Yeah CV: 2 is kinda underrated. but for good reason, considering how difficult it is to progress in a plain vanilla copy of the game without Nintendo Power.
Bloodlines and Lament. I liked those two games a lot ,even though they're not perfect in every aspect. Bloodlines suffers from the sound, but again i personally like it. And Lament because even though it's repetitive and the story isn't that great, but i really loved how they rendered the whip.
Yeah it happened to me the same thing when i first got my hands on LoI. I got stuck somewhere and give up playing it.I think it was when you fight the fire elemental, which is optional. Then last year i played it again, and this time I followed the map. It's really not that hard once you get used to checking it all the time. Also i used a guide to know which key to get and where to use it. Heck even the Forgotten One isn't that hard to take down. It's a pretty long battle but not too tough.
Tbh I haven't finished playing CVAdventure, but Battle of the Holy is one of my favorite cv themes of all time.Come to think of it, CV adventure was the first Castlevania i've ever seen and played. I was 4 or 5 back then.
I think people did not give COTM as much credit as it deserved because when it was released the Game Boy Advance was not backlit yet, and the game itself is darker looking and harder to see on the original GBA. By the time I got COTM I had the backlit SP version of the GBA, as well as Gamecube GBA player.
I didn't hear too many people talk about Rebirth after it came out, and I felt it was a quality game. [. . .]I liked it so much I was hoping for a Rebirth 2.
Bloodlines, Belmont's Revenge, and ReBirth are all extremely underrated. I don't ever see them getting as much love as the other games. I think I'm the only one who loves Rebirth as much as I do.
Bloodlines, Belmont's Revenge, and ReBirth are all extremely underrated. I don't ever see them getting as much love as the other games. I think I'm the only one who loves Rebirth as much as I do.
The simple answer to sum up and close this whole topic is ANY Castlevania game predating 1996. It's a fact, because kids these days are hung up on anything made when I was in high school, when it's a fact that many of the games made before I was in high school were far superior to most of the games in the series now.
The simple answer to sum up and close this whole topic is ANY Castlevania game predating 1996. It's a fact, because kids these days are hung up on anything made when I was in high school, when it's a fact that many of the games made before I was in high school were far superior to most of the games in the series now.I wouldn't say that. As DrLight66 already pointed out CV1 and 3 are usually revered as NES classics. The kids who dismiss them are the same ones who are likely to think ALL games that aren't current gen are crap. And who have no historical perspective or grasp on hardware limitations/gameplay evolution whatsoever. Super Castlevania 4* seems to regularly make "Top 10/25/etc." lists of SNES games. Right up there with the first party and Sqaure / Enix classics.
I almost want to say Castlevania II: Simon's Quest since I do think that there are some incredibly interesting ideas in that game.
Lament of Innocence, imo.
Lords of shadows is the more underrated every body hate it when is the best of the history, this is the more underrated any game can have.Lords of Shadow is not underrated by any stretch of the imagination. It has many fans, and is specifically meant to garner more mainstream gaming media attention, where previous entries have been very niche. And on that front, it succeeded.
It is underrated because lot of people hate because it is made in Spain, if all people can look and see the only reality every one will see it is the best castlevania and stop talking about the past, the old games passed of fashion or the igarashis that are not for men i don't even think of igarashis as castlevanias and they are the better example of overrated, like who say.
I think Bloodlines, CV64 and Circle of the Moon are all underrated. But the most underrated game by far is Simon's Quest. Today it has a bad reputation as being one of the worst CV games because its not very clear what you need to do. But you need to view it in the context of the era it came out in. The game came out right at the same time that it was the cover feature of a Nintendo Power issue that told you exactly what to do in all those unclear situations. In those days everyone knew someone that had Nintendo Power, and it was just part of the culture to spread around those obscure tips so they became common knowledge, much like with the original Legend of Zelda (which, btw, also has a few "How the hell was I supposed to know to do that without a guide??" moments). In 1989, Simon's Quest was considered nothing less than one of the best NES games, period. It's only looking back from a modern perspective that it seems weak or a "black sheep".I consider Simon's Quest today as one of the best games ever, and I knew it when it was very old, and still I loved it.
Simon's Quest. Today it has a bad reputation as being one of the worst CV games because its not very clear what you need to do. But you need to view it in the context of the era it came out in.
This is not a excuse, everyone knew to write or read at this time, it has nothing to do with the "era". With the correct translation it would have received a better reputation, but I think its underrated too.
They reviewed game at that era right? Someone have some review from this era to remove my doubts please?
because its a bad game, the critics they say its good because they like rare games that play bad and confuse players of nonsense advise, you can look at it, see the old graphics, all the poeple is equal, all the boss levels are equal, all the marsh, they hash the game, not only, is the truth.
My heart weeps.
Simon's Quest was a game of its time, and good for its time, reliant in great part on the gaming culture of the times, and it has aged horribly for that reason.
Hating a game for its graphics is like hating a cake for how pretty the icing is. Pretty icing is always a bonus, but that's all it is.
There is a rift in the gaming culture.
I would say Simon's Quest is a game that is best played when you appreciate the era when it was made. Then, you will like it. People nowadays have a tendency to compare old games with new ones, and that is so wrong.
Hating a game for its graphics is like hating a cake for how pretty the icing is. Pretty icing is always a bonus, but that's all it is.
because its a bad game, the critics they say its good because they like rare games that play bad and confuse players of nonsense advise, you can look at it, see the old graphics, all the poeple is equal, all the boss levels are equal, all the marsh, they hash the game, not only, is the truth.
because its a bad game, the critics they say its good because they like rare games that play bad and confuse players of nonsense advise, you can look at it, see the old graphics, all the poeple is equal, all the boss levels are equal, all the marsh, they hash the game, not only, is the truth.
No you miss the point, castlevania 2 is bad, it give the player the advise of the nonsense, like arrodilate in a mountain and wait for a tornado, they never say it, you have to be gueser to know this,
graphics, mirror of fate os the best, comparing the music
comparing the gameplay
tecnology of today help of make the best games of the history,
Seriously what a cool feature! Why haven't they added that back in(being able to get bit and turning into a vampire thus resulting in a game over) in any of the other games?
Most underrated game? *drum roll* The epicness of lost potential itself: Castlevania 64/LoD.
I know, I know. "That game with the chainsaw Frankenstein and motorcycle skeletons?! Ew, the french is wrong with you?!" but here me out: think of all the cool, awesome things this game try to do and elements it could have introduced long term to the franchise had the game been better received?
Vampires as standard enemies, not to mention the actual player can become a vampire themselves and get a special game over. Seriously, I really wish this mechanic alone would show up again in the series. Sun and moon cards, along with the time of day actually playing a role with the enemies/challenges faced, just like with Simon's Quest. (Another underrated classic.) Branching gameplay/storyline characters that aren't just after thoughts or 'modes': they actually have their own agendas, quests, special enemies/bosses, and general purpose for wanting to go to Castlevania, even if it wasn't to destroy Dracula.
In ways, I really wish this game would have succeeded. I can only imagine where the series might be now if it had. I light a candle ever year for this game, to honor it's memory.
still praying for some sort of console release of that game. (preferably with subtitles) that would be awesome.
Dracula x just isn't the same, although not too bad of an alternative I suppose.
Castlevania Dracula X(X). It's more challenging overall than it's predecessor. That last boss fight is great. I think it's a worthy re-quel to Rondo.