Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
| Castlevania: Curse of Darkness | |
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North American box art
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Takashi Takeda |
| Producer(s) | Koji Igarashi |
| Artist(s) | Ayami Kojima |
| Writer(s) | Koji Igarashi |
| Composer(s) |
Michiru Yamane Yuka Watanabe |
| Series | Castlevania |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 72.48% |
| Metacritic | 74 / 100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | 7.5 / 10 |
| Famitsu | 32 / 40 |
| GamePro |   |
| GameSpot | 6.8 / 10 |
| GameTrailers | 7.9 / 10 |
| GameZone | 7.8 / 10 |
| IGN | 7.8 / 10 |
| Play | 9 / 10 |
| TeamXbox | 7.6 / 10 |
| X-Play | |
| Hardcore Gamer |  |
| RPGFan | 82 / 100 |
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula: Yami no Juin (悪魔城ドラキュラ 闇の呪印 Akumajō Dorakyura: Yami no Juin?, lit. "Devil's Castle Dracula: Curse of Darkness"), is action adventure game developed by Konami for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. Despite development for both Xbox and PlayStation 2, only the PlayStation 2 version was released in Japan. An Xbox version was released throughout Asia under the NTSC-J Format, with English language dialogue. A manga adaptation was also published by Tokyopop.
Being a 3D game like Lament of Innocence before it, Curse of Darkness differs from its predecessor in a number of ways. It includes a more complex, action/adventure style of gameplay, much like Symphony of the Night and Aria of Sorrow. Hector is not a member of the Belmont clan, so he does not use the "Vampire Killer" whip; instead he has the ability (much like Alucard and Soma Cruz) to equip a variety of different weapons ranging from swords (both one handed and two handed), spears, axes (also both one handed and two handed), brass knuckles and an extra type called special weapons (which varies from tonfas to gatling guns). However, there is an extra gameplay mode after finishing the game that allows players to play as Trevor Belmont, equipped with the "Vampire Killer" and the subweapons which are the knife, axe, holy water, cross, and stopwatch. The battle system is somewhat similar to that of Dynasty Warriors, whereas one button is used for standard combo attacks, and a secondary button is used for stronger "finishing attacks" after a singular standard attack or a combo of standard attacks. As the player acquires progressively stronger weapons throughout the game, the number of standard and finishing attacks the player can perform increases accordingly. Each different weapon type has a different set of combos that can be performed.
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