While this collection may be a decent tribute to Castlevania, as the most recent entry, and with the DS games being the most rare to come across, nowadays...I DO NOT RECOMMEND PICKING UP THE STEAM VERSION.

There is no in-game option to adjust window size, adjusting it manually via mouse doesn't hold to an aspect ratio (which a few may see as a "blessing", given the customisable UI layout in emulation of the DS), and occasionally, you may catch instances of lag that stop the game for a split moment. Though, since the music isn't affected, the latter effect may not be noticed.

If you're to get this game, I'd recommend Switch, if the option's available.

Though at the very least, the quality of the games within is admirable...even if Order of Ecclesia's been a kick to the keister far too many times to bother attempting to count.

My favourite 3 Castlevania games: Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia all packed up in a single bundle. Individually, the games are great; each of them inheriting their core aspects from the PlayStation classic Symphony of the Night, whilst also each having a distinct element added. Dawn gains its predecessor's Soul system, Portrait features two protagonists who can be brought out with the press of a button and Ecclesia revamps the combat from the ground up. These three have been my comfort games for years, therefore the remainder of this review will solely focus on the quality and technical aspects of the port.

One important note is that it is highly recommended to play this collection with a controller. There is no keybinding option in-game, and the game files contain no .ini. Without third party software, you are stuck with the default keyboard keybinding, which is less than stellar: movement is performed with the arrow keys and actions are all over the place.

Due to the games being official ROMs running on proprietary emulator, various bugs and glitches have deliberately been kept, with only detrimental bugs (such as the Death glitch from Portrait) having been fixed. This allows returning players, as well as new players wishing for a simple experience - to “break” the games in various ways. Some minor differences compared to the original games on the Nintendo DS include Magic Seals having been reworked and the Rare Ring item no longer being granted upon starting a save file with Aria of Sorrow in the GBA slot in Dawn (despite the other GBA slot change - the Mina puppet in Yoko's shop now always being present).

Thanks to the aforementioned emulator, you have access to a handful of potentially useful features: on the spot rewind, quick saving/loading and playing a different region's (JP/USA/EU) version of a game.

Performance-wise, the games are light. On my low-end computer: Dawn runs at 60 FPS excluding few (very rare) areas, where the frame rate can go down as low as 20 FPS. Portrait runs at a mostly consistent rate of 60 FPS, but some areas slow it down to 50 FPS. Order rarely goes above 50 FPS.

Overall, this is a fantastic port of three great games, with few caveats.

I can't believe there is still no full screen option! These are some of the most beautiful Castlevania games. it's such a disservice to the players to not give us the option. Great games but gimped