ProduktrezensionenCastlevania: Circle of the Moon (Nintendo Game Boy Advance, 2001)

Not a terrible game but not a good Castlevania game

As far as post Super Castlevania 4 games go, this is a bit terrible. It's easily my least favorite of the 3 available on the GBA. The parallax scrolling is limited to only one background, character animation is choppy, movement is sluggish until you find the power up that ALLOWS you to run and then you have to deal with a directional double tap anytime you want to run. The magic/card/DSS system is lackluster. Most of the cards and their effects are garbage. You'll end up sticking with only one or two card combinations and never using the others as they're either pointlessly weak, use too much MP or are ridiculously slow. There's just no balance in the system to actual make it useful. The difficulty spikes are pretty bad and you'll spend quite a bit of time grinding away baddies to level/catch up. This isn't a terrible game, it's just not a great Castlevania game. Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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Positives and Negatives

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is a challanging yet fun game. One of Dracula's followers, Camillia, has resurrected Dracula and you are Nathan, trying to save your master from Dracula's grasp. At the same time your trying to find him, you have a rivary of a jealous 'friend' named Hugh.

Positives of game:

Challanging
Fun
HUGE map
Unique bosses
Good story line
I love this game!

Negatives of game:

The map is so huge that it is so easy to get lost
Some enemies are so cheap that it gets you mad
It's a hard game
It's gory (negative to some people)
Graphics aare old school (negative to some people)

Now, this game is rated T for a reason - this game is gory (bloody) and can be scary to some people, including the enemies. The graphics are old school which some people hate. I believe this game is for the age 12 and up and I think it is worth buying.

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The Best Castlevania game?

This was actually my First game that got me into the Castlevania franchise and it does not disappoint. You play as Nathan Graves to try and stop the newly revived Dracula from regaining his full power and destroying the world. The gameplay is you're standard Metroidvania 2D platformer and throughout the game you collect these cards that form the Dual system service. When the cards are combined you can use magic to power up your whip, form a protective barrier, boost stats, and even summon familiars. Probably my favorite Castlevania game and the best for Handheld. Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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Old School Castlevania? Or just Old?

I've only just started playing this game, and let me just say this. IT'S HARD. The controls aren't that good, and with this being the first game on the GBA (before all the other, obviously better GBA and DS versions), you can see lots of need for improvement. I died a few times on the first boss before finding a pattern to beat him with, and the save points are also few and far between. I don't have any idea where I can get potions other than beating bad guys (and that's true of any other item. I don't see where I will actually be able to buy/sell anything anytime soon). But don't get me wrong. I'm kind of getting bored of all the mollycoddling and hand holding that games do for you these days. Other Castlevania games have forced the player to adapt and play by their rules instead of cheating their way through the game, and this is no different.

For a Castlevania completionist, this game is a must, however if you're just getting into Castlevania, I'd recommend starting with Aria of Sorrow, Harmony of Dissonance, Dawn of Sorrow, and Order of Ecclesia. Each game tends to outdo the last, but it helps to know what had to happen first (as in what failures and mistakes in past games had to be made) in order for the games of today to become so amazing in both gameplay and graphics.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

Looking for a CLASSIC?

This is the first Castlevania game released for the Gameboy Advance. It offers hours of gameplay as you scour the castle of the famous Dracula searching for power ups and key items to free your captured master and defeat the king of darkness.
The game truly offers hours of play with great animation. THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT is how dark some of the pixels show up on screen of the original Gameboy Advance, if your playing and an SP or DS or even the Gamecube Gameboy Player, there is no problem and you will enjoy the animation better
The music is some of the best in games, it creates great atmosphere, has a fun story, memoriable boss fights and is the only game to offer a new way of fighting, the DDS magic system allows you to combine effect to create your own magic attack and allows your own custom way of beating the game over and over again
A MUST for any Castlevania fan. A MUST for fans of 2-D side scroller, Metroid fasion DONE RIGHT!!!Vollständige Rezension lesen...

Classic 2D Castlevania with great music.

The first Castelvania game released for GBA, they may have gotten fancier later on (Aria of Sorrow) but this is a fantastic 2D game none the less. The soundtrack is also ridiculously good, if you're not using headphones while playing this you're missing out.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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Awesome

This is, in my opinion, the best 2D Castlevania game out. The card combination magic ability system and armor features make the gameplay smoother, more compelling, and less monotonous than other games in the series.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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The best Castlevania game next to Rondo of Blood.

This is easily the best "Symphony of the Night/Metroidvania" type game in the Castlevania series. But how can it compare to the holy grail SOTN? Easy: gameplay.

While SOTN and the GBA/DS games that followed Circle of the Moon were most concerned about aesthetics, COTM is all about gameplay first and foremost.

Those other adventurey Castlevanias are ether sloppy or stunted. But COTM is a perfectly paced masterpiece with smooth flowing gameplay and lots of open endedness to accommodate personal play styles (especially when you take into account all the extra 'quests').

Its relatively short length is a blessing compared to never ending monotony of SOTN. Although many SOTN fanboys find COTN's graphics plain, they're certainly more than servicible and the game features one of the best soundtracks in the Caslevania series.

Whether you're favorite Castlevania game is SOTN or Rondo of Blood, or you've never even tried a Castlevania game before, you won't be disappointed by this work of gaming art.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

A fantastic Castlevania game for you GBA

Animations are terrible and the game itself is too dark to see. Its substantially worse than Symphony of the Night. Avoid like you would avoid Dracula. Circle of the Moon embodies everything wrong with gaming and is without question the worst game ever created if not the worst thing ever created period.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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GBA Classic

I love Castlevania games, and this is my personal favorite for the Game Boy Advance. Item arrived fast, game works 100%. No complaints!

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