Castlevania Portrait of Ruin reviews

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Celebrating 20 years of vampire hunting action, the legendary Castlevania series is back with an all-new action packed adventure. Take control of two heroes, Jonathan Morris, a vampire killer and his close friend Charlotte Orlean, a girl with tremendous magical ability. Amidst the chaos of World War II, two mysterious sisters emerge, and design a plan to resurrect Dracula. Join Jonathan and Charlotte as they attempt to thwart the terrible plan to resurrect Dracula.

Game Storyline
In Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, players take on the role of Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Orlean. During World War II, many lost souls from the global conflict were left to wander the world in search of salvation. Desperate to escape their terrible plight, they sought to resurrect Dracula's Castle from the rubble of society, assisted by two mysterious vampire sisters. Now Jonathan and Charlotte must work together to confront the two vampire sisters, and ensure that this villainous catastrophe is not unleashed on the world.

Gameplay
Evolving the action-adventure gameplay that has been the series' trademark for 20 years, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin lets players switch freely between Jonathan and Charlotte as they proceed on their heroic mission, each with their own strengths, abilities and style of play. Players can now utilize powerful combination attacks in which both characters unleash the full extent of their combat abilities to decimate the game's more than 100 different enemies and bosses. In their quest to stop Dracula's resurrection, Jonathan and Charlotte can collect and use different weapons, equipment, and items to increase their overall skill level and acquire new abilities.

As mentioned before, players can switch freely between both characters, a necessary option to win the game. For instance, you need to analyze certain situations and carefully choose to play either Jonathan or Charlotte in order to successfully battle against the vampire army. The two characters can also combine their powers to pull-off powerful combo attacks. Their combined abilities are needed in certain parts of the castle in order to progress through the game.

The game has two different endings. Both endings involve the prevention of Dracula's resurrection, however only one actually involves the defeat of Brauner. Different choices allow for a uniquely diverse gameplay experience.

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin supports the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection with a limited cooperative play mode feature. There is an online shop mode used through Wi-Fi as well. Players are able to put their items up for sale in a realistic marketplace. And perhaps best of all, when another player buys the item, the selling player gains the money but doesn't lose the item.

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	Platform - Nintendo DS ESRB Rating - Teen Features: CD-ROM Encounter over 100 diverse enemies in your adventure to stop Dracula's resurrection Collect items, weapons and magic as you explore the castle Fight with and against your friends in multiple multi-player modes

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Anonymous

Castlevania- A Legacy of Greatness

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General Comments:
The latest venture into the world of Castlevania is pure magic. It's huge, with rich backgrounds, audio, and all the classic castle crawling fans have come to know and love. As far as the newer Castlevanias go, this is one of the best.

You control two characters in this one- which is a first for the series. Though not taken to it's fullest use, this concept is dynamic and can either be used to challenge yourself as a player, or just annoy you. Personally, I like to have both characters on screen at all times.

One of the coolest things in Portrait of Ruin is dispelling the various paintings hidden around the castle. You actually enter the paintings by diving into them. The world you find on the other side is heavily theme-based, just as you would expect from a painting. Exploring the painting gets you out of the castle and makes you feel like you really are somewhere else!

The new Castlevanias are becoming more strongly story-driven, and this game has a ton of character dialog to enjoy. I think this adds personality to the characters which makes the player empathize with them.

Overall, I fell this game is a blast to play! There's lots to do including extra mini Quests you can complete inside the castle which can be both riddle-like or just plain challenging.

I really enjoyed this game and I think you will too! ^_^

Anonymous

Good Game overall

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General Comments:
This caslevania game is a good game to own. its rather long. (which is a good thing) and it has a lot of secrets and hidden things. Also the ability to play through again after beating with different characters or the same characters with almost all your old stuff is great as well. The downside to this game is the replay value wasnt that good. i just didnt feel like picking it back up after i beat it. overall though a great game to play!!

Anonymous

Great game.

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General Comments:
Extensive game. Lots of game timr. And, of course, lots of game extras.

Anonymous

One of the Best

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General Comments:
One of the best games money can buy. The co-op mode can get a little stale after awile, but the game is huge and once beaten you unlock two more sets of characters to tour the paintings with.