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Platform: Game Boy Advance | Rated: Teen
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   Game Boy Advance
  • ESRB Rating: Teen Teen
  • Media: Video Game

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best one yet, July 8 2003
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow addresses all the complaints leveraged against its predecessors and improves upon them in every single way. It?s 2D porta-gaming at its most refined, even if the song seems a little familiar. Aria of Sorrow is more challenging than Harmony of Dissonance, and the music is 10 times better. The spectacular graphics look appropriately dark while still somehow being visually bright with some really beautiful backgrounds. The levels manage to avoid any of the endlessly repeating stairwells that plagued Circle of the Moon. The bosses are nuttier (Legion, baby, Legion), and the game?s soul-collecting weapon and magic system is one of the best yet in the series. The only strike against Aria, really, is that its lineage contains a few too many similarly great games. Aria is yet another clone of one of the best 2D games ever made (Symphony of the Night), which was an homage to another 2D masterpiece (Super Metroid). Many area motifs (clock towers with medusa heads) and enemies (hawks that drop flea-men) have been repeated repeatedly in Castlevania games before. The law of diminishing returns has to kick in somewhere?right? That Aria is a masterpiece of 2D gaming there?s no denying, and the gamers who will get the most out of Aria of Sorrow are the ones who?ve never played a Castlevania game. Everyone else will recognize the mastery, stand up and applaud the improvements, and silently sigh as they wait for Castlevania to come up with an entirely different kind of magnum opus.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Arguably the best castlevania game Ever, July 5 2003
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Brian Jacobson (Cedar Falls, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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Overall: This game is arguably the best Castlevania Game ever. The story is the most engaging castlevania plotline ever. I won't give any of it away, but the set up is that a high school student, Soma Cruz, is teleported to Dracula's Castle during a olor eclipse, armed with only a pocket knife.
(the story really picks up after you beat the second to last boss)

Gameplay: Fantastic! The soul system is even better than the DSS system from CTOM, and the controls are much more varied, making it easier to pull off special abilities. Plus, there is lots of replay value here, too, including a Boss rush mode.
however, you have to make sure you get the best ending! (to do that, lets just say you'll be doing something you never thought you'd be doing in a Castlevania game)

Graphics: The graphics are pretty up to par with HoD, but not as colorful.

Sound: I personally didn't have any problem with HoD's 8-bit Music, But I do Love the MIDI quality music in this game, and the compositions are much better. My favorite tracks in this game are: Clock Tower, Study, and Heart of fire. If you listen closely, you can hear several hints of Castlevania II music in "Heart Of Fire"

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best GBA installment of the series, Jun 24 2003
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Daniel A Moir (Salt Lake City, UT) - See all my reviews
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In making the last few Castlevanias more like Symphony of the Night (arguably the best game in the series) Konami had hoped to repeat the magic that made the Playstation installment so great. Something had been missing, despite Circle of the Moon and Harmony of Dissonance being great they just weren't as great as Symphony of the Night. I've come to the conclusion that I like swords better than whips. In Aria of Sorrow you play as Soma, a young man summoned inside of a solar eclipse where Dracula's Castle is being kept. He finds that he has the ability to absorb souls, but he doesn't understand why he has this power, all he knows is that he wants to find a way to escape the castle. It's the first Castlevania to take place in the future, rather than the past, and nearly sates my insatiable thirst for a modern times Castlevania. Aria of Sorrow plays much more like Symphony of the Night as the main character uses swords rather than a whip, which is nice. I never thought that killing monsters with a whip was possible anyway.
The story could use a little work, as with all Castlevania there's only enough to keep you playing, not much more, but what's there is interesting. This game has spectacular graphics, looking pretty close to Metroid Fusion in quality.
In all honesty though the music is still lacking. While better than Harmony of dissonance its not quite on par with Symphony of the Night or even Circle of the moon. Most of the tunes are forgettable, which is sad because Castlevania has always been, in part, about the music. The good news is that the music isn't unbearable like HOD was. Konami once again has found a way to keep the general style of Castlevania going without letting it get stale or boring. I can't wait for the next one! Especially since I can finally sell those excess weapons I don't use in the shop!
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