Castlevania Aria of Sorrow is "cool". It is cool in how the spritework gives you a set of stylish animations and enemies to overcome. It is cool in the music having a trend of being upbeat yet spooky to make one feel heroic. It is cool in despite having minimal story the characters are all bad"sses in their own right with their own motivations for traversing such a dangerous place. The only downsides to the game is that the progression feels rather tame in such a sprawling labrynthian castle. New paths rarely feel like it is because you got some unique movement option like Ori or Metroid, but instead because you decided to travel one of the many routes that branched off of the one you chose earlier.

Note: I played this game on an emulator console and used a cheat to make enemies drop souls (abilities) way more often so I didn't have to grind for hours on end.

Reviewed on Mar 16, 2023


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