Castlevania strikes again with a truly amazing installment.
User Rating: 10 | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin DS
Some people say that Castlevania was better in the first few games, and I will admit, how can you beat the classics? But, Castlevania Portrait of Ruin highly lives up to the Castlevania series. This time, you play as Jonathan Morris, the next in line to wield the famed Vampire Killer belonging to the Belmont family... wait a minute, Morris... Belmont? How can Jonathan wield the Vampire Killer if he's not a Belmont!? Well, you'll learn that later on, however, I'll tell you a bit about the story. Now, you play as Jonathan Morris and his friend Charlotte... I forget her last name, but whatever. You play these two teens who are brave enough to venture through Dracula's castle. But wait, there's a twist, Dracula isn't here! Instead. there's this Da Vinci wanna-be known as Brauner. Now, unlike Dawn of Sorrow, Brauner does not want to revive Dracula, he just want's control of the caslte. So, to enhance his powers, Brauner puts up magical painting around his castle and acts like a da Vinci wanna-be. But now, beside the ranting of the story, I'll just give a simple pro's and con's...thing.
PROS: Great gameplay, great animation during dialogue, creepy levels and enemies, great opening movie, great story, and some pretty catchy music, great wi-fi play, no undeterminable gender characters!
CONS: Pretty much the same as the other Castlevania games (but there's nothing really wrong with that), pretty misleading quests... and that's pretty much it.
Overall, Castlevania Portrait of Ruin is truly amazing and as unfortunate as it is, is highly looked down upon. So if you have the courage to venture through Dracula's castle... once again... step on up and buy Castlevania, Portrait of Ruin.
