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Castlevania:
Dawn of Sorrow
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Soma Cruz will in Julius Mode (which
represents a non-canon story arc, a what-if account of Julius' adventures
following Dawn of Sorrow's main tale) appear as "Dracula"
or, at least, the very reincarnation of the Dark Lord. After throwing his
blood-filled champagne glass to the ground, Soma will summon to his aid an
invincible Gaibon familiar, which will stick close by its master and about
every ten seconds attack with a vicious lunge; the heroes can be damaged by
Gaibon only during these lunge attacks. Soma, himself, will continue to teleport
in and out about the room; after each stop, he'll whip out a gigantic axe
and rotate it around twice, causing heavy damage for any contact made. While
the axe attack is not difficult to avoid or to counter, the Gaibon familiar
serves as a real distraction and helps to keep your eyes off the real target.
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When the big tease is over, Soma will
delve into Dracula's bag of tricks and morph into a familiar demon form. Though,
this time, the ghost demon sports some new offense thanks to its always handy
harpy familiar, and the going is sure to be a lot tougher than what you'll
remember from Rondo and Symphony. Its propensity to jump high
and far in an attempt to crowd the heroes into one side of the room hasn't
changed, but what happens in between is a bigger concern. The most common
attack, executed before the demon jumps, is for the harpy to summon a group
of larva to erratically fly in, from diagonally above, when thereafter the
demon will follow it up by spitting out a flame that treks along the ground
in a wave. Less frequently, the harpy will summon a cloud of annoying locusts
to scurry about the immediate area, but no fire-wave will follow. Eventually,
the heroes will have to maneuver around the demon either by sliding beneath
it or by flying over it in bat form (using Alucard) while keeping in mind
its attacks.
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