Awesome game, I'm happy I got introduced to this series thanks to Dawn of Sorrow, this is better than Dawn of Sorrow.

User Rating: 8.5 | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin DS
Gameplay: You get a whip + hundreds of enemies to kill = Crazy fun, killing things in this game never gets boring, It just really fun and enjoyable its very hard to describe, you need to play the game to know how good it is.

10/10

Graphics: Not the best on the DS, but I don't think they really need to focus on something like graphics in a game like this, I mean focusing on game play is just good enough.

8/10

Story: It's Castlevania, so it has a fine story, I mean, in a game like this, gameplay just matters, I have to say this, seriously this is a perfect example of a game that mainly focus's on gameplay, which in my opinion is good, but I like good story and a one that you actually care about the characters.

Overall: It's a good game, you really need to get a game like this, although it has WiFi, which is the most useless WiFi in a DS game, honestly, I think they should've cancelled it all out and added more depth into the game, not like the game has lots of depth itself, basically.. if your a DS owner and you don't own this...than just run to the game store and buy it, seriously, it's very good in terms of lengh, I already have 25 hours in one of my save files and I'm not even close to finishing the game 100 percent, so yes it's a very long game, but I really think people should stop refering to this game as an RPG, it's a 2D platformer with some RPG elements.