{"id":1050649,"date":"2024-09-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/?p=1050649"},"modified":"2024-09-04T08:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T12:06:35","slug":"review-castlevania-dominus-collection-games-still-feel-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/review-castlevania-dominus-collection-games-still-feel-essential\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Castlevania Dominus Collection Games Still Feel Essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I miss <em>Castlevania <\/em>games. I\u2019d love to see an entirely new one. But failing that, I\u2019m also incredibly excited when Konami remembers that people would really like a chance to return to older installments. When it turned out <em>Castlevania Dominus Collection<\/em> ended up being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/castlevania-dominus-collection-announced-releases-today\/\">Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase<\/a> shadowdrop, I was thrilled at the prospect of playing three beloved older games on the Switch alongside a new remake of <em>Haunted Castle<\/em>. Turns out, the DS games hold up incredibly well, and <em>Haunted Castle Revisited <\/em>is an absolute delightful revival of a game most people probably didn\u2019t get to play.<\/p>    <p>With the four games in the collection, we\u2019re getting glimpses back at different moments in <em>Castlevania <\/em>history. Chronologically speaking, and in terms of actual age, <em>Haunted Castle<\/em>\u2019s events come first. Simon Belmont heads off to confront Dracula after his wife is kidnapped. From there, we see <em>Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia<\/em>\u2019s events. Since there are no Belmonts present, the titular order intended to use the Dominus glyph against Dracula should he return. However, when one of two students steal the three of them, an amnesiac Shanoa must pursue him and retrieve them for her mentor and to save kidnapped citizens. <em>Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin <\/em>is another entry without a Belmont, with Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin heading to Dracula\u2019s castle to face another vampire named Brauner who moved into the more famous vampire\u2019s old haunt. Meanwhile, <em>Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow <\/em>takes us into the future with Soma Cruz, the reincarnation of Dracula, dealing with a cult trying to turn him into Dracula.\u00a0<\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <div class=\"mnmd-responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Castlevania Dominus Collection \u2013 Launch Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iL-41nNH1fk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div> <\/div><\/figure>    <p>While there are unique mechanics in each one, the three <em>Castlevania <\/em>DS games in <em>Dominus Collection <\/em>play similarly. In <em>Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow<\/em>, we\u2019re heading to the cult\u2019s mansion and journeying through it. As Soma is the hero, his ability to absorb enemy souls is the method of getting stronger, unlocking new abilities, and gaining new types of attacks. With <em>Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin<\/em>, we head into paintings to visit different realms to deal with bosses within and seal them away, and there are often puzzles or situations where switching between Jonathan and Charlotte is needed to progress. In <em>Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia<\/em>, we have elements of both previous games present, as Shanoa gains new abilities and attacks by absorbing glyphs found or dropped by enemies in a fashion similar to Soma, but she\u2019s also going across a region and traversing smaller spaces instead of a single, giant mansion.<\/p>    <p>My first concern when I heard about the <em>Castlevania Dominus Collection <\/em>is how well it would work on a console like the Switch when <em>Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, <\/em>and <em>Order of Ecclesia <\/em>were all Nintendo DS entries. Well, it works flawlessly. Which I should have expected, considering M2 was involved in the process. On the Switch especially, it is fantastic. The main \u201caction\u201d appears in a larger screen on the left, while on the right you have two additional screens constantly showing the map and character details. It\u2019s absolutely fantastic to have all this information on-hand at once. And if there were moments that involved touchscreen functionality, there are either now button inputs or an option to use the Switch touchscreen or buttons to make up for those moments.<\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/review-castlevania-dominus-collection-filled-with-essential-games-3.jpeg?resize=1200%2C675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"1050652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/review-castlevania-dominus-collection-filled-with-essential-games-3.jpeg?resize=1200%2C675\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050652\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/figure>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/review-castlevania-dominus-collection-filled-with-essential-games-5.jpeg?resize=1200%2C675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"1050651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/review-castlevania-dominus-collection-filled-with-essential-games-5.jpeg?resize=1200%2C675\" alt=\"Review: Castlevania Dominus Collection Filled With Essential Games\" class=\"wp-image-1050651\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/figure> <figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Screenshots by Siliconera<\/figcaption><\/figure>    <p>I also felt like <em>Castlevania Dominus Collection <\/em>is a perfect example of including a game for someone at every skill level while also showing the progression of the handheld entries in the series. I feel like <em>Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin <\/em>can be quite accommodating, perhaps even more so than I remembered, due to the nature of the second character and the structure. <em>Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow <\/em>is for someone more accustomed to the series and interested in perhaps mastering and finding every soul. <em>Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia <\/em>can be far more challenging than the other entries in this collection, due the way Shanoa\u2019s glyphs work, the MP needed to use them, and the decisions you need to make to keep her alive when first starting out. Meanwhile, if you play them in the order they released (<em>Dawn of Sorrow <\/em>in 2005, <em>Portrait of Ruin <\/em>in 2006, and <em>Order of Ecclesia <\/em>in 2008), we can see the progress in terms of character designs, castle design, gameplay, and execution. So we can see <em>Dawn of Sorrow\u2019<\/em>s souls influence on <em>Ecclesia\u2019<\/em>s glyphs. Likewise, we can see how the paintings and smaller locations in <em>Portrait of Ruin<\/em> perhaps affected <em>Order of Ecclesia<\/em>\u2019s locations.<\/p>    <p>Simply put, the three existing games part of the <em>Castlevania Dominus Collection <\/em>on the Switch? It\u2019s absolutely fantastic. All of them are great. They\u2019re fantastic fun, no matter which order you play them in. It\u2019s a wonderful deal.<\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/review-castlevania-dominus-collection-filled-with-essential-games-2.jpeg?resize=1200%2C675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"1050653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/review-castlevania-dominus-collection-filled-with-essential-games-2.jpeg?resize=1200%2C675\" alt=\"Review: Castlevania Dominus Collection Filled With Essential Games\" class=\"wp-image-1050653\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/figure> <figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Screenshot by Siliconera<\/figcaption><\/figure>    <p>As for <em>Haunted Castle Revisited<\/em>, it\u2019s just a lovely surprise. My experience with it is fairly fleeting, as I\u2019ve only played it a few times when visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallopingghostarcade.com\/games-list\/\">Galloping Ghost Arcade<\/a>. It retains much of what we remember from the original. There are six stages which you must get through in a timely fashion, with bosses at the end of each one. However, I found it felt a little more forgiving and like a traditional <em>Castlevania <\/em>experiences in some ways. For example, I found chickens to restore health sometimes, which was especially helpful in the first two stages as I got reacquainted with the title and last level. You can also upgrade the whip and get sub-weapons, which helps with additional tactics when facing foes. Not to mention it looks absolutely fantastic, especially when you play the also-included original <em>Haunted Castle <\/em>to compare.<\/p>    <p>Basically, <em>Castlevania Dominus Collection <\/em>is another fantastic compilation of <em>Castlevania <\/em>games. The three DS titles returning here are all wonderful games in their own ways, and they play quite well on the Switch thanks to M2\u2019s efforts. <em>Haunted Castle <\/em>and <em>Haunted Castle Revisited<\/em> feel like a fun bonus and a way to bring the Belmonts into a collection that otherwise focuses on other heroes fighting Dracula and his forces. It\u2019s a worthwhile bundle of titles, especially on the Switch.<\/p>    <p>Castlevania Dominus Collection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.konami.com\/games\/castlevania\/dominus_collection\/us\/en-us\/\"><em>is available<\/em><\/a><em> on the Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basically, Castlevania Dominus Collection is another fantastic compilation of Castlevania games, especially on the 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