Wow. This game is awesome. I first bought Grimvalor a little over 4 years ago and wasn't expecting much. But since then it has been one of the most fun games for me to come back to again and again and keep playing it even after finishing. It takes around 10 hours to fully complete the game for me and it is probably some of the most entertaining 10 hours of gaming you will ever have. Everything about it is perfect and well designed in order to create a challenging but not frustrating atmosphere during the whole play through. The only tiny thing is that the story is kinda hard to follow and is a little confusing but everything else makes up for that tenfold. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to have an actual fun gaming experience that requires focus and skill but also gives you an immense sense of accomplishment after every boss fight. The controls can be slightly confusing but once you get it down you feel so powerful destroying massive areas with tons of enemies and huge bosses that cover the entire screen with crazy attacks. Nothing ever feel repetitive or overdone, its the perfect mix of constant fighting and action to chill dialogue and story elements. The cost is a small price to pay for the fun you will have playing this game, especially if you try to complete all the achievements.I finally competed the hardest achievement today (beating the game at level 1), and that was one of the hardest gaming things i’ve ever done. If you want a real challenge that takes time, do a level 1 run.Love this game. Please make a dlc or something.

This game is perfect for anyone who is traveling long distances. The leveling is hard enough to get you an amazing feel of challenge but at the same time not give you a sense of frustration. This game is what most other games fail to accomplish: a perfect balance. The hidden weapons and trinkets are hard enough to take you some time to find them but not placed in an impossible place. I only ever had to look up at ONE hidden trinket. I chose a balanced set for my skills. Meaning that I wasn’t putting ALL or most of my skill points on attack or health. Even with that I still was progressing normally and with a healthy amount of difficulty. All of the bosses had fair attacks and phases to the point that if you died it was more of bad planning on your part than bad/faulty programming. The best part of this game though, is that it never forces you to continue on the main storyline. You always have the option to spend hours leveling up or looking for hidden stuff as you try to 100% the game. All of that makes for one hell of a game for traveling or waiting for a class to start, as you will be spending hours piecing together the lore, or just leveling up until you are one-hit killing bosses. Definitely a must have game on any phone!

I hate writing reviews but I’m so impressed with this release that I feel it’s my duty as an avid gamer to do so.....sooooo here it goes-if the castlevania/Metroid genre ( admittedly more the first than the latter) had a baby with a fine tuned rpg,then ud have this game. Everything-literally,graphics,gameplay,story,overall execution,etc are done near flawlessly, 5 star all the way, if u,like myself have wished for a castlevania release on IOS,well then like myself ur gonna have to keep on waiting......BUT if ur down with the next best and in some respects better thing then GET THIS GAME....u will not regret itPost edit:had the game for a few days now and all I can say over and over and over is WOW just simply WOW....I from the bottoms of my heart wish u guys win some kind of game of the year award....it would take me multiples of multiples of paragraphs to do this game justice......This game is 100% worth double the asking price.....and this last bit is real talk-just to the devs: PLEASE keep making games,please,Grimvalor is an example of everything IOS gaming can and should b,u kno what I’m talking about and from one fan of tru gaming to a a group of who I can only assume is made up of the same-congrats-this game will go down as one of the best on this platform

First let me start by saying that the 2D and 2.5D Castlevania games are my favorite games and have been for over 25 years! With that being said, this is not a Castlevania game, but it in the same style of a Castlevania game, closest I’ve seen yet on IOS. The graphics are great, the sound experience and music fits the game really well, and the controls, once you get used to them, actually work rather well. It took me a little to master (or try to master) the controls, especially some of the special moves, but lots of practice and I actually like the control system. Of course, I’d rather play with a controller and always will prefer a controller. The gameplay is fun, challenging yet not too difficult as in the early Castlevania games, the save points are strategically placed, and I really enjoyed the story! One of the best action platformers with RPG elements that I’ve played on IOS and I’ve been playing IOS games for over 8 years now. I look forward to this company’s next game, and would ask for some possible DLC such as new levels/areas and perhaps stronger weapons. Excellent game for the money, highly recommend!