Castlevania Advance Collection

All great games especially if you loved metroidvanias

Collection of some of the best games in the entirety of the franchise (and also Dracula X). Let's break these down one by one. Circle of the Moon: The weakest of the Igavanias, and given he wasn't involved with this one, that makes sense. The actual level design is excellent, with the sprite work and music also being top-notch, with the Zombie Dragon boss and "Awake" being especially standout. The real issues with this game come with how Nathan actually plays. The double tap to run becomes REALLY annoying late game with some of the bosses, and Nathan's fall speed is frankly absurdly fast. It leads to a lot of annoying times of taking damage due to the controls being difficult. It's pretty much the only reason this is a harder game in the franchise. The DSS system is, on paper, really awesome, if it wasn't for the fact that you obtain them from enemy drops. As well as the fact that, due to a lack of a shop, all equipment you can use is also gained that way. It leads to an obnoxious amount of grinding. The story is also pretty forgettable for the most part. It exists just to set up a single "rival" boss fight, and that's it. Still feel bad this game was decanonized though. The alternative game modes, like Magician, are genuinely a great time that do make the game feel more fun though. It's still overall a good game, but these issues do make it the weakest of this style of Castlevania. 8/10. Harmony of Dissonance: Criminally underrated game in my opinion. The gameplay in this one is excellent, as the magic system, Juste's dashes, and enemy design all make this one of the best-controlling games in the series. The music in this game is very much love it or hate it, but I'm more in the camp of love it. The sprite work is a very fun mix of psychedelic horror with some of the classic gothic look, with one of the best Death designs in the series (in my opinion). Speaking of Death, this game's story is pretty good, with positioning Death as the main antagonist this time. I appreciate that even the "perfect" true ending has elements of melancholy, with Juste being unable to really accept what happened in the castle. The dual castles' level design definitely can be hit or miss, with some of the rooms being exact reskins with different enemies, but some are also genuinely different in cool ways. The only real issue the game has is due to it's difficultly. It's a pretty easy game, but thankfully there is a Hard Mode you can instantly enable when you start the game by submitting "HARDGAME" as your name, which I absolutely recommend you do. It makes the game way more balanced. The Maxim game mode is pretty fun, and the collectables of furniture are also a decently fun way to explore the castle. The boss rush also lets you play as NES Simon if you input the Konami code which is a cute easter egg. Overall, this game is a 9/10 for me, below SOTN, but above Circle of the Moon and Dawn of Sorrow. Aria of Sorrow: Yeah, this is the masterpiece of this collection. Easily in the top 2 games in the franchise. The level design is basically flawless, Soma is a joy to play as, the music is excellent, and the story actually pulls off one of the most edgy-sounding ideas in the series. It's kinda hard to really explain much about this game that hasn't been said before. The Julius game mode is also super fun, one of the best playable characters to really play as in the franchise. The Soul Grinding can be annoying at times, but the odds are way better than Circle of the Moon's, and it is probably the easiest Igavania. But there are so many positives, they outweigh this in every way. 10/10, it's practically perfect. Dracula X: Listen it's an objective downgrade of Rondo of Blood in every way. It's ok, it's not as awful as some people say it is. But it's far from the best Classicvania for a multitude of reasons. 7/10.

Castlevania Advance Collection contains 4 games Dracula X is often compared as a demake of Rondo of Blood but is quite good. Nice music bosses platforming classic castlevania at it’s core not the best but not bad 7/10 (remember to have an axe for Dracula) Circle of the Moon is first metroidvania after SoTN and it’s great. Story exists, Map layout is nice secret rooms are somewhat hidden but there is one problem rooms are HUGE for no reason. Main mechanic in the game are DSS cards which you combine to have different effects and that is a brilliant system but they ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it up with one thing. Drop rates are abysmal less than 2% on average and they only drop from specific enemies. If that doesn’t bother you great. Music is fantastic for a GBA game also Nathan movement is really stiff. Bosses are nice and there is a bit of twist to Hugh (btw the game is considered non canon). 8/10 Harmony of Dissonance have a better story that is really interesting with a big twist. Different endings that change and voice acting. I don’t really know who thought that but it’s nice Juste and others have sometimes a voice line but in Japanese? Weird though Konami is from Japan so maybe that’s why but they have those voices in American version (Idk about EU and JP). Juste moves much better than Nathan but holy ♥♥♥♥ colors are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bright. It was made cause of the backlash from CotM since GBA didn’t have light to lit up the screen and it was hard to see. It came at the cost that in the future on emulator or collection playing it is turning some people down cause of these colors. Another thing that made it worse since so much GBA power went to colors Juste have some blue lines that outline him and it’s ugly. Time to talk about elephant in the room music is just horrendous I genuinely can’t listen to this. Castle map is bad (in game map) room layout is better but still far from perfect and you will be exploring TWO castles that have almost THE SAME ROOM LAYOUT. It does have spell book system that is a downgrade from DSS but still works nice basically you pick up a bible for example and have different effects if you equipped book of ice fire etc. Good game 6/10 Aria of Sorrow is a game that is not overrated btw. One thing I do find that was somewhat bad is drop rates of some souls in game if you go for 100% other than that nothing else to say. Peak music combat characters bosses castle rooms exploration souls system merchant secrets weapons etc. 10/10 will play again. Unironically collection is worth full price just because Aria is so good. 9/10 collection. Try on sale if you don’t know if it will click with you.

도전과제 딸치기 할 거 아니면 circle of the moon은 스킵해라 난 말했다 빼앗긴 각인보다 5조5억배는 불편하고 어려운거 같다

Finally finished the Castlevania Advance Collection, and I honestly had a great time with it. All four games have something different to offer, but Aria of Sorrow was easily the highlight for me. The exploration, progression, abilities, enemies, bosses, and Soul system made it incredibly satisfying to play. Circle of the Moon and Harmony of Dissonance were also really fun, while Dracula X was a nice bonus for the collection(Rondo of Blood is superior). The games definitely show their age in some areas, but that's part of the charm. They're classic Castlevania games that still hold up surprisingly well, especially when played as a complete collection like this. If you're a Castlevania fan, this collection is an easy recommendation. Even if you've never played the Advance-era games before.

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