Symphony of the Night remains my favorite though I still love the original and the Soma Cruz entries.

I've been meaning to pick up Lament of Innocence and I have played the recent Lords of Shadow entry which is a reboot, it is pretty good (narrated by Patrick Stewart so it's got that going for it) and is mostly a God of War clone with less blood and T&A. The ending is a bit... strange... but I can honestly say I may check out the sequels planned for it, especially since the handheld one is actually going to be more in-lined with the Metroidvania games. It is still not as good as the 2D entries but it's better than most of the 3D entries I've dabbled with.