So I'm thinking of giving Castlevania a try for the first time and know there was are a couple of different collections. Are they worth getting into and which should I start with? SOTN? Advanced Collection?
So I'm thinking of giving Castlevania a try for the first time and know there was are a couple ...
Start with Simon's Quest
op im here to tell you that this Black person is a homosexual. dont start with simons quest
Super Castlevania IV
Very interesting. What makes super castlevania IV so special? SOTN usually gets the praise.
It's basically a retelling of the first game but improves on everything the NES games did. Improved control in mid-air, multi-directional whipping, updated music... It's definitely worth a playthrough.
Generally speaking Rondo of Blood and SotN are the games that are the considered the best overall, Super is good but I never hear anyone beyond people still b***hing about SNES vs Genesis/MD calling it the best.
Its just the best straight up "Castlevania" game Basically a direct followup to the OG game with none of the RPG elements that came with Simons Quest and especially SOTN, which in my opinion made those games less true "Castlevania" games
Ill also give a shout out to Castlevania III as it underappreciated and a great OG style Castlevania game too, but its fricking hard
I'll start with the first collection then, thanks guys, hopefully it doesn't filter me.
Sorry for typos, I'm drunk.
The collections are good, handled by M2. I'd say get the first collection to get a taste of Castlevania proper before trying SotN, otherwise you might get a skewed idea of what Castlevania should be instead of appreciating both the classic and more modern styles respectively (I cringe at calling more modern 2D games Metroidvanias, but it is what it is).
Start with 1.
Play a bit of 2 and if you can stomach it, beat it. If not, no harm in skipping it.
Then play 3 if not for the gameplay, then for the OST.
Then finally Super 4, the best one.
Start with Belmont's Revenge.
Start with 1, 2, 3, 4, Rondo of Blood, Bloodlines. Skip Dracula X.
Only good post here. Play jap version of 3, israelites fricked up the balance of the US version
you can emulate every single game on the franchise, frick nintendo's pricing
I just picked up Advanced collection. How come nobody ever told me Circle of the Moon is hard as frick?!? I beat the entire game with like 2 cards, and not understanding wtf they did since the game barely explains them. I did abuse rewind during bosses, and each boss was a nightmare. Every boss took 10-20 minutes to kill, with Dracula taking nearly 45 mins. I just unlocked Fireball mode and its pretty overpowered, and I wish I got more cards during my first playthrough. No shops sucks, and healing items are completely worthless. The game is unbalanced as hell.
And how the frick are you supposed to beat the arena?! I attempted it and even with rewinds its impossible. I got to the minotaur pit and literally couldn't get out of the doorway without dying.
always go for order of release
2 could be skipped, it was very awkward even for the time
all the others are good
Don't forget x68000/Chronicles at the end of your classics run through. Hard but fun
This still to this day makes my dick hard everytime I hear it
>when it starts playing during the Dracula fight
This shit is badass, can't wait to progress to this game.
Castlevania 4 is some of the best video game music ever
The fact Konami was able to squeeze this out of the SNES soundchip so early in its lifecycle and was never matched was very impressive
Fricking pure video game music kino right there
Play the Top 5 CV games in the series:
CV1
CV3
X68000 (Chronicles)
Bloodlines
Super Dracula X
Then, ignore the rest of the series exists. Especially IGAshit, frick those games.
Rondo of Blood was one of my favorite games ever, 3 and 1 are good too
If you start with SoTN you probably won't like its predecessors. Whatever you pick, just emulate it, no point in giving these companies money for good games made by people that don't even work there anymore.
Noticed in the Advanced Collection you can chose which region version you want to play. Is there any differences gameplay wise?