General Gaming Castlevania Dominus Collection [Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, and Order of Ecclesia] Out Now! (On Consoles and PC)

[Keyser_Soze]

 

[legend]

After Hollow Knight and Nine Sols it's hard for me to come back to these retro metroidvanias.

[TheLeon]

35 minutes ago, legend said:

After Hollow Knight and Nine Sols it's hard for me to come back to these retro metroidvanias.

For me, it’s the movement. As far as overall design and all that goes, they probably hold up pretty well. But damn, they’re just so stiff. This is based on revisiting the GBA games on Switch, and I can’t imagine these DS titles improved that much. 

[crispy4000]

I beat Dawn of Sorrow back in the day, remember it being okay, but not excellent.

[Paperclyp]

Order is hard as shit. How much is this?

[CastlevaniaNut18]

41 minutes ago, Paperclyp said:

Order is hard as shit. How much is this?

$25. OoE was the only one of the DS trilogy I didn't beat. So hard. Maybe I should try it again.

 

Husband bought it today and was playing some DoS. I think these games  hold up. It's the new style like Hollow Knight I can't get into.

[Paperclyp]

7 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

$25. OoE was the only one of the DS trilogy I didn't beat. So hard. Maybe I should try it again.

 

Husband bought it today and was playing some DoS. I think these games  hold up. It's the new style like Hollow Knight I can't get into.

 

I think they hold up great. I think the first GBA one is a little rough visually and a bit clunky, but still fun. The middle one of those (or was it the third?) had some kind of boring level design. But the DS ones I think are still really good. 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

2 minutes ago, Paperclyp said:

 

I think they hold up great. I think the first GBA one is a little rough visually and a bit clunky, but still fun. The middle one of those (or was it the third?) had some kind of boring level design. But the DS ones I think are still really good. 

Probably Harmony of Dissonance. That was actually the first Metroidvania I beat, so it holds a special place in my heart. But I do get the criticism.

 

CotM is pretty clunky and difficult.

[Keyser_Soze]

I like these ones more than SOTN so all these haters can go suck eggs!

[Dodger]

Bought. Maybe one I’ll day even play them!

[GameDadGrant]

The re-release of the DS games is freakin' AWESOME as-is, but don't sleep on the remake of Haunted Castle which is also included in this collection. It's absolutely a great "Vintage-Vania" game, with cool visuals, tight controls, and FANTASTIC music. (and it won't take up too much of your time, since it's a fairly brisk 6-stage jaunt) And maybe the best (or at least, one of the best) final forms of Dracula. (actually a little terrifying) 

 

I beat the remake first, and now I'm replaying Portrait of Ruin, which I'm finding I'm enjoying a lot more than I remember when I played it the first time.