Problem is, soul drops are still completely random. And, more than once, I ended up trying to grind for a certain soul to upgrade my weapon. It works well if a soul you won’t use or have more than one of that can be cashed in for a more powerful weapon. I remember on my first playthrough, I didn’t use it at all, but this time, I used it a little bit.
Having more than one didn’t do anything for you, but this time, you can potentially use those souls to improve your weapons. As you played through Aria, you’d get some enemy’s soul more than once. Since Soma “conveniently” lost his powers at the end of Aria, he begins with nothing, and, once again, the “gotta catch ‘em all” addiction is back in full swing. While the story is a definite step down from Aria, it’s the gameplay that the team clearly wanted to experiment with. It’s a shame, since Cecilia’s worldview and Soma’s reaction to it could be compelling plot points – if the story wasn’t so intent on her being simply evil and him being the simply good. Well, in this one, there are really no questions he has left to answer, and the story loses a lot of depth as a result. I mentioned that Soma is the most introspective of all Castlevania heroes. But, while his motivations now make a lot more sense, he’s lost something else: his introspection. Aside from merely stopping the cult (and saving himself in the process), he is also protecting Mina, who was with him during the attack, and is now a potential target. I’ll say this: Soma’s motivations for exploring the cult’s compound actually make sense this time. Soma travels to the cult’s compound to stop this new threat. She has two candidates to take up the mantle after Soma is dead. She reasons that God cannot be good unless there is an embodiment of evil to oppose Him (I’m not entirely sure of the logic there, but okay). Soma learns that Cecilia was trying to kill him, so as to make way for a new Dark Lord. Soma finds that his powers are not gone after all as he dispatches the foes, he obtains their souls. This peace is not to last, as a cult leader named Cecilia Fortner attacks Soma with monsters. After fleeing Dracula’s Castle, he has been unable to call upon the powers that he gained. A year has passed since the events of Aria, and Soma believes that he is free from the Dark Lord. So, how does this follow-up compare to the original? Let’s take a look.
That’s surprising, because, in spite of all the games in the franchise, only a small number of Castlevania’s heroes have returned in a direct sequel.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is the direct follow-up to Aria of Sorrow.
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