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Rating:8.7
Castlevania is back for the 3rd time on the GBA and it delivers the old-school feel with a new slick style.
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow (AOS) is a side-scrolling masterpiece, like all the other Castlevanias. The series has a long legacy of monster bashing, trap dodging, puzzle solving and Dracula brawling. Since Castlevania de... Read Full Review
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What Gamespot Users have to say about Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
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Rating:9
Aria of Sorrow is one of the best Castlevania games. Anyone who enjoyed playing as Alucard will enjoy it.
Fans like me have been complaining a lot about Castlevania going downhill after the incredible series of cult classics of the 1990's, culmnitating with the much acclaimed Rondo on NEC and Symphony on PS1. Since then, ... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.5
Tonight is the night of the vampire
When Aria of Sorrow came out in 2003 i didn't pick it up, because i played "Harmony of Dissonance" the year before and "Circle of the Moon" the year before that and it seemed there was a new Castlevania game each year. A... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.5
Aria of Sorrow may just be the best Castlevania game ever, and all because of one key ingredient!! Variety!!!
This is a review of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow for the GBA. Now let me get one thing clear! I bought the Double Pack Cartridge which has this game and "Harmony of Dissonance". So the reason why I'm not reviewing the Do... Read Full Review
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Rating:9
A worthy successor to Symphony of the Night.
Some people remember the linear Castlevania games. The games that had a simple objective: Go through all the stages, beat the bosses, and fight Dracula. Everyone loved these games, but everything changed when Castlevania... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.5
What every handheld AND Castlevania game should be...
Pros: -Action platform game with RPG elements seamlessly integrated -Difficulty guides you to areas where you belong -Three ending possibilities -Tons of weapons, accessories, and armor combinations -Large environm... Read Full Review
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Rating:10
Somehow, this masterpiece has been forgotten by most Castlevania critics.
To begin with, let me tell you how this game ruined my life. At age 5 or six (yes, five or six) I bought this game at my local Toys-R-Us. I had recognized the logo from the excellent, excellent Super Castlevania Four, An... Read Full Review
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Rating:10
This is the best in the series. Just perfect.
I love it! What can I say? That it was good? No! That it was great? No! In fact, it was the best damn game ever made in the series for GBA. If you don't agree, well that's just a matter of each individual's opinion. W... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.5
Konami has squeezed every last drop out of what a side scroller can offer in this just plain fun side-scroller.
I first experienced castlevania when I was a young lad playing the Sega Genesis in my dads room, and it was always a game I played when I saw it on Sega Channel (a game network that you paid a monthly fee for and in exch... Read Full Review
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Rating:10
If you're a Castlevania fan this is your game.
This is an instant classic to a hardcore Castlevania fan.This game is not easy, and it's not hard.This is the first game to let you play as someone else.You have two characters to choose,Soma Cruz and Julius Belmont. The... Read Full Review
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Rating:9
Aria of Sorrow fixes all the problems that its predecessors had and ends up being one of the best in the series.
The first two Castlevania games for the Gameboy Advance were really well done but still had a number of nagging problems. Circle of the Moon did a great job on proving that the RPG/Action Platformer style of Symphony of ... Read Full Review
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