{"id":4130,"date":"2025-01-03T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2024-12-23T21:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T04:11:16","slug":"video-game-castlevania-circle-of-the-moon-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/video-game-castlevania-circle-of-the-moon-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO GAME: Castlevania – Circle of the Moon (2001)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2001
Rating: T
Time Played: 555 minutes \/ 9.25 hours<\/p>\n

It’s a little odd how I really like to play Metroidvanias, but I never played one of the “vania” games that helped cement this genre of games. Fortunately, I finally found the time to start one and chose Castlevania: Circle of the Moon<\/em>. Now that I’ve experienced this side of the genre, I can say that I totally get it. There’s something about the way this game is structured that made it enjoyable to play.<\/p>\n

The one thing that I think I like from this side of the Metroidvania coin is how it is slightly more geared toward a Role Playing Game style of action game. Aside from the abilities that make a Metroidvania the “locked door” quest that it is, the RPG elements allowed me to upgrade my gear as I found new items. It also meant that if a boss was too hard, I could just grind a bit more to level up and increase my stats to the point where I stood a better chance.<\/p>\n

Even though I played this on the Castlevania Advanced Collection<\/em>, I didn’t use any of the useful features like save states to help me through my play through.That being said, it took me way<\/em> too long to realize what the Card System did here. I probably made it half-way through and got stuck on one of the bosses before I finally figured out what these card items actually did to the gameplay. From then on, the rest was fairly straightforward. I’m sure if I had the physical game with the instruction booklet, this wouldn’t have been an issue, but as it stands, it doesn’t explain some of its mechanics very well.<\/p>\n

A solid Metroidvania with great RPG elements, I give Castlevania: Circle of the Moon<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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