Collecting Dream Eaters has the same addictive
appeal as amassing souls in the DS
Castlevania games: encountering each new enemy type will have you excited to see what they'll eventually bring to your roster.
Later
games in the series, like
Castlevania Bloodlines and
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin, tied in more closely with the Stoker novel and took place in the early 20th century, so some of its
appeal has been lost retroactively.