Topic: Worst Game in Series

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I put Harmony of Dissonance and Curse of Darkness at the bottom.
Although, to be fair, the worst Castlevania games are still decent games, in the grand scope of things.

I can't even play CoD for very long without falling asleep at the controller.

[Donvermicelli]

I put Harmony of Dissonance and Curse of Darkness at the bottom.
Although, to be fair, the worst Castlevania games are still decent games, in the grand scope of things.

I can't even play CoD for very long without falling asleep at the controller.

True it was pretty boring for a Castlevania game, but I liked the fact that different weapons actually meant different ways to attack, unlike SoTN where Alucard basically swung almost any weapon in the same manner with a few exceptions.

[e105beta]

Although, to be fair, the worst Castlevania games are still decent games, in the grand scope of things.

Everybody is ignoring Order of Shadows.

[Donvermicelli]

Everybody is ignoring Order of Shadows.

Maybe that's a good thing, people don't even see it as a Castlevania game any more (or never have).

[thernz]

Saying Order of Shadows is too easy.

[shelverton.]

I was also shocked that I was the first who voted for Dawn of Sorrow, in my eyes the biggest failure in the franchise after Order of Shadows.

Wow.. I loved Dawn of Sorrow. My favourite side scroller on the DS actually. Well well... whaddayaknow.

[Artanis]

Curse of Darkness and Haunted Castle in my book.

[RegalX7]

I'd like to point out I never played Order Of Shadows. I'm sure if I ever do, I'll wish I never voted for Legends, but until then...

[Sumac]

RegalX7, if anything OOS have decent music..sometimes.
And I liked the idea that villain somehow manage to kill a Belmont.

I can't even play CoD for very long without falling asleep at the controller.

That was my main problem in the HOD, LOI and second castle in Symphony.
Sleep inducing games they are...

[Mystic Myotis]

Order of Shadows, I guess.


I'm a bit surprised at the amount of hate CoD and LoI are getting.  LoI's biggest flaw by far was the recycling of room designs.  The actual layout wasn't bad at all if you take some time to think about it all.  But I may be biased as I took the time to write a guide for that game...  Let's face it; these two games aren't award winners by any means but they aren't abysmal.  It's not like your weapon doesn't hit the monster out of some shitty programming problem in those games.  It's not like you fall too far off of a ledge to a lower part in the same 'screen' and die in those games.

[GummiCandyful]

I'm a bit surprised at the amount of hate CoD and LoI are getting.  LoI's biggest flaw by far was the recycling of room designs.  The actual layout wasn't bad at all if you take some time to think about it all.  But I may be biased as I took the time to write a guide for that game...  Let's face it; these two games aren't award winners by any means but they aren't abysmal.  It's not like your weapon doesn't hit the monster out of some shitty programming problem in those games.  It's not like you fall too far off of a ledge to a lower part in the same 'screen' and die in those games.

Agreed. I mean, I know those games have some pretty lazy level design, but it's not like they're unplayable/have poor graphics/horrible controls. I honestly thought people would rank either Order of Shadows or Portrait of Ruin as the worst, but the two PS2 games? Also, where in the bloody Hell is Judgement? If anything, I consider that to be the worst game in the series, not CoD.

[crisis]

I don't hate the ps2 games at all, they're average at best. But I think the general dislike of Curse of Darkness stems from the fact that the designers totally dropped the ball on it. Throughout the years, the consensus seems to be that people feel it actually takes a step or 2 back from what LoI did, instead of improving upon it. Also, it didn't live up to the glorious legacy of CVIII at all.

It had everything going for it, decent plot, good music, good artwork, but it still failed where it counts most. Even IGA agrees that he hadn't succeeded in that department.


In the grand scope of things, though, there are WAY more shittier games than CoD.

[X]

I'm a bit surprised at the amount of hate CoD and LoI are getting.

I only hat LoI for it's story. A major contradiction to what was already established and then, screwing it all up. It wasn't a bad game and some of the music is kinda catchy. But the whole Mathias/Dracula bit killed it for me and any faith I once had in IGA.

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[Mobius]

I can't say there is a CV game I actually hate. Just very disappointed with certain titles. Chief among them CoD. I don't hate it though. I just think it really was a title that's sorely lacking in every aspect of Castlevania tradition. Lament, on the other hand I still enjoyed. Really, it was a fun little 3D hybrid and the origin story at least was different enough that I could recognize the game's aspirations. I mean come on, giving the series a definitive chronology and an established beginning is no small task. And Dracula in fact being (another in a long line of) a former friend who betrays the protagonist is hardly any worse than yet another Belmont descendent called upon to put down the lord of darkness yet again for the umpteenth time.
The musical score, I have often said before, is epic and the pinnacle of original CV music IMO. But the replay factor is really non-existent. Once it's all over with and done, there's very little reason to go back.

P.S. I'm with Reiko. Judgment is pretty bloody crap-tacular. As an entry. I really view it as a failed experiment. - A pretty interesting foundation upon which nothing of real substance was built.

[shelverton.]

Having recently played through both Order of Shadows and the cellphone version of Aria of Sorrow, I can honestly say that these two are the worst experiences I've had with the series so far. Though at the same time I don't think it's fair to compare them to the other games, but if you want to play the most butchered and unnecessary version of Aria of Sorrow you can possibly imagine, by all means go ahead. It's almost as if Konami gave up halfway through and said "Let's wrap this up now, I wanna go home. Just cut everything you can - most of the areas, music, bosses - and release the game already.". Order of Shadow takes the cake however. It's an original game which manages to be more primitive than Castlevania Adventure. The stage 1 tune is cool though, but that's about it.