Castlevania Advance Collection

Aria of Sorrow is one of the top games of my childhood. Worth every penny, buying just to vote with my dollar as I already have it basically everywhere already. Harmony of dissonance is fantastic too but I think modding the rom to remove the highlights is the best way to experience it.

先FK KONAMI为敬 移植的实在是太捞了 月轮 我最喜欢的一部 难度确实是最高的 100种组合确实有凑数的成分 实际上有用的就那十几种 而且这游戏提示做的也不是很完善 我几年前玩就是破完铁处女直接去地下水脉了 法师模式的数值个人感觉有些不合理 手感上有些老恶魔城的味道 白夜 手感上刚好和月轮反过来 有些飘 表里城确实有特色 但是实在是太绕了 因果律塔那里要来回转几次 男主的好基友Maxim竟然一分钟不到就拆完了 晓月 集大成作 难度适中 并且本作特色是刷魂 刷东西这点做的比月轮好多了 至于血之轮回的那部SFC移植作品 传统的act城 由于是移植 素质不能跟血轮比 最终boss处甚至地板好几个坑 很难让人认为不是故意搞玩家的 不评价 FK KONAMI

This is GBA era metroidvania at it's GBAest, you either know what it is and want it or you don't know what it is and probably still want it. Except CotM, that is still pretty much what "1st generation GBA release" is at it's pure essence.

恶魔城GBA三部曲 月之轮回： ★★☆ GBA三部曲中的第一部，我是按倒序玩的，经过前两部的提纯以后打这一部还能接受，缺点是手感极其僵硬，跟另外两部作品没法比，操作手感非常非常别扭，需要双击方向键才能奔跑，玩一段时间左手就酸痛的不行，最后只能请出用来打格斗游戏的hitbox来玩，勉强能接受糟糕透顶的手感。 也是最肝的一部，dss卡牌系统很有意思，上百种组合，但是卡牌爆率极其感人，为了刷一张卡就是半小时起步，太折磨了 boss难度超高，特别是最终boss德古拉的容错率贼低，幸好游戏本身支持倒带，打错操作可以立马撤销，节省了大量反复读档的时间。 地图设计挺不错的，但是把推箱子能力放到最后，导致去竞技场的路线要横跨整张地图，实在是太蠢了，传送点非常少，容易让人失去耐心。 -------------------------------------- 白夜协奏曲： ★★★★ 最简单的一部，几乎没有卡关，表里城设定有趣，但关卡设计不够合理，路线规划不好的话需要大量的反复跑图，好在几个传送点的位置还可以，而且跑图可以开霸体法术直接化身大运一路创过去，花的时间精力也能接受。 法术系统做的不好，经常因为不小心捡到不想要的副武器而换掉了自己想要用的法术，如果能跟月轮一样自己想用什么法术就用什么法术就舒服了。 最重要的是这一部不用肝！不用盯着那该死的爆率反复刷掉落物！只需要探图并收集就行了，这点我非常喜欢，月轮和晓月肝的太枯燥了。 -------------------------------------- 晓月圆舞曲： ★★★★★ 最好玩！三部曲里的最后一部，也是我接触恶魔城正作的第一作，在遇到晓月之前我简直是在乱玩，让我喜欢上恶魔城这系列作品。荒城回廊那首歌印象极其深刻。 机制上也很有意思，像后来的血污就参考了晓月的刷魂系统，大部分怪物都会掉落可供主角使用对应能力的魂，而主角用的甚至是加强版，三种不同的魂系统结合了传统的法术，变身形态，强化buff等等各种机制，可玩性十足，并且这一部主角不用一直甩鞭子，武器系统也是特别多样，可惜武器系统的强度平衡做的一般，在整个流程中体验好的武器就那么几把，不过拿到神器以后还是相当爽的。 boss难度适中，整体流程偏短，有些魂的爆率贼低要刷，总的来说也是不怎么卡关的，推图的时候的补给不少，而且还能随时从背包嗑药，既富有挑战性又有逃课手段，最推荐的一部。

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.

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.