Topic: Circle of the Moon is 16 years old now

[Lumi Kløvstad]

So I guess it can get laid in more than a few countries and states now.

In my opinion, this is one of the best games in the series, even if a couple of the bosses made me want to lodge a GBA in the wall. I still play my copy periodically, but sadly, you're only a playthrough virgin once. ;_____;

What are some of your thoughts on this entry?

[Super Waffle]

It was pretty neat. I wonder why Konami stopped making portable Symphony of the Nights.

Or good games in general.

Or games in general.

[piscesdreams]

I first played this on the GBA Player on my Gamecube shortly after that came out.  I really enjoy COTM and think it's one of the finer entries into the series.  It's a great stand-alone and had really neat combat mechanics.  I just wish some of the level design and color palette choices were a little different.  Sometimes the foreground and background blended together too much for my taste.

[Dracula9]

best dance of illusions

[aensland]

Best Chapel level from any Castlevania

[Chernabogue]

Hardest Metroidvania IMO. I feel old.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Hardest Metroidvania IMO. I feel old.

We should all feel old, comrade. I mean, I came into the fandom in about 2005, and I feel veritably ancient. Can't even imagine what it's like for those of us who have been around since the N64 games, or just imagine, the very beginning.

[zangetsu468]

For me COTM was a solid synthesis between oldschool Castlevania (challenge-wise) and SOTN, which was the only Metroidvania at the time. In a similar way that OOE feels like a mediation between Simon's Quest and "Metroidvania" with the more oldschool challenge level(s).

[AlexCalvo]

We should all feel old, comrade. I mean, I came into the fandom in about 2005, and I feel veritably ancient. Can't even imagine what it's like for those of us who have been around since the N64 games, or just imagine, the very beginning.

I remember renting Super Castlevania IV when it first came out.  You are but sweet babes.

[Belmontoya]

I started playing Castlevania when I was 4.. I remember begging my mom to rent it. Finally got CV1 for my 5th birthday. Got 2 shortly after.

I still remember when Dracula's Curse came out. I remember my dad taking me to the store to get it.

Got SCV4 the day it came out.

Changed my life!

I didn't feel old until I had to get an X-ray the other week after I played football with some teenagers.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

best dance of illusions

And Proof of Blood ain't nuthin' bad, either.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

And Proof of Blood ain't nuthin' bad, either.

Proof of Blood remains the single most cinematic sounding final boss theme the series has had, imo. Circle's original tunes pretty much knocked it out of the park completely, and most of its arrangements weren't exactly slouches themselves. Its take on Vampire Killer was pretty limp though.

[VladCT]

I'd say CotM's take on Vampire Killer would've been decent as a home base theme of sorts.

[Dracula9]

Its square samples were fantastic for Clockwork, though. Their punchiness worked nicely for VK, though that's the only real merit the arrangement has.

Alas, COTM still couldn't make Shudder any less of a boring fucking song.

[Chernabogue]

And Proof of Blood ain't nuthin' bad, either.

Relevant music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sniPK0Z2zNM