Great action game!
Played on black NDS-lite.
Ok, I'm not a Castlevania fan, and I haven't even completed one title of the series. I played a GBA version for a little while, never completed it. So you might say this review is totally based on the game, and not on a fanboy-ish way with drool all over the Castlevania franchise.
I like RPG games and RPG elements, this game has those, a bit shallow, but very fun. I like the fact that you can merge collected souls on weapons alot! I don't have a big urge to level my character(yet?) but it's fun to check out the gear and stats with the gear.
All the souls you collect are great, I just love the one where you grow a huge scorpion tale, wich is basicly a double attack. Such things are really great imo.
The game looks ok, I really don't think the graphics are that great. The animations are awesome tho, really properly done! The atmosphere of the game is perfect, tho it could have been a bit more sharper and detailed.
With great musictracks(I really love the music!!) and challeging gameplay in a kind of free roam way in a castle, makes C:DOS a really cool 2d action/rpg.
I recommend this game to people that like 2d action/platform/rpg games. It stands out from the more colourfull 2d games mostly found on te DS, wich is good.
I don't know what the castlevania fans think of the story, but as a newcomer, I think it's pretty sweet:)
ZeroDemo.