Finally made it to the end of Portrait of Ruin. The timer only says a little over 5 hours, but it felt like it’s been a lot longer. I think the trouble with games like this can be that I sometimes feel like I’ve seen it all after only an hour or two. Still, I love every new Castlevania anyway, especially since all the ones are following in the tradition of Symphony of the Night. Always great fighting my favorite monsters again.
I have to give Portrait of Ruin props for being much harder than Dawn of Sorrow or any other recent Castlevania in memory. Not only is the castle itself fairly challenging for once, the bosses can be downright hard. Take for example the vampire sisters, they have an attack that can kill in a single hit. Ouch!
