Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow for the Nintendo DS is hands down the best Nintendo DS game out there on the market. Not to mention that it is as far as I know the only side-scrolling 2D game on the system as well. This game is what every single DS game needs to be.
This game takes place one year after Aria of Sorrow. Do not worry if you never played that game, because I didn't and there was nothing in the story that I could not understand. This game was really my first time with the Castlevania series and makes me really want to go back and played what I missed, because this is one fun game.
Graphically, I think that even though this game is in 2D it might be the best looking game for the Nintendo DS as of right now. Mario 64 had some nice graphics but they are not as great as Dawn of Sorrow's graphics. This game is extrememly bloddy for a T Rated Side scroller and is without a doubt the bloodiest game on the Nintendo DS and probablly will be until an M rated title is released. All the different enemies look very good and they all have something about them that make you want to kill them again.
This game does feature some RPG elements such as leveling up and some weapons being stronger than other ones in the game. This is very helpful because you will need to be at certain levels for certrain fights. It is very fun though even if you are slashing through the same enemy for the 50th time just so you can level up, it is still incredibly fun, and this game still sticks to the sidescrolling action that the series is best known for.
This game has great sound. I have always been dissapointed with GBA music. The crackly music never really appealed to me, but finally a handheld game comes out with good sound!! There are no voice overs which i do frown upon since it was done on the Gameboy Advance in the Max Payne game, even though they were a little fuzzy they were still awsome. Really no complaints here.
So this is a great game for the Ninendo DS. It is the goriest game on the system and the story is long and fun. The leveling up is way cool, so there is really nothing to complain about with this game. It is fun and there is absolutely nothing that makes this game not perfect. It is perect. That is why Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow for the Ninendo DS gets a perfect 10/10.
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