Another excellent installment to the great Castlevania series.
User Rating: 9.6 | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin DS
Castlevania POR is a must own title for any castlevania fan or a casual gamer looking for a great action platformer. Castlevania tends to introduce a new "system" or idea in each Castlevania they release and POR is no execption. This time around you can switch between Johnathan and Charlotte or have both at the same time, or just have one at a time. Also this time around, there is no soul gathering or anything that elaborate. Just a simple but effective shopkeeper buy and sell system that works very well. Graphically it still looks sharp but a little understated compared to Aria of Sorrow. Gameplay is your typical hack and slash, leveling up and defeating bosses to advance and gather items etc. The voice over work is surprisingly quite well done for a portable game, I was surprised at the quality. I've heard a lot of complaints (not all that bad really) that it seems to play and compare a lot to Symphony of the night for the PSX. If anything, I think it's a good thing to be compared to quite possibly the best Castlevania ever made. So anyone looking for a in depth lengthy action game need to look no further than Castlevania Portrait of Ruin. A very worthwhile title by Konami.
