Topic: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse gets so stupidly difficult near the end

[Profbeanburrito]

I think the hardest part of CV3 is the doppleganger. The whole game is a challenge, and I love that. I've found that the easiest way to beat it thought is with Alucard. His fireballs are a little week, but you can fly around and avoid some hits as a bat, as long as you have the hearts for it.

[Jayfeather]

I do remember the first time I beat it,  I spammed  Sypha's Lightning attack and hid up on the left ledge the whole time.  I also know a cheap defensive trick that you can use to prevent yourself from getting trapped on either the left or right ledge:  Transform while the dopleganger is in mid air and watch him drop like a rock after he fallows.

There are a couple spots where mummies + boomerang = lots of extra lives and a high score, it can be though,  but one heart can score you 3000 points easily if you stand between the spawning points and jump over the boomerang when it returns. You get 1up for every 50000 points.  Judge for you for yourself weather or not its worth it... 
"Help Me" is a lot faster.

[MarquisX]

The Doppelganger I would try to take out with a triple shot Holy water. But you have to not get killed most of the stage to the end to have that option. Or If Grant's doppelganger was equipped with an Axe (or Dagger?) you can just duck and spam attacks while the double throws the weapon over and over in the same spot while you are safe. Or it’s just a lot damn good luck.

[Jayfeather]

I've been trying to play though all the levels recently.  The second part of the Aquarius level on the second quest takes the award for Hardest Level I think,  Water Rising, enemies Spawning from 3 directions.  This is the ONLY level I have yet to beat on the second quest.  I even tried Game Genie, and still can't beat it.  Knock back factor plays the biggest role, Thank God for save states right now (In this case, purely for saving and coming back later) because I can take about 10 minutes of it before I have to stop.

[MantapusProductions]

i hate the really long climb useing the falling blocks.
its not even that its that hard it just takes soooooooooo long

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Yeah, only with Grant though.  With Alucard if you saved the hearts in the earlier section you can fly up to the platform with the candle (press A in the air for extra lift).

[Jayfeather]

Try it using only Sypha on the 2nd Quest...

[The Last Belmont]

Seriously, Stage 9 is so face meltingly frustrating. And then there's the last stage, which luckily isn't as hard. But at least in the first Castlevania, if you made it to Dracula and died or got Game Over, they placed you right near him so you could face him again. It didn't take away from the difficulty of the game.

III is more forgiving in the sense that you have a lot more to work with not just said Belmont plus a handful of subweapons. With Sypha the last 2 stages are really easy. The first one took me longer than 3 because of stage 5. Just like C3 stage 5 is punishingly difficult and the boss is the toughest boss in the game in my opinion.

I think the hardest part of CV3 is the doppleganger. The whole game is a challenge, and I love that. I've found that the easiest way to beat it thought is with Alucard. His fireballs are a little week, but you can fly around and avoid some hits as a bat, as long as you have the hearts for it.

I agree the doppleganger took the spotlight for hardest boss in this installment. You have to have the cross or the axe and a double or triple shot to even stand a chance with Trevor.

[The Last Belmont]

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