Castlevania Dominus Collection Review - A Definitive Package for Fans of the DS Era

[@Riku2005]

man these ds games are fucking masterpieces

[@NoisyPixelNews]

I'm very sorry for the low energy on this batch of videos. I had just spent 4 days in Seattle for PAX, got off a plane at 5pm and immediately had to record audio and edit today's videos. Thanks for putting up with it. - Azario

[@89sigma43]

There’s no need to apologize.

[@Ben-zv7gd]

Amazing watch as always

[@NoisyPixelNews]

Appreciate all of you!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Hey Azario remember you don’t HAVE to do anything man, don’t burn yourself out. It’ll be brutal in the long run if you keep up this quantity mate. All the best. Mark

[@89sigma43]

@@NoisyPixelNews, anytime.

[@jankmedia1985]

GOTY considering it's only $25 and Konami actually made a new Castlevania game for it. I have been wanting this collection for years, so glad these games are available again. I beat OoE last night, PoR is next. We nearly have all of the Castlevania games now on modern hardware, so cool.

[@hangingon]

Only $22.49 now

[@pauls9034]

That is the dumbest logic.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

The average Nintendo DS game retailed for $29.99, while the Dominus collection which includes the trilogy of Castlevania DS games sells for $5.00 less and includes a couple of bonus games. Can't beat that value.

[@p6mkq]

I could listen to this review over and over again. It is a very relaxing and thoughtful review of 3 great games that you should buy without any regrets ss they still rock in 2024.

[@ransome5610]

I really hope Konami will port Harmony of Despair eventually. Despite it not being everyone’s cup of tea I really enjoyed the multiplayer for that game.

[@Vexen18]

Oh god me and two of my friends had some of the best laughs playing that game!

[@threat645]

Missed opportunity for multiplayer bonus. But I understand they didn’t want to pay for servers.

[@puffdaddy6488]

0:45 Correction here. This collection is not available on PS4 or Xbox One.

[@cookeecutkk]

I’m still reeling from the last Advance Collection barrage and now this! The gods must be listening 🙏

[@Blaowser]

Love Order of Ecclesia. I thought we would never get it again because of that stupid end of boss touch screen deal. I am glad the whole package runs well, which was the main reason to watched your review.

[@HarbingerYT]

You're thinking of Dawn of Sorrow. The only touch screen gimmick in Order of Ecclesia is the teleport ability in Albus Mode.

[@threat645]

Now people can finally understand that Dark Souls and Elden ring are Castlevaina class games! (The dominus system)

[@sanjithechef]

So happy these are released like this

[@p6mkq]

Update: I was able to get the platinum trophy. It is my first platinum trophy on the Playstation 5 Slim. Past: Once I would buy my Playstation 5 in October or November 2024, I would gladly purchase this awesome collection as soon as possible.

[@thetheriddler986]

Like in Symphony of the Night, the Baselard can be found easily enough if the player doesn't already start with it, like in Encore of the Night

[@p6mkq]

Jewel knuckles were the coolest early secret weapon, though. Elevator action. ;)

[@osricen]

Shanoa's pixelated self hotter than most girls I know.

[@NoisyPixelNews]

True

[@pauls9034]

You need to get out more.

[@37654]

@@pauls9034why? Are there vampire girls?

[@youdmn1665]

​@@pauls9034You're saying there's more out there ?

[@osricen]

@@pauls9034 Haha, nice try, kid.

[@yass3425]

Those are my favourite castlevania games 💙

[@LostFunocity]

Portrait of Ruin has an amazing soundtrack and reignited my love for Castlevania after having been dorment since the Super nintendo era. I never got around to the others. I plan to rectify that with this collection.

[@kingarcadian]

Amazing Rev as usual ❤

[@pyro5159]

Amazing collection! 25 for 3 of the best metroidvania games ever made is a steal! Hopefully the 64 games get ported as well

[@christlevania5933]

The 2 N64 titles, along with the 2 PS2 titles, would be a great 3D collection. The bonus game could be a port of Castlevania Rebirth. I'd buy this in an instant!

[@pyro5159]

@christlevania5933 oh God yes!

[@pauls9034]

Woof. The N64 games are awful.

[@pyro5159]

@pauls9034 that's your opinion...woof

[@A-Dubs398]

Order of Eccelsia is my fav Castlevania game ever, HOT TAKE! Love the artstyle the most of the DS games and love extra challenge it has. Amazing SotN sequel. Rondo of Blood, SotN, and Order of Eccelsia work well as a trilogy.

[@Crichjo32]

How does OoE connect to those games, apart from having Dracula? It doesn't have Alucard or Richter, and it follows a completely different order of people trying to stop Dracula.

[@KabegamiTheGreat]

Ill get it when its physical

[@1wayroad935]

This entire collection is worth it just for the ability to play as Julius Belmont again.

[@heardofrvb]

Sad that Soul Trading, Co-op and Race are removed in this compilation.

[@senorsnipey1595]

These games are amazing. Portrait of Ruin is the weakest but that still makes it an excellent as the Bar is set very high. I would say Dawn of Sorrow is my favorite as it continues the beautiful work of Aria of Sorrow though OoE would be on top possibly if it wasn't for nostalgia

[@Dronetothetop]

They should give us a CRT shader option too. The graphic just doesn't cut it in this day and age.

[@WinstonWolfe21]

OoE is outstanding

[@StraitShot]

In OOE you can tell if there is something still in an area. Just check the map and see if you have 100%. Not the best solution, but its nice its there.

[@florsch6781]

I haven't played Portrait of Ruin yet, but just finished Ecclesia a second time and am now going through DoS. But it seems that in DoS there is no way to extend the map to full screen, which makes it difficult to read it properly sometimes when you're playing docked....

[@medalgearsalad1419]

60 fps, just wow. They didnt have to add it, but they did. That by itself is an insta buy from me.

[@s-wo8781]

I only played Order of Ecclesia and Symphony of the Night. I liked Order more as Symphony was directionless. The game never told me I could beat it hours ago. For days I was wondering where I was supposed to go next until I randomly decided to fly up a cliff and came across Dracula. Even though I liked Ecclesia more the game's item drop rate is so bad. I just wanted to upgrade a couple abilities but the drop rates were so small it was frustrating. Super grinding is not fun. Nier Automata had this problem too.

[@LucemFerre82]

I started with ecclesia, loving it but damn its hard compared to sotn, reminds me of my childhood troubles with castlevania 3

[@KazeVongola]

I just hope the physical copy won't have jacked up prices like the Advanced collection. As much as I love these games, asking 60 bucks for GBA games is just criminal.

[@UNSTABLE111]

Id wager 40 is fair but you are getting ds games plus Haunted Castle and its amazing remake haunted castle revisited

[@scottweaver3904]

This game has a lot of content. Besides being DS games. Unlockables characters just to name one thing

[@paw9213]

They should make an open world Castlevania game like BOTW

[@darkouer]

Will this game become the OLED screen killer?

[@dewinter1411]

No. It takes a very very long time for a static image to cause image retention on newer OLED screens. Check out Wulff Den’s video and see just how long it took his Switch OLED to show burn in. Spoiler…hundreds and hundreds of hours on a static screen at full brightness. Normal users need not worry.

[@dewinter1411]

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[@mljh11]

I'd buy this but only if they fixed the problem of the luck stat not working.

[@thehound1359]

I love the castlevania series but I have to say OOE is one of my least favorite.

[@diegomireles]

Now my collection is complete... I really don't care for 3D castlevanias. One Switch to rule them all, One system to play 99% (legally) all metroidvanias.

[@palehorse666]

rare, recent Konami W.

[@NoNameNoWhere]

We need to acknowledge that Johnathan saying "No problemo" is a problem...

[@PikaLink91]

Pretty sure it's pronounced "E~clee~sia".

[@xboxgamerz22]

It need full screen

[@katiewyatt9678]

i have steam pc version, 60fps stable on my laptop with i7 iris xe intergrated gpu

[@soulglo45]

Konami are clowns for not releasing this on PS4

[@p6mkq]

No, they are not. You are the biggest clown in the room.

[@Senumunu]

rare Konami W ?!

[@37654]

Getting more common hopefully

[@Nersius]

I feel like we're being set up to have the lever pulled right in front of us.

[@jhknightmare5131]

Wait is it playable on ps4?

[@hitomikagewaki31]

Alas not, it's only ps5, switch and pc. Looks like I'm getting it for switch then.

[@C-AntiquusUn]

sadly no or id be dropping another 24.99 on ps4 and xbone just support more games from konami maybe well a port of requiem on steam switch and xbox or a remake of sotn one day , one can hope right?

[@MadLustEnvy]

I would've wanted a screen filter for the DS titles. The raw pixels look horrible blown up to a modern screen. The Filters used for Haunted Castle looks great and should've been an option to soften this raw look. Ah well.

[@NoisyPixelNews]

I agree. I played marvel vs Capcom 2 recently without the filter and, well, I never thought Morrigan could look unattractive until I played it without scanlines 😂 - Azario

[@MadLustEnvy]

@@NoisyPixelNews Though it didn't work as well in this game due to the smaller side views of the character stat and map screens, you should look into Shaderglass. It's an overlay that even has some CRT presets, and you can change the size of what's on screen, so you can fine tune scanlines, etc. Some of the presets are very good. I use it on retro 2D games to get rid of the raw pixel look, which games NEVER looked like back in the pre-flat screen days. I'm upset that they didn't let us use the filter that was in the old collection that was an option for Dracula X.

[@darkmithrill3do348]

The solution I found was using shaders with Reshade, it's a lot of work but it looks gorgeous...even on modern games with pixel art like Death's Gambling, the results are amazing...

[@MadLustEnvy]

@@darkmithrill3do348 Shaderglass also works well. Plenty of filters, CRT or not. But it's dumb because the game already has filter options for the Haunted Castle games. They should just let us try them on the main games.

[@mkultraenjoyer]

Yall think this would play better on steam deck or ps5

[@ronallen4877]

Does anyone else on pc have random screen flickering while playing this collection ?

[@yass3425]

Nah it plays normally for me

[@gundambassexe31]

You had me at ds games but the previous collections didn't hook my attention after a hour or two gameplay...

[@sandwichmaker9000]

Variety of spells, not diverse.

[@benjaminmartin2922]

Still no filter choices and games that are, therefore, more pixelated than the originals. At least you have 3-4 choices of screen sizes, contrarily to the advance collection where you had none. I have no idea why M2 is always praised for its ports. They never do a great job.

[@billyk3632]

The real Castlevania are in retroarch True screen Middel screen Shaders on You cant believe

[@NickFlack]

not any graphic enhanced.....

[@ludimoru]

Why are you ripping off the IGN format ?

[@NoisyPixelNews]

We’ve been around for 6 years. We aren’t ripping off anyone, we’re following a foundation of how to conduct professional game reviews. Plus, I think we do more reviews than IGN

[@TheCallOfTheValkyrie]

... What? IGN didn't invent reviewing games lmfao