Games.On.Net Review: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

After the success of the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Konami abandoned its traditional level based design for a free flowing action/RPG style of play. After a decade of "Metroidvanias" the formula has worn a bit thin on fans, but fortunately Koji Igarashi and his team have realised that they can't do the same thing forever. With Order of Ecclesia, Konami has tried to mesh old and new Castlevania together, allowing players to get out of the dank castle and sample a bit of variety in level design, and bringing back a taste of the brutal difficulty that has been absent in recent games.