A well-crafted action experience, Castlevania Advance Collection is well worth your time.
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Very Positive on Steam (91% positive from 2.4K reviews)
Rich open world to explore
Limited professional critic coverage
Join the fight against Evil in the Castlevania Advance Collection, a compilation of timeless action-exploration masterpieces! In addition to the three legendary Castlevania games that were first released on Game Boy™ Advance, this collection also includes Castlevania: Dracula X and some never-before-seen sketches and artwork from the games! All four games are enhanced with newly added modern features such as Rewind, Save/Load and Replay, making this the best way possible to experience these classics or discover them for the first time! This collection also boasts a handy Encyclopedia, a Music Player with all soundtracks and you can even change the ROM Region to play all games in different versions. FEATURED GAMES Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - This was the first Castlevania title released on Game Boy Advance! The story follows Nathan Graves, a vampire hunter apprentice who enters Dracula's Castle along with his Master in order to prevent the dreaded return of the Count. Combine action and attribute cards to create over 80 unique spell effects, ranging from fire whips to ice blizzards, with the 'Dual Set-up System'.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 4d ago
Absolutely the most bare-bones PC release they could get away with. Can't change audio volume, and can't even exit the game collection properly. Have to use your OS to terminate it (i.e. Alt-F4 or whatever). The one positive surprise is that unlike previous such collections, the emulation latency is actually pretty good. So no button presses that see a result in 3 to 5 business days.
Kinda lazy port but still some of my Favorite Metroidvania games. Also please give us Symphony of the Night!
If you're unlucky like me, there's a chance your controller will not work with this game on your PC. Even the Steam Deck doesn't work unless you connect a different controller. I can't recommend buying this game in good faith when unofficial emulators work so much better.
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