Topic: Castlevania games that you disliked at first and still dislike

[Pfil]

Just in order to follow the trend of topics and be popular 
Haha, no, I'm kidding!
I already know which games will appear here, Harmony of Despair on top of the list, I presume...
But anyway...
Which CV game you disliked from the first day and you can't still find some redeeming qualities?

[TheouAegis]

The Gameboy titles. I still can't bring myself to like them. I will keep trying, though, I promise.

[Lelygax]

Lords of Shadows.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Harmony of Despair, Lament of Innocence, and Curse of Darkness.
Oh, and Final Fantasy VII (but that's not a CV).

[Kaori]

Legends, Order of Shadows, Lords of Shadow, and Mirror of Fate.

Legends because it's way too easy. For example, being able to use invincibility during boss fights breaks the game in my opinion. Oh, and the levels are too long and boring. Adventure and Belmont's Revenge are better than Legends and I actually enjoyed both of them.

OoS because it's pretty bad, lol. But then again, what can you expect from a 6 year old cell phone game?

Lords of Shadow and Mirror of Fate for many reasons. I'm not saying the music is bad, but I just dislike style of music they chose for the LoS series, it just doesn't sound Castlevania like in my opinion. I'm also not a huge fan of the LoS/MoF story either, which makes a game hard to play if I don't like the story. The gameplay is alright in both games. I don't really have any complaints against the gameplay.

The Titan fights in LoS were also things that I disliked, but that's more of a minor gripe. Mirror of Fate was better than LoS in my opinion. I liked the gameplay better in MoF than LoS, but...with both games, it just feels like something is missing for me. MoF, while better than LoS, still wasn't a game I really cared for much. It just feels like that "Castlevania charm" is missing in both LoS and MoF. As standalone games, LoS and MoF are "okay" games, even though I'm not a fan of them. As Castlevania games, they just don't feel right to me. This is coming from someone who has played every Castlevania game except The Arcade and the Pachislot games, and have liked them all except the four games I've listed here.

On a side note, the only one I didn't hate, but didn't like either was Harmony of Despair. I was more neutral on it than anything.

[Pfil]

@Kaori: I also played all CV games except 3 Pachislots and The Arcade, and I feel the exact same way as you in regards to LoS and MoF.

Oh, and Final Fantasy VII (but that's not a CV).

Hahaha!!! LOL! 
I follow you!

[Zetheraxza]

The Gameboy titles. I still can't bring myself to like them. I will keep trying, though, I promise.

The only thing I haven't emulated and most likely never will. They are the only games I will never play. The Adventure Rebirth in the other hand was amazing.

[KaZudra]

The Gameboy titles. I still can't bring myself to like them. I will keep trying, though, I promise.

True this, tried so many times, still exclusively like the soundtracks

[shelverton.]

I'm not super fond of the gameboy games either, but I don't really hate them. Castlevania Adventure is pretty painful to play though. I can't be upset about it because it's so damn old, and I think it was a pretty decent entry in the series when it was new. Time has not been kind to it though, and for me it feels like work. Reeeeaaally slow work too.

Belmont's Revenge is often hailed as the highlight of the trilogy, but apart from the music (which is FANTASTIC) it's still a veeery slow game. And I am not digging the Mega Man approach to the levels either. I liked it more 15 years ago. I want a remake that fixes some of the issues.

The only game I've really disliked from the start was Mirror of Fate. It has great environments, nice graphics, but I'm just not having that much fun. I blame the combat, I think. I started playing Shinobi 3DS a while ago and DAMN! That game is fun. IMO. MoF should've been more like it.

[Ahasverus]

Whenever I see Judgment at a distance I still shrug a bit

[Dark Nemesis]

LoS and Castlevania Judgment.

[X]

Lords of Shadow obviously but also Judgement. some of Judgement's designs and charaters stories make me ask serious questions about what the writers and artist was thinking *Shakes head in shame*

[Lelygax]

In design, they were thinking about Death Note.

[Neobelmont]

The only game I've really disliked from the start was Mirror of Fate. It has great environments, nice graphics, but I'm just not having that much fun. I blame the combat, I think. I started playing Shinobi 3DS a while ago and DAMN! That game is fun. IMO. MoF should've been more like it.

I've said this so many times before if any one has played shinobi 3ds they know which one is better. They have so many throwbacks it's just mind blowing not only that it's hard and heck you can even use the golden axe XD They even have a timeline of every single game in the series to get new fans into it this game has so much content that I say this is how MoF should of been. I remember when MoF came out I did a slight comparison to shinobi or at the very least referenced it and man MoF fails in all aspects even framerate 

[Ratty]

Harmony of Dissonance. I don't like the music and I hate the castle design.

Oh, and Final Fantasy VII (but that's not a CV).

I feel you there, 50 bored and frustrated hours of my life I'll never get back.