In all honesty, Soul of Darkness is a decent game that adequately captures the gothic spirit of the Castlevania franchise. Unfortunately, its failure to expand upon promising game mechanics, its criminally short playtime, the absence of any real challenge, and the lack of compelling replay value make it hard to recommend.
8bitfix writes: Being primarily a developer for Mobile Gaming alike, Gameloft has proved itself to demonstrate a great library of download-able titles for the "On the Go" Gamers. Recently porting some of their high rated games to the DSi market, including Soul of Darkness, has been given praise for a detailed atmosphere and game play.
Eurogamer writes: "Remakes, rip-offs, subtle twists. There really is no secret recipe to making a great download game, as this week's ragbag collective amply proves.
On the surface, none of the five titles put under the microscope this week look like anything special, and you'd be dead right to shrug your shoulders at the prospect of a couple of puzzle titles, a diving game, a Castlevania clone and a board game remake. Yeah, big deal."
Slash your way through a vampire world.
