’t defend himself. Is a slightly larger target than Trevor in human form. Takes the same damage as Trevor.

All in all, I’d consider Grant and Sypha both better options than Alucard. They do take more damage than Al, but Grant’s got great mobility while still having better options to defend himself and Sypha’s magic outclasses Al’s single crappy attack in every way with way less risk involved.

Pretty much all Al’s got going for him is turning into a little bat, which he needs because his attacks are shit. You’re better off just using those upgrades on Trevor’s whip, leave Al for flying the fuck away from things.

…Crap, I wanna check this out now. Guess it’s time for name entering exploits again! I love that I can do that with Castlevania III. ^_^

…he can potentially be great, right?

Alucard’s boss sprites look really goofy, especially his face. His fight’s very much like a bargain bin Dracula, fitting when you consider his origins. You would think Drac’s son would be a great ally, but compared to the wall climber and magic user he’s not really that useful.

There are some places only Al can get to, but he’s definitely the least useful of the three. Guy really got his shit together for his own game, though.