I know it's old news to say this, but it this game was pretty ambitious with how elaborate it wanted to be while still trying to maintain that "Castlevania" action. Castlevania II tries to do a lot on such a limited system. It's really impressive, and sports some great art style!
Unfortunately, it's bogged down by how insanely tedious this game can be, and it's harmed even more by how difficult it is to make progress on the game alone. Perhaps an artifact of the sneaking suspicion that game publishers wanted these titles to last months for players, especially kids.
Supposedly there's been fan remakes and the like that patch the numerous holes this game bares, making it possibly render more of what the original developers wanted, but I wanted to first beat this as it was originally released.
Unfortunately, it's bogged down by how insanely tedious this game can be, and it's harmed even more by how difficult it is to make progress on the game alone. Perhaps an artifact of the sneaking suspicion that game publishers wanted these titles to last months for players, especially kids.
Supposedly there's been fan remakes and the like that patch the numerous holes this game bares, making it possibly render more of what the original developers wanted, but I wanted to first beat this as it was originally released.