SO I've done it; after having played video games since I was 4 years old I have now, today, beaten a Castlevania game! In fact, having played this for even more than 5 minutes constitutes the longest I have ever played a Castlevania game!
And it was.....fine! Hahahaha like, really, it was pretty fun; totally fine platformer stuff. I will say it was wildly frustrating and I'm glad I had the ability to rewind in Retroarch because my goodness gracious there's lots of fiddly stuff with those enemies. For instance, that clocktower level?! Oh dear lordddddd I hated that.
I would say fully 2/3 of my enjoyment came from my favorite thing in video games: a wonderful opening and interstitial animated sequences. I love love love LOVE the Mega CD and PCE-CD because of those sorts of things, and this does not disappoint.
Anywho, Castlevania as a series pretty clearly isn't for me, but this was pretty fun. I now "get" Castlevania. Hooray for me.
And it was.....fine! Hahahaha like, really, it was pretty fun; totally fine platformer stuff. I will say it was wildly frustrating and I'm glad I had the ability to rewind in Retroarch because my goodness gracious there's lots of fiddly stuff with those enemies. For instance, that clocktower level?! Oh dear lordddddd I hated that.
I would say fully 2/3 of my enjoyment came from my favorite thing in video games: a wonderful opening and interstitial animated sequences. I love love love LOVE the Mega CD and PCE-CD because of those sorts of things, and this does not disappoint.
Anywho, Castlevania as a series pretty clearly isn't for me, but this was pretty fun. I now "get" Castlevania. Hooray for me.
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Ah okie doke! I have that ISO on my Satiator!
the Saturn version has some major drawbacks without the recent performance patch, and even then I don't think that works with the fan translation
I'm not a big fan of the classicvanias like Rondo which is why I recommend trying the Metroidvanias instead 👍🏻
oooooh well, I'll check it out anyway and see what's up with it
I've never played a Metroid either so i don't know if I'll be getting anything out of like, is it a mod to make it a Metroid? Or?
I've never played a Metroid either so i don't know if I'll be getting anything out of like, is it a mod to make it a Metroid? Or?
Ah no, it's a genre that came from Castlevania Symphony of the Night and I believe Super Metroid due to their game styles. Exploring, getting new equipment or abilities to unlock new paths and areas. Leveling up, exp, equipment and weapons etc. Games like Hollow Knight, Guacamelee, Ori and hundreds of others all sprung from these two games design and are commonly called Metroidvanias for short.
I'm a fan of these types. The original Castlevania games are hard, rigid to play side scrolling games I don't like much like you mentioned so thought you might like the different later ones instead.
Hopefully that made sense? XD
I'm a fan of these types. The original Castlevania games are hard, rigid to play side scrolling games I don't like much like you mentioned so thought you might like the different later ones instead.
Hopefully that made sense? XD
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FallenGrace
1 year ago