The Mind Of OverlordTomala

Games of Past and Present

Over the weekend I decided to take a small break from blogging. There was a lot of rest and play after a long week – last night we did some world exploration in Resonite, and today I chilled on the couch and played a couple of games during some rainy weather. I’ve been exploring Cauldron Kappa. Of all the cauldrons I’ve explored this one is very unique; unlike the other cauldrons, Kappa is flooded with water. You have to raise and lower the water in order to advance – it actually reminded me of the Cistern level in Tomb Raider, only more futuristic.

Then I took a break from being a Playstation gamer and traveled back in time to the GBA era to check out Julius Mode in Aria of Sorrow. As fun as it was fun to play as Soma, it’s great to play as a Belmont again! One of the things I like about Julius mode is that he already comes prepared with an assortment of sub-weapons that in previous games could only be obtained individually throughout the game. Already defeated a couple of bosses without issue.

It will be awhile before I beat it though… I still want to pace myself after just finishing the game last week. Starting next month I’ll be prioritizing games that are Spooky for October. Maybe then I can rampage my way through! 😛

Dark Omnipotent King

On Saturday night I finally finished Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow! Managed to get all the endings, and all the souls. Now I just need to wrap up Circle of the Moon and I’ll be ready to play through them all of them again! I still need to check out Maxim Mode in Harmony of Dissonance and Julius Mode in Aria of Sorrow.

I’d say my Tier list for the Advance Collection would be:

  1. Harmony of Dissonance
  2. Aria of Sorrow
  3. Circle of the Moon

I won’t include Dracula X on the list even though it was included with the collection, mainly because it’s a SNES game that should be compared to Rondo of Blood.

This was a lot of fun to play, and a very unique experience compared to prior titles that lead up to it. After all, this and Dawn of Sorrow are the only games that take place in what would be considered the Modern Era. Whereas all the other games take place in ancient times. I had a wonderful time playing!