Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Dawn of Sorrow is Castlevania, nothing more, nothing less.. And that's the way it should be.

User Rating: 9.2 | Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow DS

By KKx2000 | Review Date: June 11, 2006

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is just plain Castlevania. It doesn't take many risks with the formula, in fact, it doesn't take many risks with anything at all. They did add some touch screen features, but that's more of a gimmick than anything else... We've all seen this before, it's the tried and true Castlevania formula. A game packed with endless entertainment. Why, after all these years it's still so darn addictive... I don't know.

If you played any of the Castlevania games for the GBA you know exactly what your going to get from Dawn of Sorrow. Not only does it resemble the GBA games both in style and gameplay, but it's also about just as fun as any of those games so fans won't go wrong with Dawn of Sorrow... And newcomers, buy this game.

Visually the game is satisfying. Nothing stunning nor groundbreaking, but it's good enough for a 2D game of this caliber. It most certainly looks alot better than the GBA games, the backgrounds are beautiful when compared to previous Castlevania games on Nintendo's handhelds. Your surroundings manage to keep a creepy atmosphere throughout the course of the game wich really adds to the entertaining, and often difficult, combat where you'll encounter various foes, some creepier than the others. The entire game takes place in the same castle that's split up into several areas, each with it's different theme.

The gameplay is, as it always is with this franchise, tight and easy to get into. You got your basic attack button and a jump button. As well as a few combos to use special moves.. What moves you make depend on what souls you have equipped... When you kill monsters, you'll have a chance of getting their souls. This allows you to perform different moves that these monsters can do.

This game also sounds alot better than the GBA games did. The music is creepy and really captures the spirit of the game. Most noticeably the music is alot clearer in this game.

The game is pretty easy, but then again it'll still take you about 10-15 hours to finish it completely.. And it's well worth going through again, just because It's so darn entertaining... It doesn't mess with the tried and true formula and it doesn't really do to much to distinguish itself from previous games in the series.. But it's still alot of fun. Fans will love it and newcomers will learn to do so as well. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is one of the most enjoyable game on the Nintendo DS right now.. So go get it.. Now.

Now.

Kristófer

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