Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania is a deep dive into the historical past of the horror franchise with its characters, phases, and monsters.
Just like the Operation Weapons DLC did for Contra, this DLC fills your monster-slaying mayhem with numerous creatures from all around the Castlevania video games, digging up all method of enjoyable creatures from the sequence’ previous. Like with Castlevania, the factor I get pleasure from essentially the most is simply seeing the assorted bosses and enemies pop up each couple of minutes, each new group bringing waves of nostalgia in addition to crushing hazard.
With these creatures come some inventive new weapons and presumably acquainted characters. It’s good to see characters like Sonia Belmont from Castlevania Legends present up given how she’s been principally ignored by the sequence for the reason that days of the Sport Boy. That she has a inventive tackle her whip (a swirling sort of assault), as do all the whip-wielding characters, makes for some enjoyable variances on the way you play. I nonetheless wish to depend on some stable weapons from the primary sport, however there are some enjoyable additions which are additionally pulled from different Castlevania titles.
One of the best a part of Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania must be the exploration, one thing that Vampire Survivors has solely actually carried out an okay job of up to now. Sure, some locations in earlier DLC and the primary sport do have a sort of movement to them, however right here, you get to discover a large, different tackle Dracula’s fortress, full with everlasting warp factors to unlock as you discover. It captured the sensation of meandering by means of Symphony of the Evening with this selection and complexity within the environments (plus with its bosses you’ll want to beat to unlock new areas), and it made my wandering really feel way more purposeful as I performed.
That is simply my favourite entry in Vampire Survivors up to now, and is nicely value trying into in the event you prefer it or Castlevania.
Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania is obtainable now on the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Retailer, Microsoft Retailer, and Steam.
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