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Is Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Hard? Difficulty Rating 7.3/10 | HDII

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Full Release (2006)

DIFFICULTY

7.3/10

Quite Difficult

(24 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Players rate Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin as clearly challenging, with mechanics and encounters that demand patience and consistency.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players often find this game difficult because of several demanding mechanics:

Punishing enemy and boss encounters that require pattern recognition
High penalty for mistakes, often resetting significant progress
Combat demands precision timing rather than raw stat power
Tight movement and timing requirements throughout

Who Will Find It Difficult

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin will push beginners and may still frustrate experienced players in certain sections. Players comfortable with similarly demanding games will have the best time here. Players who rated games like Dragon Ball FighterZ, Guitar Hero II, and Mortal Kombat 11 at a similar challenge level may find Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin broadly comparable in difficulty.

24 ratings

avg: 7.3

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Based on 24 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 7.3/10. Most players rated this game between 6 and 9.

Developer(s)

Konami

Publisher(s)

Konami

Genre(s)

Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platform(s)

Nintendo DS

Keywords

non-player character, parallel worlds, shopping, backtracking, metroidvania, nudity, death, harder versions of earlier levels, collecting, monsters, exploration, on-the-fly character switching, vampire hunter, multiple endings, frankenstein's monster, bats, yeti, rpg elements, vampire, world war ii - ww2, owl, boss assistance, rituals, side-scrolling, wolf, dracula, nintendo wi-fi connection, melee, e3 2006, moving platforms, rock music, leveling up, friend codes, clowns, saving the world, shape-shifting, soul steal, bloody, horse, villain, birthday acknowledgement, heterochromia, gender exclusive equipment, gravity, new game plus, potion, fan translation - portuguese, magic, touch controls, pre-order exclusive, boss fight, werewolves, entering world in a painting, action-rpg, invisible enemy, over 100% completion

About Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Explore exotic locales through portals created by the lord of the castle! Switch characters in the heat of action or fight side-by-side using the abilities of both heroes! Battle hordes of enemies and huge bosses in the quest to vanquish evil! An ancient vampire threatens the fate of the world by utilizing Dracula's accursed castle and mystical paintings to open portals of Death. Battle together as Jonathan Morris, a young man who wields the legendary whip Vampire Killer, and Charlotte Aulin, a spellcaster with tremendous magical abilities. It's time to conquer evil in man's darkest hour.

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Players who rated Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin also rated the games shown below, with Dragon Ball FighterZ (7.3), Guitar Hero II (7.2), and Mortal Kombat 11 (7.3) being most similar in difficulty!

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Haunted Castle, a 1988 arcade cabinet most people have never played, takes the top spot at 9.13/10. All twelve of the hardest entries are classic stage-based Castlevanias, only Order of Ecclesia cracks the top half for the metroidvanias, and Symphony of the Night lands second from the bottom. Filter the list to metroidvanias only or Castlevanias only.

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