Topic: Worst Game in Series

[Belmont Stakes]

Why isn't Haunted Castle or MSX Vampire Killer in here? I have to vote for CV64. Simply put if you don't use Carrie then you jump like a Fairy (Reinhardt). Visually this game has Ricketts.  It's not a bad game it's just drawn up that way. How Curse of Darkness is even close to being the worst game is baffling to me. It's not a great game by any stretch but it's still light years ahead of this pile of throw up. You disgust me!I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm not gonna hurt you.

 

 

[Abnormal Freak]

I love CV64. :P And I frankly find it absurd that you think COD is better.

There. We're even. :o

[uzo]

COD was way better. CV64 gets my vote. Atleast COD was playable.

[Abnormal Freak]

CV64 actually attempts to resemble a Castlevania game. COD and LOI have no relation whatsoever. It's my main criticism of the upcoming Lords of Shadow as well. Why did Castlevania turn into a hack and slash series?

[Profbeanburrito]

CV64 actually attempts to resemble a Castlevania game. COD and LOI have no relation whatsoever. It's my main criticism of the upcoming Lords of Shadow as well. Why did Castlevania turn into a hack and slash series?

I would also like to know why CV was turned into hack and slash. It should always have equal parts of action, platforming and exploration, not just constant fighting

[Amduscias]

I love 64! I understand bitching about glitches, but what 3D game back then didn't, I've never had any problems with any controls, the music is fantastic and really sets the mood. The level design is fun and I felt it was a great translation from the earlier 2D titles.  I love that game, it's in my top 5 CV games.

But yes, I will give you the motorcycle skeletons. They are completely awful!

Dont say a thing about the motorcycle Skeleton!!! they are cool lol also they provide more ideas about Dracula and his pact with devil to provide to him and his minions some technology from the hell -the ideas of Renon and all that-

Well now imo the worst its Order of Shadows, but i would'nt count it as a game since it sux too much, so the next in the list is HoD, then is Shin Megami Pokevania (Curse of Dragness)

Why? HoD has awful sprite art for mid-smalls items, monsters, characters, bad music quality (not complaining about composition because some themes are cool) and the lv50+ almost impossible to level up... oh i almost forgot, too easy and the replay is really bad :S since u get the 200% of map and that, there is no much stuff to do except getting the tons of armors that are pretty useless

Well about CoD... the only thing of Castlevania on that game is the fact that it has a Dracula, an sad extra Belmont mode and a Castle... the rest is just a game with another white haired guy

[Mobius]

Oh don't stop there, sir. Remember, Curse of Darkness had EVERY opportunity to improve upon and refine all of the shortcomings that plagued LoI (an altogether decent game in the series regardless). There was ample time and great resources at Konami's disposal to make a far better game for the next gen consoles the second time around. - - And CoD took multiple steps back. Terrible layout, flat graphics, forgettable music, chintzier play control, thinner story, lame characters, and a completely unoriginal gimmick (the ID system). People can  slam the N 64 games and even the Game Boy titles for all of the afore mentioned reasons. The big difference is, at least those games were trying. CoD, when all's said and done, didn't even attempt to improve upon its experimental predecessor. That is just sad. The fact that it was meant to be a sequel to CV III of all things and ended up being a totally unrelated and thoroughly pointless gaiden outing in the grand scheme of things is simply the shit icing on the bland, stale lump of instant cake mix that is the final product.

As long as I'm chiming in here, let me just say that HoD was pretty forgettable as a whole, though fun for being a straight-up old school whip-toting romp through the castle. But the only reason it comes in as any real kind of failure is because, ultimately, all it really was attempting to do was emulate Symphony of the Night on a handheld. . . . And Circle of the friggin' Moon did a better job of that.

[JR]

I know what my least favorites are, but I don't think they're the worst.

I hated CoD, replayed it (knowing full well what I was getting into), ended up liking it, then got really sick of it before I beat it again. It's one of the weaker games of the series, but not the worst.

I hated Adventure the first time, but then played that one again, too, and now I can appreciate it. Sure, it's not great, but I think it's more frustration than poor quality.

I'd say the worst one is probably Haunted Castle. I love that game, probably just because I never knew it existed as a kid, and the game is such a weird thing to me, but man, it's terrible. The music is great, but the game sucks in every other way. The machine should give you four quarters back for every one you put in.

[Thunderbrand]

Kinda surprised to see the 2 biggest vote-getters are the N64 games. I thought for sure the CV Adventure would be voted worst game by a landslide.

[sepet368]

Normally it would be a tough call for me to pick between Haunted Castle and Curse of Darkness...but since Haunted Castle isn't an option, that simplifies things.  Well, I probably would have gone with CoD anyway.  As bad as the arcade game was, at least the level design wasn't so bad it made me want to gouge out my eyes.

Why did Castlevania turn into a hack and slash series?

Because early last decade many game companies apparently realized that they could drastically cut production time and costs by having practically non-existent stages.  And gamers/reviewers who look no further than the core gameplay mechanics would still praise their games based on the combat system alone, even if the games might as well have been taking place in a gigantic black void for all the effort they put into the areas.  Of course, given how well the PS2 games were received by fans, it doesn't seem as if the Castlevania series is able to get away with that.  Probably due to the fact that most of the early games in the series had superb level design.

[The Last Belmont]

I voted Order of Shadows, it's barely a game.

Worst, eh?  Well, I think we need a better definition of "Worst", but here are my categories.

Worst (Play Control, alternate versions COUNTED), in no particular order:

-Castlevania (Amiga) - As you can see, Simon once again has very little control options, and most enemies move much much faster than he does.  There's also screen-scrolling issues.

Yeah but I love that game. The music is so mesmerizing and the coloring is so unique.

[The Last Belmont]

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[TreasuryRoom1984]

Castlevania 64 and Legacy of Darkness should just be considerd one because they are basically the same game!

[SimonTheBarbarian]

I don't know, the more I play Curse of Darkness the more I can understand people's gripe about it. When you think about how late in the franchise Curse of Darkness is, they did have a lot of opportunities to improve the flaws of previous titles, like how Symphony of the night took the style of Simon's Quest and really improved it. It does kind of bother me that castlevania has turned into a hack n' slash sort of series. For a 3D game I think castlevania should have resembled more of the medievil series especially for levels and the atmosphere. The music was great too and haunting. 

[Munchy]

It's always hard for me to pick favorites and least favorites. I'm going with a tie between Adventure and CoD. Adventure was way too slow and glitchy to be much fun. CoD had more in common with Final Fight than with Castlevania. Now don't get me wrong, Final Fight has a place near and dear to my heart, but I expect something different from Castlevania. Also, the fact that they completely ignored complaints about the dull level design in LoI and, in turn, artificially lengthened the game by tripling the amount of boring hallways you needed to traverse, felt almost like a deliberate dickslap. I know, IGA has budget issues and all, but quality >>>> quantity.