My 2 cents on Dawn of Sorrow

Alec · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:14 am Post subject: My 2 cents on Dawn of Sorrow

Okay. I haven't owned the game for very long, but I've beaten both modes as all 4 playable characters, so I think I have enought experience to form an established opinion.

Back when it was first released, I criticized it for the anime artwork. I have since found the anime to be a mixed bag. The Three Stooges are HORRIBLY rendered (befitting their characters), but I prefer the look of certain characters, like Arikado and Yoko, to their Kojima interpretations. I am sorry to say that in Aria, I couldn't see any resemblance to Alucard in Genya; he looked WAY too girlish (even for an Ayami character), and Yoko looked like like my mom with longer hair (VERY scary thought!). In Dawn, I feel that Arikado's look was handled better, by using Kojima's art as a springboard to finally get that perfect blend of "man-prettiness" to make his design better. Yoko was rendered nicely, except her "snob" face. You know the one I mean. Soma is so-so, but he finally gets some skin pigmentation, which is nice. Also, Cvfan13 should pick Mina as his next stalking target. She's pretty cute in Dawn. On the subject of art, all I have left to say is is three words:

DMITRII'S CONSTIPATION FACE.

The graphics are GORGEOUS, and that is all I have to say on that subject.

The level design is suprisingly good. My favorite areas are the Lost Village, Dark Chapel, Condemned Tower (I'll explain why later), and the Silenced Ruins (It's one giant reference to the original Castlevania in terms of artistic style, color, and layout. Even the cruddy, ratty wallpaper fits!)

The music was great, but Echoes of Darkness would have fitted the Subterranean Hell better than the theme that was ultimately applied; it's a great ambient piece that would have gone well with the dark, subdued visuals of the stage.

The boss fights were EXCELLENT through and through, and the free fall battle portion of the fight with Gergoth will forever remain etched in my memory. That moment won me over and made me a believer. The Bat Company and Puppetmaster battles were also epic, but I have to say that the old schoolish Somacula battle from Julius mode was the absolute best battle in the game. No question.

After beating this game, I figured out why X-play gave it a 5 out of 5. It's an AWESOME game, and I was an idiot to bash it by being a stupid sheep/parrot/creature that imitates and follows.

And before I go, I must reiterate:

DMITRII'S CONSTIPATION FACE!!
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Creeping shadow · Lair Staff/ Lookout Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 542

That pretty much sums it up.

Glad you have finally seen the light. LOLZ!

Wing of Faith · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:50 am Post subject:

Is this Cvfan13 the same guy who's on youtube?
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Alec · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject:

Wing of Faith · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject:

Alec · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject:

Just for grins, what did you guys think of this game?
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Chaos Guardian · Demi-God Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 206

Main game was so-so, best part of the game was the abaddon boss fight.
Julius Mode made this worth playing alone.

Lovely Mai · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:49 pm Post subject:

Dawn was plain Horrible. It was no better than PoR.
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Master Hero · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject:

Dawn was an excellent game.
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Warrior of the Dark Moon · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject:

Dawn kicked ass gameplay wise, but the story was only so-so, and much of the art was bad. Still, the portrait of Yoko where she's smiling isn't that bad.
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watsahappawitchu · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject:

The game is much better when you skip all of the dialogue and think of the story in a Castlevania(1) manner.

Alec · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:00 am Post subject:

I actually found the story to be decent. It's not great, but it's okay.
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