Aria of Sorrow was my first ever Castlevania game. I loved it. I've fallen in love with SOTN and Dawn of Sorrow now too. SOTN is one of the few games that I will replay multiple times because I find it so enjoyable.
i recently was able, FINALLY, to play SOTN and i loved it! the handheld Metroid-vanias don't really hold a candle (pun intended), but i still love them too :)
This Castlevania was my first Castlevania. I love it. It's really impressive how you get through the game. I remember very often how many times I failed on this game DX
CotM my favorite Castlevania (despite it apparently getting shade?). Played Harmony of Dissonance a while ago; got stuck and didn't like it at all (graphics, main character, map). This supposedly the best of the GBA games (I've heard) so question without spoilers please... Is this a fully contained story with a proper ending or do I NEED to play the DS sequel as well (DS doesn't work quite as well with my emulation handheld)?
After a bunch of googling and testing of shaders, I finally found a similar-looking shader in this video :D. Its a retroarch shader called kawase glow, though it kinda looks a bit more glowy compared to the video. Hope it helped ^^
@@NoraTSS2077 you're right, they put a lot of effort in the title, the results couldn't be different. And we can't forget the fact that they developed this game for a simple game boy advance system
Used this as a guide to progress through the game. Some parts are tricky to do as a new Castlevania player But it gives a nice challenge. Just managed to get claimh Solais with really low heath/bad souls by rushing back to teleporter. Dogded the devil with 40 health and teleport close to spawn so could buy potions. Made it to a save point now😂 what a Journey what a game so far! ❤❤
I think his luck must have been modified to make the video more entertaining. He also got the basilar don like the first one or two zombies which is stupidly lucky.
i have been waiting for you to play more castlevania games. thank you for gracing me with AoS hopefully DoS(pls no mandragora cheese) will also be played
first castlevania game i ever played, love this game and holds a special place in my heart, every now and then i watch this vid and skip to the areas which are most memorable, this game will forever be my fave on gba
As somebody who has played this game way too much, I gotta say..I winced every time you were a PIXEL away from getting hit. Amazing video, Maverick. Can't wait to see what else you No damage. Also I like what you did with the textures, idk if it was an HD version or you edited it but it looks great. Edit: Ahh yeah, I was talking about shaders while watching the video, thank you Soren. (Cant see your comment for some reason assuming it's CZcams or you deleted it) ALSO ALSO, was not expecting you to use a zip. That shocked me.
@Juan Miguel Cantuba I sadly do not, I believe you could look up "GBA Shaders," "Castlevania Aria of Sorrow Shaders," or "Emulator shaders." Best of luck
Awesome. That's all I got to say about it. I hope (if you haven't) do Circle of the Moon soon its my all time favorite Castlevania game. Its a bit simple in comparison to most of the metroidvania's but its still a grand time in my humble opinion.
@@chesspunk489 What I mean is that while the DSS is interesting when you mange to scrounge all the cards I say it has a less depth than the stuff you can pull with the right soul combinations.
bro this was probably one of my favorite games on the Gameboy advance ill never forget the day I bought it on a bad day I had this changed my day and was one of the hardest games I played on Gameboy to see u beat it so easily is like wow still love this game still want to play and beat all game boy advanced castlevanias cause of this one game that got me to be so in love with castlevanias since I got some of these games on ps2 later in life
My first Castlevania is Harmony of Dissonance and since then, I played a lot of Castlevania and always request my relative ro buy me Castlevania cartridge (when I was young). I love the game especially this one (I like the soul collecting - challenging)
There was a sword that I didn't see being picked up on this video. It was close to the beginning, on a ledge where it was hard to reach in normal means but maybe in bat form was the only way because to reach it and fit one has to either double jump, but then one has to fit in crouching position and there was no place to stand and crouch, so to me it was only in Bat form that it could be grabbed.
At first, I was mad he skimmed through the story parts, then realized this move forces me, even more, to purchase the Castlevania Advance Collection. Well played Maverick. Well played.
Good work on collecting the souls. But you forgot to pick up the Chaos Ring. With that, it will replenish your Mana so you don't have to worry to use Man Prism
Looking like some luck boosting hacks for those soul drop rates 🧐 Not saying he’s using any but there does seem to be some suspect drop rates. Though I’d prefer that than constant farming, so whatever Great spacing and reaction time btw An entertaining run to be sure
When you first use the Hrunting, it looks amazing... magenta and blue instead of the usual magenta color. Is that just because of the soul-set, something else, or is the game modded? I think you had zombie soldier + flying armor + minotaur, set right before headhunter boss. Is it the minotaur soul that does it?
It's an option in certain emulators to enable smoothing of the pixels. I think it looks like garbage, but most emulators allow for it as an option so everyone wins
Dawn of sorrow was the first castlevania game I played and now I get to play the prequel also I see where the game rogue legacy gets its influence from
this probably gets really fun by the time it's time for farms on stuff like Final Guard and Shadow Knight when you're trying not to get hit and farm these tanky enemies but also you have Black Panther on for the mobility but you accidentally bonk on one, ending your run.
Always found it kinda strange you can find the (arguably) strongest weapon in the game so early. And on Hard you can find the strongest armor (Deaths Robes) and the strongest neutral damage weapon once you get the bat skill.
I have a question: Is it the game in another platform or in another emulator with high render settings? I play AoS a lot but the graphics doesn't smooth like that in any GBA emulator i ever used
Some emulators have "shaders" option to put in your game, in android the unique emulator who got it is myboy,but for use it you need to download the shaders in the playstore (Srry if my english is bad)
I finally get to relax. but how long? Who made those things, because it sure doesn't look like they made those cyborgs themselves. I need to find out who but for now I need to take a long and deserved vacation. I hear Washington is nice this time of year.
Is it true in the two Sorrow games and Ecclesia that the more souls/glyphs of same one power up that particular one? (Say nine valkyrie souls are more powerful than just one valkyrie soul?)
In dawn of sorrow and aria of sorrow most souls have multiple levels in power, often changing the way they look In order of ecclesia all glyphs look the same even if you absorb more of the same type, and all absorbing duplicates does is replenish some hearts, but there are attribute points for each element (example: nitesco gives light and fire), having more attribute points of a element increases all damage dealt by glyphs using that element, these attribute points cap at 65355 if i remember correctly
![[TAS] Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow "100% souls" by Kriole in 24:56](/img/n.gif)
2:04:06 This man defeated Julius using CATS. And no dark based weapons. Immediate respect
IKR
In X maverickhunter world, cat = burning lion
Cats are unironically one of the best souls in this game, especially against large or mobile targets
@@HowlingGale oh, i get it, multi hits
@@HowlingGale... I would have never thought of that. I used to rely on the Bloody Knife soul to make multi hits. Thanks for the info.
Aria of Sorrow was my first ever Castlevania game. I loved it. I've fallen in love with SOTN and Dawn of Sorrow now too. SOTN is one of the few games that I will replay multiple times because I find it so enjoyable.
SOTN... So so good
U should also try portrait of ruin very fun gameplay and same kind of unlockables as AOS
i recently was able, FINALLY, to play SOTN and i loved it! the handheld Metroid-vanias don't really hold a candle (pun intended), but i still love them too :)
I repeat SOTN cause my goal in RPG games is max lvl and max number of itens. I'm close to lvl 80, but feels hard doing that without any trick.
SOTN set the bar so high in all aspects, the only ones that can get close to it is Aria, Dawn and Portrait within the franchise.
This Castlevania was my first Castlevania. I love it.
It's really impressive how you get through the game. I remember very often how many times I failed on this game DX
i just started to play it now.... i think i luv it too
CotM my favorite Castlevania (despite it apparently getting shade?). Played Harmony of Dissonance a while ago; got stuck and didn't like it at all (graphics, main character, map). This supposedly the best of the GBA games (I've heard) so question without spoilers please... Is this a fully contained story with a proper ending or do I NEED to play the DS sequel as well (DS doesn't work quite as well with my emulation handheld)?
@@SicketMog seems like you haven't gotten a response yet
i wish i could tell ya, but i know nothing
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is my favorite video game of all time and this video was posted on my 22nd birthday :) What a treat!
After a bunch of googling and testing of shaders, I finally found a similar-looking shader in this video :D. Its a retroarch shader called kawase glow, though it kinda looks a bit more glowy compared to the video. Hope it helped ^^
Kinda wished I could use it in drastic if I knew how :/
the shader has a lot of brightness :(
@@Luis-or8kv Wait until you hear about shaders that invert your screen instead of shading anything...
how can i apply this shader in the game?
Looks like sharp shimmerless shader to me
My hats off to you my good sir. Never have I ever seen such skill with this game.
This game is a masterpiece, great choice
Aria of Sorrow is the only 2D Castlevania that can compete with Symphony of the Night for the throne of best game.
@@NoraTSS2077 you're right, they put a lot of effort in the title, the results couldn't be different. And we can't forget the fact that they developed this game for a simple game boy advance system
@@NoraTSS2077 Portrait of ruin is up there too.
@JoJonta True but Order of Ecclesia should also be on that list as well. It's gameplay gave some fresh spin to the series.
@@patrickfischer2932 that too
Used this as a guide to progress through the game. Some parts are tricky to do as a new Castlevania player But it gives a nice challenge. Just managed to get claimh Solais with really low heath/bad souls by rushing back to teleporter. Dogded the devil with 40 health and teleport close to spawn so could buy potions. Made it to a save point now😂 what a Journey what a game so far! ❤❤
Great gameplay
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Awesome BGM
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A vid that is truly worth watching
to the end.
This playthrough filled me with such nostalgia :') gg x maverick hunter :D
Great playing, all throughout the gear sections you were very quick and impressive. Great to watch 👍👍👍
You got some of the rare souls so easily! That was awesome
I think his luck must have been modified to make the video more entertaining. He also got the basilar don like the first one or two zombies which is stupidly lucky.
surprised to find a run like this being created over a decade since the games creation. a masterpiece for the castlevania series for sure.
i have been waiting for you to play more castlevania games. thank you for gracing me with AoS hopefully DoS(pls no mandragora cheese) will also be played
This run is like magic. Love it
One of my favorite games in GBA. Thanks for your video bro!
One of the best Castlevania games IMO, thanks for the run.
first castlevania game i ever played, love this game and holds a special place in my heart, every now and then i watch this vid and skip to the areas which are most memorable, this game will forever be my fave on gba
My fav Vania, great help from ya = Thanks !
I have been waiting for this game.
I loved collecting the souls !
Definitely a fun game
you are a gaming god. this playthrough its a work of art.
OOOOOOHHHHH! I I thank you very much for this video!
As somebody who has played this game way too much, I gotta say..I winced every time you were a PIXEL away from getting hit. Amazing video, Maverick. Can't wait to see what else you No damage.
Also I like what you did with the textures, idk if it was an HD version or you edited it but it looks great. Edit: Ahh yeah, I was talking about shaders while watching the video, thank you Soren. (Cant see your comment for some reason assuming it's CZcams or you deleted it)
ALSO ALSO, was not expecting you to use a zip. That shocked me.
@Juan Miguel Cantuba I sadly do not, I believe you could look up "GBA Shaders," "Castlevania Aria of Sorrow Shaders," or "Emulator shaders." Best of luck
This is the best Castlevania, change my mind!
This and Dawn of Sorrow. I really like the idea of Soma being the good reincarnation of Dracula
Sotn?that one is awesome too.
@@AA4AA4 I second that.
OoE the best
Symphony of the Night
I have on question, which emulator or filter are you using. Why the light effect is so amazing. Feeling so good
I love the flesh golem's soul: "eats the strangest things".
Hope to see the other GBA Castlevania games especially Circle of The Moon with not damage and card glitch. Nice run and like always good job.
Not a single false move. Impressive my friend. I wonder how many tries this took in total lmao well done
I was like 6 when I got a gameboy at a yardsale this game came with it. It's what got me into gaming lol
Awesome. That's all I got to say about it. I hope (if you haven't) do Circle of the Moon soon its my all time favorite Castlevania game. Its a bit simple in comparison to most of the metroidvania's but its still a grand time in my humble opinion.
I thought Circle of the Moon was the hardest out of all of the Castlevania metroidvanias.
@@chesspunk489 What I mean is that while the DSS is interesting when you mange to scrounge all the cards I say it has a less depth than the stuff you can pull with the right soul combinations.
Whenever I see Soma walk or do something cool, the song Smooth Criminal plays in my head.
Incredible run i need to now dig out this game and play it again will you do a Dawn of Sorrows playthrough as well?
yeah, but first I need the route, that will take a while.
What impressed me the most was the graphics, Which shaders do you use?
Amazing graphics! Feels like Definitive Edition almost!
The power of emulator my friend. It's amazing how detailed these old games can be after being upscaled.
Back when konami was amazing
This is exactly how i played the game on my first go as well
bro this was probably one of my favorite games on the Gameboy advance ill never forget the day I bought it on a bad day I had this changed my day and was one of the hardest games I played on Gameboy to see u beat it so easily is like wow still love this game still want to play and beat all game boy advanced castlevanias cause of this one game that got me to be so in love with castlevanias since I got some of these games on ps2 later in life
So X became a foreign exchange student who's secretly a vampire. Cool.
oh aided by not Alucard who became a Japanese Blackhaired senpai
@@juliusmacansantos5282 Thats clearly Black Zero....
@@aulderx1437 and he dyed his hair black as well
i'm glad castlevania games are popular again :33
that intro is quite sick mang
My first Castlevania is Harmony of Dissonance and since then, I played a lot of Castlevania and always request my relative ro buy me Castlevania cartridge (when I was young). I love the game especially this one (I like the soul collecting - challenging)
i did the same type of play through but for CV2 Simon's Quest, CV3 and CV4
much love to those games
There was a sword that I didn't see being picked up on this video. It was close to the beginning, on a ledge where it was hard to reach in normal means but maybe in bat form was the only way because to reach it and fit one has to either double jump, but then one has to fit in crouching position and there was no place to stand and crouch, so to me it was only in Bat form that it could be grabbed.
At first, I was mad he skimmed through the story parts, then realized this move forces me, even more, to purchase the Castlevania Advance Collection. Well played Maverick. Well played.
Nice game and video, X MaverickHunter. 🤩🤩🤩
Good Job Dude
Just found my copy under my fridge last night cleaning. I thought I still had it but figured it was long gone.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!
Great play...can u play castlevania circle of the moon next?
I don’t believe this was done in one go, but your play through is impressive with each room clear.
Good work on collecting the souls. But you forgot to pick up the Chaos Ring. With that, it will replenish your Mana so you don't have to worry to use Man Prism
Considering how the run deals with cutscenes, I think this is a no spoiler run...
🙏Congratulations Castlevania Aria Of Sorrow!🙏
Holy shit the Julius fight was real intense, you got all of the patterns to an t
What shader are you using? the game looks amazing with the shader.
I am pretty sure there is no emulator capable of generating this glistening effect (1:39:36), if thats what you mean.
Probably some editing
okay
@@staysharp2453 damn it
No its a shader or option in emulator. I used the same with pokemon games.
@@Sephy47 dude what emulator are u talking about? I play gba for quite a long time and never saw such a option.
Looking like some luck boosting hacks for those soul drop rates 🧐
Not saying he’s using any but there does seem to be some suspect drop rates.
Though I’d prefer that than constant farming, so whatever
Great spacing and reaction time btw
An entertaining run to be sure
Its called segmented run, with a lot of video CUT or save states abuse.
When you first use the Hrunting, it looks amazing... magenta and blue instead of the usual magenta color. Is that just because of the soul-set, something else, or is the game modded? I think you had zombie soldier + flying armor + minotaur, set right before headhunter boss. Is it the minotaur soul that does it?
Wow so spooned on souls, but this man it's a legend
Is this with the modded texture pack? I remember this game is not so colorful and when you gained soul its a different animation?
What's the visual effect being used here? It looks so nice
Capcom psx intro.
@@yogafire646 I think he means for the gameplay, not the intro. And im also interested because it looks decent
Indeed,i played this myself not long ago and it looked like ass in comparison with this.
It's an option in certain emulators to enable smoothing of the pixels. I think it looks like garbage, but most emulators allow for it as an option so everyone wins
Just curious, what are you playing this on? The picture quality, and the sprites/graphics, look fantastic!
@@lepepelepub12 Can you tell how to put on this settings I'm looking forward to play this game again but with these great settings?
My god what a close call at 1:15:15
5:49 Becomes stronger when poisoned.
XMH (never get hit): yeah, very useful.
Castlevania legend.
Dawn of sorrow was the first castlevania game I played and now I get to play the prequel also I see where the game rogue legacy gets its influence from
Damn I remember the huge difficulty spike once you reach The Arena.
Is it possible to get an 100% completion in original save or do you have to do it all again on new game+ Hard mode?
Are you using a mod for the light effects ? or it's an option in the emulator ?
this is the best castlevainia game in my opinion
this probably gets really fun by the time it's time for farms on stuff like Final Guard and Shadow Knight when you're trying not to get hit and farm these tanky enemies but also you have Black Panther on for the mobility but you accidentally bonk on one, ending your run.
Bro what version is this, why there is shaders in the game? Seems a bit modified
Nice and awesome guy, Castlevania dawn of sorrow pliss
Wonderful
Come on! No Chaos Ring for the final boss, it would be funnier for the last boss with that item
I play this game when I was kid back then and I beat game myself
- this game is perfect
El primer Castlevania que completé al 100%
LVL 99 SOMA as THE DRACULA IS FABULOUS
because i already done play this game
THE GAME BRING BACK NOSTALGIA
what shader/filter?
I was wondering too
Always found it kinda strange you can find the (arguably) strongest weapon in the game so early. And on Hard you can find the strongest armor (Deaths Robes) and the strongest neutral damage weapon once you get the bat skill.
What’s the strongest weapon I never did a second play through
@@nekrovx Claiomh Solais
Great choice of game!
Ha! 3 challenges in one! All souls, no damage and 100% map completion!
I have a question: Is it the game in another platform or in another emulator with high render settings? I play AoS a lot but the graphics doesn't smooth like that in any GBA emulator i ever used
What Emulator did you use? If Its my boy for Android there are some possible improvements you can do in the graphics
@@vpmkooler8408 that is the one i am using. I think i will figure it out
@@sanae99.9.9 Go to settings -> Video -> GLSL Shaders, after downloading Emulator Shaders go back to GLSL Shaders and select HQ4x or HQ2x
How do I do this on pc?
The graphics are very sharp and cool in this...how'd it get like that?
Some emulators have "shaders" option to put in your game, in android the unique emulator who got it is myboy,but for use it you need to download the shaders in the playstore
(Srry if my english is bad)
What graphics mod are you using cause that is not how souls look in the base game
Favorite missile spells: Lightning Doll, Ghost, and Witch's Cat (lol OP AF) and Valkyrie
nicely done
I finally get to relax. but how long? Who made those things, because it sure doesn't look like they made those cyborgs themselves. I need to find out who but for now I need to take a long and deserved vacation. I hear Washington is nice this time of year.
Best Castlevania game!
Nice Run X maverick hunter! Which is your favorite Castlevania game? :)
looking at julius fight make me think that this would be fun for pvp
Thank you
51:24.. não sei o que vc faz kkk mas no meu essa foice, não fica parada não, vem com tudo pra cima..joga tão bem que parece fácil kkkk
Man sabe onde eu posso pegar o poder do Devil ?? Tô preso na cachoeira a dias
Is it true in the two Sorrow games and Ecclesia that the more souls/glyphs of same one power up that particular one? (Say nine valkyrie souls are more powerful than just one valkyrie soul?)
In dawn of sorrow and aria of sorrow most souls have multiple levels in power, often changing the way they look
In order of ecclesia all glyphs look the same even if you absorb more of the same type, and all absorbing duplicates does is replenish some hearts, but there are attribute points for each element (example: nitesco gives light and fire), having more attribute points of a element increases all damage dealt by glyphs using that element, these attribute points cap at 65355 if i remember correctly
The fade out for the soul farming....the rng of this game was cruel at times
I am gonna Love you playing castlevania dawn of sorrow no damage
the best almost castlevania game since its inception, just like the belmont ...
brp, how to add the glow effect inside the game ?
this ending is way better than the simple ending, the one i got
Panther+Valmanway=fun