Poll

Which is your favorite (may or may not be the same as the BEST)?

The Castlevania Adventure
0 (0%)
Belmont's Revenge
5 (11.6%)
Legends
2 (4.7%)
Circle of the Moon
6 (14%)
Harmony of Dissonance
5 (11.6%)
Aria of Sorrow
5 (11.6%)
Dawn of Sorrow
4 (9.3%)
Portrait of Ruin
3 (7%)
Order of Ecclesia
5 (11.6%)
The Dracula X Chronicles
8 (18.6%)

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Re: Favorite portable 'Vania?
« Reply #45 on: February 18, 2016, 11:58:13 PM »
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Den actually has an arranged version for DXC but I just don't like what they did to the arrangement. Too much Vampire killer jingle added to the very front of the tune
I think they also saw the problem and abandoned the tune for unlockables

Similar situation also happens with stage 5', but the arranged version of O.P 13 has no such problem like Den
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Re: Favorite portable 'Vania?
« Reply #46 on: January 24, 2017, 08:11:37 PM »
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I went for CotM and DXC, myself, those were the games that killed the most time for me in middle school and High school.

Circle of the moon, at the time, was one of the most difficult games I had ever played. I was actually proud of myself when I finally beat it, also, dat soundtrack.

DXC introduced me to Symphony of the night, since I didn't have the old psx growing up. Because I'm a sucker for Metroidvania, I felt unlocking it during Rondo of Blood as a 'buy one get one free' deal. And because they directly tied with each other, I was satisfied.
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Re: Favorite portable 'Vania?
« Reply #47 on: January 24, 2017, 09:04:07 PM »
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Circle, then Aria/Ecclesia tying for second, with BR at third. The rest follow in whatever order, really.

Circle takes the top I think due to how tired I never get of it. Soundtrack, SFX, visuals, everything's just so clean and vibrant.
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Re: Favorite portable 'Vania?
« Reply #48 on: January 28, 2017, 01:34:28 AM »
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Circle, then Aria/Ecclesia tying for second, with BR at third. The rest follow in whatever order, really.

Circle takes the top I think due to how tired I never get of it. Soundtrack, SFX, visuals, everything's just so clean and vibrant.

I really hope all the Nintendo-licensed Castlevanias are playable on the Switch for pretty much exactly that reason. Just an aside.
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Re: Favorite portable 'Vania?
« Reply #49 on: January 28, 2017, 04:09:54 AM »
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Aria, most definitely. It's my all-time best Metroidvania. Harmony of Dissonance is a good game as for playability, with pathetic music quality (not music itself) and graphics getting in the way.

I like the DS games much, but I didn't had chance to play Ecclesia and other two had to be let down with mediocre graphics for Castlevania (expected a SotN quality) and that damn artwork.

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Re: Favorite portable 'Vania?
« Reply #50 on: January 29, 2017, 07:27:25 PM »
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I'd say my favourite is DXC, mainly because it's three (four if you count the joke minigame) games in one.  Second would be Order of Ecclesia, since that's prolly the only other portable game I've played (haven't played much of the Metroidvanias... should fix that).  Honourable mention goes to Castelvania Chronicles, since if you buy it as a PSN classic you can play it on the PSP.  Countless hours sunk into that... and countless lives sunk into that one pit in the last stage!

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