Dawn of Sorrow was the most disappointing metroidvania I've ever played

[Kaathe]

Finally got around to beating it.

Have played all the metroidvania now.

This game sucked. Map was bland, bosses were boring, no dracula boss, supporting cast sucked, and final boss was horrible.

I really enjoyed Soma's first game but this one was shocking.

Compared to Portrait of ruin and God tie order of ecclesia this game sucked.

[ConantheContrarian]

I think it is called "Into the Dark Night." It's the theme that plays when fighting Gergoth, the Puppetmaster, the guy that manipulates time, and Paranoia.

[Deathscare]

Originally posted by Quenlin:

Originally posted by Deathscare:

It has atmosphere? Wat, and Dawn of Sorrow has like 5 boss themes. There isn't just only one....

Six.

I miscounted, and what a feature length this game is with its multiple boss themes.

[ConantheContrarian]

Interesting, I just went through Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia's OSTs and they also have 6 boss themes by my count.

[Deathscare]

Originally posted by ConantheContrarian:

Interesting, I just went through Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia's OSTs and they also have 6 boss themes by my count.

The music of DoS and Potr are definitely nicer than Ooe.

[Kaathe]

Originally posted by Deathscare:

Originally posted by ConantheContrarian:

Interesting, I just went through Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia's OSTs and they also have 6 boss themes by my count.

The music of DoS and Potr are definitely nicer than Ooe.

DoS has like 1 memorable song, while OOE is full of epic tracks.

[Kain Highwind]

Have we really stooped down so low as a society as to where people are biting obvious ragebait?

[Deathscare]

Originally posted by Kaathe:

Originally posted by Deathscare:

The music of DoS and Potr are definitely nicer than Ooe.

DoS has like 1 memorable song, while OOE is full of epic tracks.

Lol what, everything in Ooe is forgettable filler, you just don't like melodies, caveman.

[Kate Hikes]

Originally posted by Deathscare:

Originally posted by Kaathe:

DoS has like 1 memorable song, while OOE is full of epic tracks.

Lol what, everything in Ooe is forgettable filler, you just don't like melodies caveman.

Unholy vespers slaps

[Soren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODfCVxVLqiE

[ConantheContrarian]

Originally posted by Deathscare:

Originally posted by Kaathe:

DoS has like 1 memorable song, while OOE is full of epic tracks.

Lol what, everything in Ooe is forgettable filler, you just don't like melodies, caveman.

OOE has one of the best Castlevania soundtracks while DoS barely stands out. I will say there are no bad Castlevania soundtracks though. Even Castlevania: The Adventure had good tracks. Do you have a thing against organs and strings?

But as Kain pointed out above, this thread has unfortunately devolved into a pointless series of contradictions.

[ConantheContrarian]

Originally posted by Turdis L'Sezchuan:

Originally posted by Deathscare:

Lol what, everything in Ooe is forgettable filler, you just don't like melodies caveman.

Unholy vespers slaps

One of the top 3 in the soundtrack for me, along with Edge of the Sky and An Empty Tome. So many good songs there though.

[Soren]

For me personally, OoE has the second best soundtrack. First place would be Symphony of the Night. I'm not really counting Castlevania HD either, because it's remixes of most of the best songs, but the originals are usually just as good, if not better. The Castlevania HD Jet Black Intrusion version for instance, I like the original Jet Black Intrusion more.

Seems I'm one of the few that liked the original Jet Black Intrusion, as I remember looking up piano sheet music for it, and it wasn't really there among Dawn of Sorrow songs. Fans didn't even bother making music for it specifically.

[Lord McSmith]

Originally posted by Soren:

For me personally, OoE has the second best soundtrack. First place would be Symphony of the Night. I'm not really counting Castlevania HD either, because it's remixes of most of the best songs, but the originals are usually just as good, if not better. The Castlevania HD Jet Black Intrusion version for instance, I like the original Jet Black Intrusion more.

Seems I'm one of the few that liked the original Jet Black Intrusion, as I remember looking up piano sheet music for it, and it wasn't really there among Dawn of Sorrow songs. Fans didn't even bother making music for it specifically.

You're not alone. Hearing Pitch Black Intrusion in the trailer for DoS is what made me want to play the game back in the day. I like how it gets remixed in the boss themes later on, too.

[Deathscare]

Originally posted by ConantheContrarian:

Originally posted by Turdis L'Sezchuan:

Unholy vespers slaps

One of the top 3 in the soundtrack for me, along with Edge of the Sky and An Empty Tome. So many good songs there though.

I can agree with an empty tome, but most of the OST is very passive and doesn't stand out in a nice way. All it continues to prove is that Ooe was mostly rushed.

[MattCryptid]

I felt that DoS starts dropping in quality after Wizardry Lab. The beginning is good though, and some of the QOL it adds is nice.

Yet it just didn't have that feeling of being a culmination of what came before it like Aria did, nor did it have me being in awe of its' world like Symphony did.

The DS trilogy in general doesn't elicit the same interest from me for some reason, maybe it's the lower budget, or some of my specific nitpicks. Still good games though.