Topic: Egoraptor pit's CV1 against CV2

[darkjak951]

Sequelitis: Castlevania 1 vs. Castlevania 2 I agree with a lot of what he said and it was a pretty enjoyable review, but I will still love this game despite his opinions. I liked the RPG elements and the town system, but I agreed with the whole farming aspect. I just find it interesting to see him do a video like this, pretty cool change of pace of his usual stuff.

[Dremn]

That was the most entertaining review I've seen in awhile.

Shit I agreed with a lot of his points, Simon's Quest is a horrible game.

[Thunderbrand]

Entertaining review for sure, but I don't think Simon's Quest was a horrible game. Far, far from it IMHO. Sure the game can be confusing if you don't know what's going on, but it had an excellent atmosphere overall. Very good music, the day/night cycles were cool, great backgrounds & locations and a good story. Plus the RPG elements, different weapons/items, etc were a fun new twist at the time. I still play and enjoy CV2 very much to this day.

[X]

That was very entertaining!  It's like watching his Metal Gear Awesome flicks.

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[K.G. Morder]

We need to give credit where credit is due though. Simon's Quest introduced Bloody Tears. One of the freaking staple tracks along with Vampire Killer.

[Grim_Creeper]

While I agree with his assessment of the games technical problems, I also agree with Thunderbrand regarding the quality of the game.

This was especially important for me to see and I thank you OP for posting it.

[Chernabogue]

Very good and interesting video, thanks for sharing!

[Abnormal Freak]

Simon's Quest kicks the shit out of every Castlevania game that isn't called Castlevania (NES) and Super Castlevania IV, so...

[Vampire Killer]

Pretty much agree with him in retrospect.  Yes, compared to today's CV's, Simon's Quest blows goats.  At the time it was released though, it was something new, and I enjoyed it.  But even back then, I strongly felt that the game was impossible to figure out without a guide (Nintendo Power was very useful back in the day), and thus poorly designed.  Still liked it though, but won't ever play through it again.

[Thunderbrand]

It took me awhile, but I got through CV2 the first time without a guide. I remember talking to every villager and writing down pretty much everything they said, trying to figure it out. It was difficult at first, especially since every mansion entrance looked the same and going through them could be tricky, but by the time I got the 2nd or 3rd body part I had a decent idea of what to do. During that very first playthrough way back when, the hardest part for me as I recall was finding the damn castle ruins! I had all the body parts, weapons & items but could not figure out where to go with them. The famous wall on the castle bridge was especially frustrating 

[Vampire Killer]

It took me awhile, but I got through CV2 the first time without a guide. I remember talking to every villager and writing down pretty much everything they said, trying to figure it out. It was difficult at first, especially since every mansion entrance looked the same and going through them could be tricky, but by the time I got the 2nd or 3rd body part I had a decent idea of what to do. During that very first playthrough way back when, the hardest part for me as I recall was finding the damn castle ruins! I had all the body parts, weapons & items but could not figure out where to go with them. The famous wall on the castle bridge was especially frustrating 

How did you figure out to kneel in that one spot with the (I think) red gem equipped?

[Aridale]

I thought Id try to use the red crystal like you did the blue one to raise the lake in that one part. I tried it all over the place (like bombs and burnin bushes in Zelda 1) and it shocked the shit outta me when that tornado came. I mean shocked the shit outta me lol

[DoctaMario]

This is gonna sound crazy and condescending (and I assure you I don't mean it that way) but I don't think you can fully appreciate Simon's Quest unless you played it around the time it was released. Sure, nowadays it seems poorly designed and even antiquated in some ways, but back in '88-'89, it was an amazing game, in part because there weren't many like it. Games back then couldn't be made to be beaten in a day. SQ is actually the game that got me into VIDEO GAMES as a whole, so I'm certainly biased. But I still think the game holds up despite its shortcomings.

You definitely need a guide in a couple places, but overall, the game gives you a lot of the information you need to solve it. You just have to try every clue you're given and suss out which ones are real and which are fake. I was able to get through the entire game and only needed help finding Dracula's Castle at the end. I think most of you who think the game sucks just aren't willing to put in the time, which is fine. But don't blame the game for your lack of interest.

[Vampire Killer]

I thought Id try to use the red crystal like you did the blue one to raise the lake in that one part. I tried it all over the place (like bombs and burnin bushes in Zelda 1) and it shocked the shit outta me when that tornado came. I mean shocked the shit outta me lol

So, what you're saying is that one moment you were sitting there, frustrated, just grinding away at your kneeling, wearing a clean  (comparatively) pair of underwear, and the next moment you had shit in your pants.

Did you go and change right away, or did you wait until you had a chance to save first? 

[Maedhros]

Sorry, but people saying that they found how to kneel in one specific spot with a red crystal equiped alone (since no one in the game mention this) can only be lying, lol. It's fuck'n impossible to just figure that alone... I would never finish this game without a guide on that part.

"Oh hey, why don't I equip the red cristal and go crouch on this wall here... hey, wtf is this tornado?"