Let's face facts. Sex sells. However far we think we have come on the evolutionary ladder we're here to further the species. Increasingly clever adverts subtly use sex to sell a product and in the end we purchase the car because we want the 2.4 kids or beautiful partner.
Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) is home to many superb titles, though the majority are either relics from past generations, or competent titles lacking the kind of depth present in more expensive games. You wouldn't expect any more from a game that sets you back the price of a Big Mac though, would you?
In the build up to the launch of PlayStation 2, someone at Sony decided the console's graphics processor should be called the Emotion Engine. It was exactly the sort of daft moniker you get during the hype in the run up to a launch. However, there was at least one game that lived up to the sentinment of emotion in game. This was Ico, and it really did play your heartstrings like a harp.
With the legendary Castlevania series fast reaching around thirty titles, it should be hard to pick out the best of the bunch — but it's not. This is the daddy of them all. Once again, some nutter is trying to resurrect the dark lord Dracula and this time it's up to his own son Alucard to take them down. So grab your crucifix, take a deep breath and step into the castle once again.
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