Pros: sounds, beautiful backgrounds, weapons and items with rpg style gameplay, castle layout.
Cons: Just can't think of any.

I was walking through the video store one day when I noticed the greatest hits rack for psx games. Then I spotted that brand new copy of SotN for $15 and bout passed out, considering the only prices I'd seen online were expensive for used copies. With that said this is definitely one of the best games I've ever played, if not the best. Theres something about the game that just gets you hooked. Incorporating the snes metroid style map layout was just amazing. And Alucard... the sprite just puts the others to shame. And when you think you've completely beaten the game with 100%, you still got another 100 to go. I could go on and on, but I'll stop here.