Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
by Konami
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Video Game Reviews of Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Customer Review: excellent game
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this game and couldn't put it down. My favorite new feature is the ability to see the map as you play on the DS's dual screen. Great for Castlevania fans. The only downside is the new art style - I am still a big fan of the old style.Customer Review: Castlevania-mania! I don't know what that means!
Summary: 5 Stars
Dawn of sorrow is amazing game. I could go into all of the details of the good and bad etc., but I'll keep this simple: Are you a Castlevania Fan or a fan of side scrolling action games? If no, then avoid this game its not your style! If YES, THEN GET THIS GAME. Don't think about it, don't save up for it either, go into your parent's/roommate's room and steal the money out of the little box in the closet and BUY THIS GAME. It will drain precious hours from your life you could have used in infinitely more productive ways and you will love every second.Customer Review: Don't order this version!
Summary: 1 Stars
This game has the dreaded "Konami's BEST" red bar of doom on it. Don't support a reprint that ruins the original box art. Buy somewhere else.Customer Review: One of the Best in the Castlevania series.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is by far one of the best Castlevania games I have ever played. (Symphony of the Night for Playstation being the best). You will loose yourself as you spend hours collecting the souls of Dracula's minions to become more powerful, synthosize new and stronger weapons, and ultimatly strive for the best of the 4 endings, all the while trying to complete 100% of the map.
A definate MUST HAVE for any Castlevania Fan. If you aren't a Castlevania fan, this "Gotta Collect 'em All" game will have you hooked.
Customer Review: If you loved Symphony of the Night...
Summary: 5 Stars
...you will probably love this game. Though its set further in the future, "Dawn of Sorrow" has an eerie feeling of familiarity if you've played the classic "Symphony of the Night" (SotN): vague castle similarities and enemy similarities (some characters/enemies even use the same sprites) pop up here and there to give players of the older Castlevania a nostalgic feeling of recognition but many things are new or changed up a bit enough to keep it fresh and interesting.
Other people have covered it more thoroughly, but these are my likes and dislikes:
The graphics are beautiful, are colorful and crisp on the small DS screens. The controls are simple to understand and easy to use. And the gameplay, particularly with the "abilities-obtained-through-the-collection-of-souls" is a lot of fun and makes for a variety of playing styles (i.e. snipe from afar or get up close and whack 'em). It's difficult to find a description of the soul system that doesn't sound daunting. In short, it's as if you took all the secondary weapons (i.e. dagger, axe, diamond, holy water), familiars, shapeshifting abilities, and magic spells from SotN and put them into a single ability system, the soul system.
This game is great for players who like to discover every single ability and hidden nook and cranny (like me), though I think for people who simply want to get through it and beat the game it could be a bit less enjoyable since it takes a LOT of time and repetition to get some of the more useful souls or to upgrade souls by collecting multiples of the same kind. I have spent hours simply trying to collect all 9 souls of specific kinds. On the one hand, I probably could of beaten the game by now but on the other, I sure have some powerful (and fun) abilities - and having an 'all powerful' character is half the fun, right? :D So my only dislike at the moment would be that once I finish it I'm not going to feel like replaying such an enormous game again anytime soon.