Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Great 4-star title! (2009-06-28)
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia is probably the very BEST Castlevania to date, and that's saying something.

The gameplay mechanics are redefined here, and differ from past games. There's new systems at work here, like Glyphs for example.

The glyphs act as your weapons and magic. Let me explain - Some enemies you fight will leave behind a blue, or red, shiny crest looking thing in the air, or on the ground. At that time, you simply hold up on the D-Pad to suck it into your body. THus gaining the power it had, which could be an upgraded Sword? or maybe a Thunder spell?

The enemies in the game are tough right from the start, as they should be. With this said, you'll likely die quite a few times throughout the game, especially on the bosses, which are extremely well done.

The game itself is long, probably about 40 hours for your first playthrough, depending of course. Then there's new game modes, like a +Game, same as regular only harder! there's also another character you can play as.

Aside from those modes, there's modes like Practice Mode, where you basically run courses trying to get a good time, etc. There's Boss Rush Mode, you have to beat bosses in good time, and health.

This Castlevania even has Wifi options so you can set up your own item shop online for other players to buy from you, and vice versa.

But anyways, this game is great for any castlevania fan that likes a LOT of content and a lot of challenge. Pick it up today.

A good game, but nothing special. (2009-05-01)
If you're a hardcore Castlevania fan, then you'll enjoy this. However, compared to Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (also for the DS), it isn't all that great. Not a bad game, just nothing special.

Outdated (2009-04-25)
Not much fun comes along. I have seen to many games with this graphics style, bad animation like in early 90s. Never going to finish this game.

Why are the bosses so HARD (2009-04-24)
I actually like games that you can explore. This castlevania has that in a 2D manner. Great graphics for DS. Fun to play except for one thing. The bosses are HARD. To beat one you need either an exceptional level OR you need to memorize some pattern. But the bosses have so many hit points that you can never just fight them. I wish they would roll over a little easier.

Fun game, lengthy quest. (2009-04-09)
There are many enjoyable hours to be had with this game. However, about halfway through (50% completion) I would recommend finding a strategy guide online in order to get to the next 50%. There is a very annoying fetch quest you have to complete in order to get to the second half of the game.