Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)

The Castlevania series has taken a 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach for years now. Instead, each new release sees minor tweaks here and there, but core gameplay remains the same. Order of Ecclesia takes a more arty style look which seriously updates the series dated look into the 21st century. Despite just being a 2D platformer, it looks pretty good for the DS. There's a multitude of different weapons and magic you can use and due to their variety, you'll be spending some time experimenting to see what weapons suit you best. The story is certainly nothing unusual as Dracula is back (AGAIN!) and your goal is to retrieve a ...  Read the complete review

When a series becomes too popular or too long running, some people will start assuming that by then it must have become rubbish. When the original few characters in its universe are long gone and their role has been picked up by descendants, friends, associates; and the original, simple storyline has mutated into a convoluted tangle of prequels, sequels, antefacts and parallel dimensions, all struggling hard to keep a fragile consistency with each other; when a simple gameplay concept has been transformed many times into many variations, when the number of collectibles have gone up from five to five hundred, but at the same time the same themes have been exploited so ...  Read the complete review