While this was meant to be a "special edition" release, it really wasn't much of an upgrade over the original Castlevania 64. The graphics might be a TOUCH sharper, but they failed to fix any of the camera or gameplay issues, unfortunately.

The main game focuses this time around on Cornell, a werewolf character who was supposed to be in the OG release. He was also supposed to be this bad ass martial arts character, who in development articles was stated to be able to pull off some cool acrobatic moves. And again, unfortunately, he can't do any of that. He can swipe his claws at this, and throw "energy waves". He can't even KICK, at least that I remember. His story is different from the base story the characters share in the original game, but not by TOO much. He does get his own unique stages that are new here, including a neat opening "sneaking into the castle via a derelict ship on the lake" area. But most of his adventure is comprised of the same levels, playing out in the same order. Though it IS worth pointing out, that without spoiling it, the Dracula fight in this game IS different, at least in the final form, than in the original.

You can still play Reinhardt and Carrie in this, they become unlocked after you beat it with Cornell. And they even included the 4th character that was originally supposed to be in the game, Henry, in a somewhat different (and arguably annoying) timed adventure.

All in all, it's the same basic game, just with more of the content it was originally meant to feature in the first place. It's STILL a solid game, and better than you've likely heard. Worth checking out, at any rate.

"Beklediğimden daha az deforme olmuş, ancak günümüz oyunlarına da bir o kadar uzak."

Oyun hakkında çokça detaylı bir ton yazı yazmıştım zamanında, bu yüzden şimdi tekrardan tonla yazıyı yazabilecek gibi durmuyorum, ancak özet geçebilirim.

Karakterlerin hikayelerinin hepsi oynanabilir olduğundan ve ayrı bölüm dizaynları da yapılmamasıyla beraber, kendini inanılmaz tekrar ederek sıkıcı bir yapıya bürünüyor.

Mekan tasarımları, müzikler, her bir sanatsal dizaynı tasarlarken teknolojilerini o kadar iyi tanıyarak yapmışlar ki, teknolojinin sınırları yüzünden böyle bir dizayna gitmişler, ucuz olmuş demiyorsunuz.

Oyunu uzatabilmek için çok ucuz yollara başvurdukları da aşikar, o yüzden bu serinin hayranı değilseniz, bu oyunun yüzüne bakmamanızı tavsiye ediyorum.

I know the N64 titles get a lot of flak, but I genuinely think they're pretty good. Legacy of Darkness especially, it feels like a reworked, more fleshed out version of the original game. I love the atmosphere and slower tempo, and a lot of the frustrating sections of the original game were altered or removed. This is not your average Castlevania. It's almost more of a survival horror title, at least in pacing and atmosphere. Give it a go, but don't expect it to play like other games in the series. This one, and its predecessor, are very different.