LogFAQs > #903475058

Pretty big Castlevania fan, but somehow I've never played the crown jewel of the series! Found it on sale on the Xbox Store for $5 and couldn't pass it up. So this is my very first playthrough, and this will be a semi-regularly updated playthrough topic.

For some context on my history with Castlevania: I played the GBA ones and Super Castlevania IV, which were all pretty great, but I especially loved the DS Castlevanias. Though it's been many years, DoS > PoR > OoE was how I felt back then, and most people who have played all those still consider SotN better, I think? For me, Dawn of Sorrow was probably my number one game on that system and I have no hesitation in calling it a masterpiece of the Metroidvania genre. I'd be very impressed if this tops it, but honestly, I can already see it doing that.

I'm about two and a half hours in now and recently reached the librarian dude (side note: all the awful voice acting is the best). I bought a basic map of the castle as well as some armor and weapons and some relic that, if I'm understanding it correctly, allows me to get passed those "magically sealed doors" finally. Guess it's time to explore everywhere until I find those doors again -- and eventually come back to the library dude when I get 12,000 gold saved up for the Diamond Plate armor. Hot damn that would double my defense and I sure could use that!

So yeah this game rules. Here's hoping it lives up to its legendary status.
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