There are a lot of great Castlevania games, but if you’re a Metroidvania-style person, then you’ll be delighted to hear that the DS trilogy is in the Castlevania Dominus Collection. Better yet, it’s out today.
The DS had three great Castlevania games: Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, and Order of Ecclesia. Nowadays, they are quite෴ expensive to obtain, especially the last one. So, it’s great to see them getting a re-release. If you’re wondering about the secon💃d screen, it’s getting crammed to the side, which is a little weird, but what can you do?
On top of that, the arcade-exclusive Haunted Castle is being included alongside an upgraded “Revisited” version. That’s pretty cool, I guess.
I went deep into the Metroidvania-style Castlevania games about 10 years ago. During that time, I bought up all the DS versions – still wrapped — for a decent price. Almost immediately, they shot up in value in the aftermarket. So, I guess you can blame me for that. I don’t love the Metroidvania games as much as I enjoy the classic action-platformer formulate of the series, mainly because I find their integration of micro-progression to be rather shallow. They’re still good, especially held up by the aesthetics, and the DS ones are the best (sorry Symphony of the Night), but I🦩 prefer dodging Medusa hea🌌ds like my life depends on it.
The Castlevania Dominus Collection releases on Switch today.
Published: Aug 27, 2024 09:47 am