‘Vampire Survivors’ DLC Lovingly Explores ‘Castlevania’ Historical past

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 probably the most is simply seeing the varied bosses and enemies pop up each jiffy, each new group bringing waves of nostalgia in addition to crushing hazard.

With these creatures come some inventive new weapons and probably 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 because the days of the Sport Boy. That she has a inventive tackle her whip (a swirling type of assault), as do all the whip-wielding characters, makes for some enjoyable variances on the way you play. I nonetheless prefer to depend on some strong weapons from the primary sport, however there are some enjoyable additions which might be additionally pulled from different Castlevania titles.

The very best a part of Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania must be the exploration, one thing that Vampire Survivors has solely actually accomplished an okay job of up to now. Sure, some locations in earlier DLC and the primary sport do have a type of move to them, however right here, you get to discover a large, different tackle Dracula’s citadel, full with everlasting warp factors to unlock as you discover. It captured the sensation of meandering via Symphony of the Evening with this selection and complexity within the environments (plus with its bosses that you must 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 wanting into in case you prefer it or Castlevania.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania is out there now on the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Retailer, Microsoft Retailer, and Steam.

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Joel Couture

Joel has been masking indie video games for numerous websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Journal, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is consistently looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games could be, and seeks to delve into the inventive course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.