PolaroidJack’s ‘Mid March’ Birthday Weekend Castlevania-athon Extravaganza Part 5:
Without a doubt the best of the original 4. Not even close. But its still got some pangs. Notably the last few levels are still a pain in the ass as ever, with a really terrible boss gauntlet (thankfully they had enough empathy to checkpoint you to before the start of each boss, you don’t have to fight all 4 back-to-back). Controlling your whip makes a huge difference on how you’re able to handle threats, it feels like you can finally style on certain enemies with enough quick thinking.
My main complaint is just certain ideas on how the whip being out ‘works’. Mainly complaining here about the Death fight. Why the fuck does holding your whip out but keeping still allow you to take all those shots. If that weren’t the way to steamroll that fight I would have killed myself trying to beat the gauntlet with how fast he throws out his ‘sickles’.
I also didn’t realize until super late that you could extend your reach when swinging with the whip by pressing up and down, leading to some more late game frustration.
A lot of my main complaints from prior games still stand here but I do think the added freedom of movement with regards to yourself (you can control your jumps now! revolutionary!) and your whip helps this game in the long run.
Without a doubt the best of the original 4. Not even close. But its still got some pangs. Notably the last few levels are still a pain in the ass as ever, with a really terrible boss gauntlet (thankfully they had enough empathy to checkpoint you to before the start of each boss, you don’t have to fight all 4 back-to-back). Controlling your whip makes a huge difference on how you’re able to handle threats, it feels like you can finally style on certain enemies with enough quick thinking.
My main complaint is just certain ideas on how the whip being out ‘works’. Mainly complaining here about the Death fight. Why the fuck does holding your whip out but keeping still allow you to take all those shots. If that weren’t the way to steamroll that fight I would have killed myself trying to beat the gauntlet with how fast he throws out his ‘sickles’.
I also didn’t realize until super late that you could extend your reach when swinging with the whip by pressing up and down, leading to some more late game frustration.
A lot of my main complaints from prior games still stand here but I do think the added freedom of movement with regards to yourself (you can control your jumps now! revolutionary!) and your whip helps this game in the long run.