Potrait of ruin takes you back to the Morris clan and its new vampire hunter!
The gameplay style is simmilar to "Dawn Of Sorrow", yet the story involves son of John Morris....the vampire hunter once in Castlevania Bloodlines on the genesis system.
This time his son, Jonathan Morris and his friend Charlotte find themselves outside the mysterious castle...which is Dracula's?
Or somethin else happens?...
Anyway, the scenario is pretty good and while walkthrough you'll learn the story of the Morris Clan of hunters...
It contains new characters but same evil!
You're about to stop Brawner,the master count of the castle!
Brawner claims to rule the world by the means of his tragic fall into a vampire...
You will also find out what lies behind the story of "Wind"...
A stranger which his spirit haunts the castle in tragic loneliness...but is he just a stranger for real???
Anyway, like Dawn Of Sorrow this game has also its "anime like" intro video,a thing which really counts for me as it draws you in the game and its climax.
Now in the game you'll use a big variety of weapons,armory,items,relics including the "Vampire Killer whip"...but you'll also discover how to unlock its true power!
yet you will find other whips in the game like the thorn whip and nebula whip!
Of course another good news is that you can use other weapons also to fight through, such as swords axes...and heres somethin new which is awesome!
Everytime you pick a subweapon you will able to level it and at the end master it to improve your abilities...
Jonathan and charlotte can earn expirience points and improve the situation as well...
Another good thing this game has, is that you can play both Jonathan and Charlotte at the same time,you can do combos and teamwork spells, including the grand cruz and the greatest five which summons 5 of the best Belmonts to release astonishing whip power.
Now Charlotte has a more sorcery style gameplay!
She is a young witch and she'll accompany Jonathan all the way...How? well here it is...when you control charlotte you can cast a variety of spells and other magic stuff like tornados,salamandra dragon, owl and frog transformation and such...magic spells will aid you in your trip and help you defeat several bosses and stuff.
About the music...what can i say? it's just great!
the Portrait Of Ruin music follows the traditional classical/orchestral style like Dawn Of Sorrow including some hits from old castlevania games remixed and the classic hit
"iron blue intention" you can also unlock the sound play mode
in the menu after completing some challenges through the game.
By completing the game under circumstances, allows you to play a new game then with "Richter Belmont from Dracula X accompanied with Maria Renard" wild huh? and theres more you can also play with another 2 character which involve the game's story...two twin sister vampire ladies "Stella and Loretta".
This game is very promising and cool and it proves its power!!!
The level is quite challenging, as if you're a hardcore fan or perfectionist it will take your time completing it all.