Definetly the best game in the Castlevania series.
User Rating: 10 | Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow DS
One of the biggest series to date, is the Castlevania. Since its early days it was a great series, great story, great gameplay, and just great everything. This next installment of Castlevania, is the sequel to the GBA title: Aria of Sorrow. This sequel dishes out more than the GBA could ever handle. For starters, if you've played Aria of Sorrow, you know how much of a pain it was to switch back and forth between game and map, game and map, over and over again. It was so annoying. Your savior has arrived, and it's called dual screens. The top screen is always showing the map, unless you change it to display your stats, and the stats of the enemy you just attacked. Besides that the gameplay is rock solid. Although the story... actually it really doesn't involve too much with story. However, the adventurous gameplay makes up. There is one big map. Everything is connected to each other with warp rooms, so you don't have to go back and forth so long. By the way, the map is huge! Don't be fooled by the size of the map on the top. To get from one side to another, it takes some real time, especially with all the enemies along the way. Also, this map doesn't suck... what I mean by that is, it shows you exact position, unlike some maps. Some maps just put an X in a room that says, "You are here." This map shows where in the room you are. So if your in the top right corner, it'll show you there. But back to the gameplay... It's just side-scrolling goodness. See enemies, kill em. Speaking of enemies, the enemies are all creative and fun. They're all different, with attacks and whatnot, but that doesn't change that they all die the same way: with the swing of your sword. Your swords can be upgraded, combining them with souls you collect from killing enemies. They are used up to upgrade your sword, giving it more deadly power. You can also level up higher and higher, getting stronger along the way. This game was very well designed, and the graphics are perfect. There's really nothing else to say except that, if you don't have it... What are you doing there?! Go get it! 
