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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: Volrath2242 on November 11, 2007, 11:45:43 PM
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I'm just super in love with Super Castlevania IV and SOTN. How about you?
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PoR Richter Mode (Hard Lv. 1) is my favorite. It is a lot of fun even in the normal modes, but Richter mode is best. SC4 is also really good.
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Dracula's Curse, especial now that I've beaten it, even thogh I was kind of REALLY cheating >.>
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SoTN
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Super CastleVania IV
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Castlevania Chronicles and DXC.
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
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Rondo of blood
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Aria of Sorrow and Harmony of Dissonance.
Tie :-X
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Symphony of the night
There's already a poll on this here.
http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forums/index.php?topic=45.0
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Do I even need to say it? By now most of you should know I'm the BIGGEST (and probably only) fan of Curse of Darkness. Just the whole sense of adventure and thirst for revenge feels so awesome to me! And the cutscenes and VA are the best I've ever seen and heard!
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In Reply To #11
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SCV4
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http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forums/index.php?topic=273.msg4613#msg4613
Seems like this topic.
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As of now I would say Portrait of Ruin ;D
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Deff SoTN(Symphony Of The Night)
1. Your a Vampire instead of Being the Vampire Killer
2. Your The almighty vampires(Dracula) son
3. The Weapon system
4. Battle System
5.The Storyline
6.The secret passages
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In Reply To #1
Hmm that's tough, I've always really love Simon's Quest, the exploration aspect and getting to interact with regular people was great and I loved the whole day/night thing and the different endings, the level up aspect was cool, (symphony wasn't the first to have this contrary to popular belief ;)) and it was the first one I ever played but I probably am gonna have to go with 3, it just blew me away when I popped it into my old nes the first time, the music, the option to pick the route you take to the castle, getting 3 new allies you can switch between all with their own unique abilities and talents, as well as having one of the most fun dracula fights in the series make this one my fav.
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I may be a new member but i would have to say circle of the moon
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Hmm that's tough, I've always really love Simon's Quest, the exploration aspect and getting to interact with regular people was great
I think that idea had a lot of potential, but it was flushed down the drain by incredibly random and confusing dialogue. Well, at least we got some very memorable quotes out of all of it.
All things considered, though, Simon's Quest is a great game. I always preferred it to Castlevania 3.
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I think that idea had a lot of potential, but it was flushed down the drain by incredibly random and confusing dialogue.
Yeah the dialogue is a bit misleading if you don't know the game, god why did nintendo always have drunk people as translators back then? If nintendo had translated the game properly I think it would get a lot less flak from haters. :)
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Ya know what? I changed my mind. CoD is no longer my favorite Castlevania. In fact, I'm sick of it altogether. Now, my favorite is Harmony of Dissonance. I love that game. It is just so awesome to play as Juste and even more awesome to play as Maxim. Yeah, speaking of him, he is now one of my favorite characters. Even though most of Harmony's music was annoying, I've actually found a lot of it to be quite cool and entertaining. Like the Merchant's theme for example, and the Clock Tower (and of course Successor of Fate, but I wasn't going to say the obvious ones).
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For me, I'd divide things into "Classic Castlevania" and "Metroidvania". Otherwise, my head would explode trying to rate them.
Classic: Rondo. Hands down. Last and best of the classics before they turned to the Metroidvania formula. Runners up would be CV3, CV4, and Bloodlines. The GB games were subpar except for the music. CV1 is nostalgic, but it pales in comparison to what came later. I believe I've made my feelings abundantly clear as to Dracula XX. ;)
Metroidvania: SotN. Simon's Quest didn't age well for me, but I don't hate it. I haven't really played much of the others to be honest though.
So yeah...I guess I'm totally a late 18th century guy. Richter and Alucard are the shit.
- John
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Yeah the dialogue is a bit misleading if you don't know the game, god why did nintendo always have drunk people as translators back then? If nintendo had translated the game properly I think it would get a lot less flak from haters. :)
It's confusing even if they did translate it right (which they supposedly did on the WVC version). Whoever decided that the method to call the tornado was a good idea should be drug out into the street and shot. Not to mention the whole oak stake crap.
HOW THE HELL WAS ANY REASONABLE PERSON SUPPOSED TO FIGURE OUT ANY OF THAT?!?
But yeah...other than those oversights, it's a good game. ;D I totally found myself disagreeing with most of AVGN's rants.
- John
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It's confusing even if they did translate it right (which they supposedly did on the WVC version). Whoever decided that the method to call the tornado was a good idea should be drug out into the street and shot. Not to mention the whole oak stake crap.
HOW THE HELL WAS ANY REASONABLE PERSON SUPPOSED TO FIGURE OUT ANY OF THAT?!?
But yeah...other than those oversights, it's a good game. ;D I totally found myself disagreeing with most of AVGN's rants.
- John
I think that's what makes the game fun though, it's like a big puzzle, filled with little ones like myst, you don't know what to do it's all trial and error and hoping you talk to the right person who isn't lying. It replaced the crazy boss fights with crazy obstacles and challenges. It's also the only castlevania that is impossible to get the best ending the first time through, you have to know what your doing and what you have to get and don't.
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I think that's what makes the game fun though, it's like a big puzzle, filled with little ones like myst, you don't know what to do it's all trial and error and hoping you talk to the right person who isn't lying.
Talking to people didn't help me at all, whether they lied or not. They all spoke in metaphores and crap! How was I supposed to know which town is Jova and where the Denis woods are?? The whole game just gave me a really bed headache, but eventually I managed to finish it, with the help of GameFAQ's ;)
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Talking to people didn't help me at all, whether they lied or not. They all spoke in metaphores and crap! How was I supposed to know which town is Jova and where the Denis woods are?? The whole game just gave me a really bed headache, but eventually I managed to finish it, with the help of GameFAQ's ;)
Yeah gamefaqs is really great, I never would have gotten 1000% of the map uncovered in POR w/out it some of those secret areas are just hidden so damn good.
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My favourite Castlevania game is a toss up between Lament of Innocence and Symphony of the Night. Both games had great stories and fantastic music. For music it really is a toss up between Ghostly theatre or Woodcarving Partita, although I adore both soundtracks. There were a few good tracks in Curse of Darkness, but the game was below sub-par to pt it nicely.
David
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My favourite Castlevania game is a toss up between Lament of Innocence and Symphony of the Night. Both games had great stories and fantastic music. For music it really is a toss up between Ghostly theatre or Woodcarving Partita, although I adore both soundtracks. There were a few good tracks in Curse of Darkness, but the game was below sub-par to pt it nicely.
David
I loved the music in COD, I thought just about every track was gold. The music in LOI was great too but I can't really listen to it outside of the game. For some reason it just doesn't work it's magic for me when I'm not playing LOI. :)
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I loved the music in COD, I thought just about every track was gold. The music in LOI was great too but I can't really listen to it outside of the game. For some reason it just doesn't work it's magic for me when I'm not playing LOI. :)
LoI music? Eeeeeeew.....It had some good things like Lament of Innocence, Melancholy Joachim, and Castlevania Reicarnation, but everything else was too......saddening and made me feel both homicidal and suicidal cause it was all dark and Gothy, too much so even for me....
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Dracula's Curse is my personal favorite, although I've probably played and been more influenced by Super Castlevania 4 than any other game.
Its dark atmosphere and beautiful soundtrack is just awesome. I never get bored of this game.
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In Reply To #1
Agreed! Kid Dracula kicked ass too. Ever play it?
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Here is my top 10 picks:
Dracula's Curse
SCV4
Bloodlines
SotN
Simon's Quest
Castlevania
Castlevania Chronicles
CotM
Harmony of Dissonance
Rondo of Blood (original and remake)
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LoI music? Eeeeeeew.....It had some good things like Lament of Innocence, Melancholy Joachim, and Castlevania Reicarnation, but everything else was too......saddening and made me feel both homicidal and suicidal cause it was all dark and Gothy, too much so even for me....
Now I changed my mind again, about EVERYTHING. I now like a lot of LoI's music and the whole game a lot more. So, I guess since I cant decide on one game, I'll make a list:
-Lament of Innocence
-Curse of Darkness
-Harmony of Dissonance
-Castlevania
-Dawn of Sorrow
There, I'm done. :)
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Harmony has started to grow on me for some reason. I guess it's all of the old-school Vania references within the game. ;D
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After much deliberation I would have to choose:
"Classic"
-Super Castlevania IV
-Bloodlines
"Metroidvania"
-Symphony of the Night
-Aria of Sorrow
(This is an uber-hard decision. In reality, they are ALL great games in one way or another. That is why we are all here isn't it?)
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Portrait of Ruin.
amazingly it spared the life of my family.
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I LOVE SOTN!!!!! ;D
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Rondo of Blood...(We used to call it Reincarnation of Blood)
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Sega Saturn Dracula X: NITM.
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You know what, I don't even know anymore...
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Aria of Sorrow. Easily the best GBA game ever. Best Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, Replayability, etc. on the system. Has any other Castlevania game completely owned a system before or since?
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Aria of Sorrow definitely does not have the best graphics on the GBA.
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Has any other Castlevania game completely owned a system before or since?
Do we really have to answer this?
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CV1+2
SCV4 (My true love!)
HoD
LoI
and currently Portrait of Ruin. (sorry, I like the silly couple! o_O)
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Rondo of blood for the pc engine, i prefer the classic style castlevanias and none of the ones i have played are on the same level of rondos gameplay or aesthetics in my opinion.
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When I was a little kid I was in love with the fictional character Dracula and vampires in gen. Castlevania had all the elements I wanted, vampire hunters, undead, ghost, demons. The gothic atmosphere has always appealed to me ever since I was a child. Why? I don't know, it was just, something that drew me in, but it's as if I cannot explain it.
But it also because of it's storyline and gameplay mainly.
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I think Curse of Darkness is my fave game. Perhaps Aria of Sorrow. I like the Ayami Kojima art.
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In Reply To #44
*cough*SotN*cough*
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I'm am such a black sheep. I have never played SotN :-\, but im getting the rom for it. :)
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CastleVania III: Dracula's Curse is my fave CV game. After that I think the first one comes :3
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My favourite is my first Castlevania - Bloodlines. It's not very difficult but it's fun to play through. I prefer the classic style to the Metroidvania style - seperate stages seem to be able to cater for more variety in stages, since (like in Bloodlines) the stages can be set in various places, whereas in Metroidvania the whole game tends to be confined to the castle, limiting the variety in areas (I guess this was what they were trying to sort out in PoR).
Plus the music in Bloodlines is really good :) I'd love to hear Prayer of a Tragic Queen and Calling From Heaven arranged for a new game.
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Super Castlevania 4 and AoS.
Both were amazing and innovative for me IMO.
:o
*especially Aos, I had not played something so kick-ass in a while back then*
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To this day my fav CV has been simons quest, just the tons of exploring i loved.
SOTN comes in second, it still had exploration yes, but it was all inside the freaken castle and i like more enviroments then just being in a castle.
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Super Castlevania IV
~ First CV game I ever played through that I could replay again and again and again without once getting tired of it. - Still can't to this day, as a matter of fact. And the first time I ever really sat up and took notice of one of the series' greatest traditions: The soundtrack. Must've spent the better part of the last two decades searching for it on CD before special ordering it in San Francisco's Japantown.
Other than that, close faves of mine are CV II: Simon's Quest (thought it was a MASSIVE improvement over the first game), Portrait of Ruin, Castlevania Chronicles, Bloodlines, Belmont's Revenge and Castlevania 64/Legacy of Darkness. I also enjoyed Lament of Innocence. -Kudos for a decent attempt at giving the series a beginning, and the best score from Yamane-san to date.
And don't nobody feel too black sheep-ish here. - I have yet to play Dracula X. And even with the PSP remake, I probably never will get the original experience. *s i g h*
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Do not feel too bad, i can not even afford a PSP to play it, i doubt ill ever have a chance to play the PSP one.
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Do not feel too bad, i can not even afford a PSP to play it, i doubt ill ever have a chance to play the PSP one.
You can get some used PSP's at Gamestop for really cheap. I got mine for only 120 bucks, though I had to wait awhile till I could afford a memory stick to play anything though it's still a good deal if you can find one.
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It's confusing even if they did translate it right (which they supposedly did on the WVC version). Whoever decided that the method to call the tornado was a good idea should be drug out into the street and shot. Not to mention the whole oak stake crap.
HOW THE HELL WAS ANY REASONABLE PERSON SUPPOSED TO FIGURE OUT ANY OF THAT?!?
But yeah...other than those oversights, it's a good game.
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Castlevania 3, hands down. I love Castlevania IV (and the music) and I adore SOTN (and the music) but my first love was and will always be Castlevania 3. And the song Mad Forest. XD
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My favorite?
Legacy of Darkness for Nintendo 64.
I can play that game over and over again with all the characters. It's awesome because it has an interesting story(or stories, rather), and each character has unique abilities, and has a story of his/her own. I'd also like to refer to Jorge's old list of reasons the N64 Castlevania's rock.
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Simon's Quest
"Welcome to Transylvania, good luck figuring anything out! hahahaha"
It was my first CV and it had such a different feel than any other game I owned at the time. It's dark atmosphere set it apart from things like Mario but it wasn't as brutal as Ghost n Goblins. Sure it was a little confusing at times, but somehow with the help of friends and the occasional Nintendo Power, I was able to beat it... and learn that Simon died anyway.
huh?... I thought, that's an odd ending. Then I learned there were other endings and the world made a little more sense again.
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Dawn of Sorrow.
I thought it took what Aria of Sorrow did and improved on the formula in so many ways.
I loved the draw a seal system, the music was out of this world, the graphics were some of the best 2D graphics I've ever seen... I loved everything about this game.
Not only is it my favorite Castlevania, but one of my favorite games of all time too. ^.^
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In Reply To #62
It's nice to hear someone praising rather than bashing one of the DS Castlevania games. I salute you!
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I'm going to cheat and say Dracula X Chronicles. It isn't just one game, but the overall package is the sweetest gift to Castlevania fandom we're likely to see in this lifetime. The incomparable Symphony of the Night, the long-lost and well worth the wait Rondo of Blood, and the surprisingly well done "arranged" version of Rondo makes Dracula X chronicles probably the best gaming value I've ever come across. A rare case of a game developer actually going beyond expectations.
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Symphony of the Night, the music, the graphics, the bosses. THE best game I have ever played.
I've always wanted to play Rondo of Blood, but I can't afford a turbografx nor a psp. IT should be released on XBLA
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Or you could try that fanmade pc port of the pce version someone made. I doubt it can be linked here because of what it is, but with the info you sould be able to find it if you google hard enough.
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In Reply To #64
Yeah, but too bad the port of Rondo isn't all that great. I'm glad I own and played Rondo before DXC came out, but it at least gets the job done
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In Reply To #62
It's nice to hear someone praising rather than bashing one of the DS Castlevania games. I salute you!
Thank you, I love both DS games. I find it hard to believe that anyone would have anything bad to say about either of them actually, they're both so good.
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In Reply To #67
Er, the pc port of rondo was almost 1:1 exact to the pce version. In fact, it was the pce version, just made so that even a redneck with no computer knowledge could run it. :P
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It's very hard to choose my fave CV game, but I can narrow it down to 5. SoTN, CoTM, AoS, DoS and CoD. I can't choose between DoS and AoS, so I'll just say the sorrow series is my favorite game(s) because if they put them on 1 cartridge, it could 1 game.
P.S. Who thinks they should make a third game in the Sorrow series?
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In Reply To #67
Er, the pc port of rondo was almost 1:1 exact to the pce version. In fact, it was the pce version, just made so that even a redneck with no computer knowledge could run it. :P
I think he was referring to the Rondo port on Dracula X chronicles, which did admittedly have issues. Still, a legal port stateside is something I've been waiting over a decade and a half for. I still remember seeing the Gamepro article on it and knowing it would never make it to my poor undernourished TurboGrafx CD.
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Yeah, but he misunderstood me. I meant a pc port, not snes reimagination. :P
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Castlevania X Chronicles and Symphonie of the Night.
They are the best!
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In Reply To #73
Maybe do you mean Symphony(Symphonie)?
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It's a tie between Castlevania 3 and Super Castlevania IV.
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In Reply To #74
Sorry (Symphony)
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I like 3 equally for 3 different reasons...
1. Drac's Curse, for fucking rocking hard and mastering the action genre on limited hardware, pushing it's graphical, musical, and gameplay boundaries to the max.
2. CV4, for take everything from part 3 and taking it to the next level. Haunting music, dark atmosphere, and lots of little animated nuances made this a masterpiece with plenty of replay value.
3. SotN, because of the same reason as CV4... taking it to the next level, while still being loyal to the mechanics that started the series.
So that may be a cop out because I can't narrow it down, but so what? SotN is probably my overall favorite, but I prefer CV4 because it rocks and I can play it through in one sitting. You have to get involved with SotN, make a several hour (or day) commitment to the journey... And sometimes I just wanna kick ass through Transylvania.
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I love all the side-scrolling ones like SotN.
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Hmm... tough question. I can't pick just one, as that's always my problem when selecting favorites, so here:
The Original, Drac's Curse, SotN, HoD, CoD.
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I personally don't have a favorite Castlevania, I like to play all Castlevanias where you aren't limited to use only whips.
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In Reply To #80
Yes, I like those too. Whips are the most fun in 3D. I feel like it's very difficult to attack with a whip in 2D. It limits my abilities.
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Tie between AoS and SotN. AoS has a great story, and the soul system, and Alucard. SotN also has a great story, and a huge variety of weapons and useable items, spells and familiars, and Alucard
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I would have to break it down from classic style to metroidvania style as well w/o going mad. As far as the Classics go my favorite is be Super Castlevania IV. Never played Rondo of Blood and the whole emulation thing is way too complicated for me to figure out to begin with. I am hoping they release Dracula X on the Virtual Console for the Wii, thats probably my only real chance of experiencing it. I think SCIV is always gonna be my favorite because it was what made me fall in love with Castlevania and at the age of only 7 years old it was very challenging for me to beat. I remember when I did I jumped up and paused the game and ran out like a nerd to my friend's house and was like "I beat it I beat Castlevania!" they probably thought I was stupid. Castlevania III is probably better though it just didn't have the same effect eventhough its an amazing NES title.
As far as Metroidvania style goes thats really tough, technically Symphony of the Night is still my favorite Metroidvania but Dawn of Sorrow is giving it a very big run for its money right now. I think Dawn of Sorrow does so much right, complain all you want about the game I think its very good but I got to beat the game before I can start to make a decision. Symphony is still my favorite though.
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Symphony from the new era; Dracula's Curse from the old.
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Tie between AoS and SotN. AoS has a great story, and the soul system, and Alucard. SotN also has a great story, and a huge variety of weapons and useable items, spells and familiars, and Alucard
I think AOS features some of Michiru Yamane's weakest compositions (other than Destined Cruz and Top Floor). Also the castle layout wasn't all that great. DOS is better IMO, especially because of the tri-character extra mode; which is still the best extra mode ever, if you ask me.
But yeah it's cool it introduced the soul system, though, and the ending was kinda cool.