Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Another stellar Castlevania experience.

User Rating: 9.5 | Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow DS

By enoslives7 | Review Date: December 22, 2007

This game is a real masterpiece. If you are a big fan of 2-D Castlevania games, this will make you ecstatic. The graphics and music are top-notch (as usual). The game is very long for a DS game, and to beat the extra modes adds alot more replay value also. Beating boss-rush mode in under 5 minutes is extremely hard, but the reward is awesome.

The extra items you recieve from boss-rush mode are really neat (an Rocket Propelled Grenade in Castlevania ?!?! ), and I really enjoyed playing the game again as Julius Belmont. This game is every bit as good as Portrait of Ruin, which is also a masterpiece.

Its hard to believe that the Castlevania series dates back to 1985, and the games just keep getting better and better. You will recognize alot of familiar enemies from previous games. There are a ton of different weapons (guns included !!!) , and I really like the weapon upgrade feature. My only gripe is that some of the souls needed to upgrade your weapons can be very hard to come by. But its only a minor problem.

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