its lacking a certain something
User Rating: 8 | Akumajou Dracula: Ubawareta Kokuin DS
if you have kept up with the seris for the past 5 years or so, you wont miss much if you miss out on this one, dont get me wrong its a great game but for me at least i felt it was missing something, the gameplay changes are subtle but not all that great. the glyph system is a good but its really no diffrent fom collecting souls like in DoS, the only diffrence is there are much less and the fact that the glyphs are your inventory of weapons kinda makes me sad (sword, axe, magic, repeat) i like choices when i play castlevania the huge equipment lists, the speical abilities of certain weapons but this was just dissapointing. on the other hand the battle system is much faster than any castlevania game and the glyph unions are a nicely added touch, still when it comes down to it you really end up with about 10 diffrent types of weapon and later on its mainly magic attacks that make me a little sad. the graphics are pretty much the same as you would expect on most castlevania games of this timewhich is all good, and as for the sound and music "if it aint broke dont fix it" same ol' organ music over the sound of you foes spurting blood all over. all and all not a bad game you wont be disappointed unless your like me and enjoy the thrill of the hunt for weapons and such.
