Topic: Hardest Castlevania Game

[Maddux]

Which castlevania game do you find the most challenging?  I have always thought it's CotM. 

[Dremn]

It's a tie between Dracula's Curse and Dracula X SNES for me. Both games are notorious for their unforgiving nature.

[GuyStarwind]

I haven't played all of them yet. But for the ones I've played and beat I'm going with CotM. However, I'm playing Dracula X now so maybe that will change.

[crisis]

You guys obviously haven't played Haunted Castle

Those games mentioned are cake compared to it,

[pimp dracula]

You guys obviously haven't played Haunted Castle

Those games mentioned are cake compared to it,

You can always insert coin once you ran out of lives. . But if you are talking about a 1 credit run, then indeed. It is really difficult.

In the Classicvania series, I'll go with Dracula X SNES and Bloodlines. Bloodlines was nasty because you face two boss at 1 stage.

CotM and OoE are the hardest in the Metroidvania series.

[uzo]

HAUNTED CASTLE

Thread over.

[Neobelmont]

Dracula's curse, bloodlines, and for some reason OOE yeah yes it's a MV but still it seems that at that point in time playing nothing but mvs made me soft so I got kicked playing it the first time around aw heck I still get handed to myself  it's hard regardless .

[knightmere]

Haunted Castle for sure. Vampire Killer is probably second.

[Johnny Alucard]

Haunted Castle, most definitely. 

And you can't just insert a coin when you get a game over and keep going, it sends you right back to Stage 1.

[X]

You can always insert coin once you ran out of lives. . But if you are talking about a 1 credit run, then indeed. It is really difficult.

It doesn't matter how many coins you put into that cursed Cabinet. Once you run out of lives then that's it; Game over man! Haunted Castle is a real unforgiving man-whore. I've only ever been able to beat it twice and the first time was happenstance. Just pure luck of the draw. Dracula X for the SNES used to be a very hard one to beat but not so much anymore. I also used to have a heck of a time trying to win against CVIII but like Dracula X I've mastered it over time. But Haunted Castle... It still haunts me.

[Lucius J. Belmont]

Having not gotten around to VK or HC yet (for shame, me), I'm Nthing the Dracula X nominations. Medusa heads on what, like the third screen? Basically a giant middle finger. Though I like the pacing--a screen that makes you want to beat yourself with your controller, then a screen of relatively easy carnage. Nice.

[Nagumo]

Haunted Castle is not so hard with the maximum amount of credits inserted. I believe that doesn't count as cheating, too. 

[pimp dracula]

Can I add CV Adventures on the list? Christoper is too frickin' slow and his vampire killer will revert to leather once you get hit. Also the stage with many spikes is a pain in the ass.

[Darth Cariss]

I've never played HC (but it hasn't have Castlevania in the name anyway so ha!), so I'm going to go with Dracula X.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

This is a newbie thread.
Next, there will be a 'what is the easiest', 'what is the prettiest', 'which one has the best music', and the dreadful 'what is your favorite'.

And you know what the deal is with that kind of thread.


Plus, everyone knows it's Haunted Castle.