Aria of Sorrow is the best GBA Castlevania so far IMO. The new enemy ability sysytem is a little lacking, I didn't like having to spend so much time killing the same few enemies over and over to get some abilities needed to get the "real" ending (I won't spoil anything) and there was only one castle to explore which cut off a big chunk of gameplay time. Other than that, it plays beautifully, the plot was compelling, even if the secondary characters were never really fleshed out. It's a great game, there's just not enough of it.
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