Castlevania Megathread

[Deleted member 7989]

Definitely Bloodlines, 3, and 4. I think they have the coolest gameplay and graphics. The music is exceptional as well. Especially Bloodlines, man does that game go crazy.

 

[Deleted member 3099]

I have a super soft spot for the original NES Castlevania, but I really dig Super, Rondo, and Bloodlines alot too.

 

[Ikagura]

Definitely Bloodlines, 3, and 4. I think they have the coolest gameplay and graphics. The music is exceptional as well. Especially Bloodlines, man does that game go crazy.

Some games are specifically made to shut up people about the whole "Genesis music is trash" thing that plagued many gaming communities.

 

[Ikagura]

Mega Drive music rocks, the gritty bass is unbeatable

The Yamaha is legit a good soundchip.

I blame the fact most western composers used the infamous GEMS instead of coming with their own music program.

 

[SnickterP]

Almost no one knows about it, but Master of Darkness on Sega Master System is just like an original Castlevania game and is fantastic!

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Chronicles is PEAK

 

[Ikagura]

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While I'm not fan of Simon's design there (he looks like a gogo dancer) I love the remixes.

 

[King Koopa's iconKing Koopa]

Super Castlevania 4

 

[MistHunter]

Castlevania 2 - Simon's Quest (for Nintendo)
Super Castlevania 4 (for Super Nintendo)
Castlevania - Bloodlines (Sega Genesis)

(...And Contra - Hards Corps, for the fishy Belmont Cameo)

 

[Nidoking's icon Nidoking Nidoking]

Bloodlines has such a charm and style to it, plus it just has so much nostalgia for me. I love that you can play as two different characters with entirely different playstyles, and I find it to be a blast all the way through.

Super IV, though... pretty peak.

 

[Toppis Toppis]

My favorite classic Castlevania games are Rondo of Blood and Bloodlines

 

[rklone]

My fave is Aria Of Sorrow, i just like how Soma moves and the way you progress the game, it's a lot more linear and intuitive than SOTN and it has better weapons imo.

 

[Tonberry]

Rondo of Blood is my #1, I don't really think anything comes close to it for me.

Other than that one, I also like Castlevania 1, 3 and Symphony of the Night. I haven't played alot of the series from the GBA onward though.

 

[Big Finger Jim]

Tied between Aria of Sorrow and SotN.

 

[Eclipse14]

Super Castlevania IV.

 

[RageBurner]

Bloodlines (MD), Rondo of Blood (PCE CD), Symphony of the Night (PS1), and the GBA and DS trilogies (though they need improvement patches).

 

[Cu-Neo]

Mine is between Aria of Sorrow and Order of Ecclesia, but If I had to choose one to play for the eternity it would be Aria of sorrow.

That theme is so good.
I also love the N64 games.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Mine is Aria Of Sorrow, i just like how Soma moves and the way you progress the game, it's a lot more linear and intuitive than SOTN and it has better weapons imo.

Castlevania Chronicles has the coolest set pieces, best music, two different game modes, multiple switchable soundtracks, and redhead Simon. It's an absolute crime this has never left the PS1, this should've been in the original collection given that it's a port of the X68000 game and is a remake of the original Castlevania.

 

[Parasite_Steve]

SOTN and Rondo of Blood as a double feature. I didn’t grow up with the series and only played most of them for the first time last year and these two still blew me away. I’ve not completed the entire series yet but the gba and ds titles are pretty enjoyable although they’re starting to feel samey. I didn’t quite get the appeal of IV and prefer the style and fluid gameplay of Bloodlines overall, but I’ll probably be in the minority here.
Simon‘s Quest was interesting too. Very flawed and the cryptic nonsense would have made it a pain to play through without occasional help from a walkthrough but it had some fascinating ideas. I could see early traces of the SOTN formula in there.

 

[Karnik 2.0: reboot]

Castlevania 4: Demon , a chinese title for old 320x240 (s40) keypad phones:

 

[Toppis Toppis]

Castlevania rondo of blood is my favorite second favorite is castlevania bloodlines

 

[E0N]

Symphony of the Night. It's also the only one that I've managed to finish even though I've played pretty much all of them ?

 

[Toppis Toppis]

i have beaten every castlevania game because i did marathon last year

 

[RageBurner]

i have beaten every castlevania game because i did marathon last year

That's pretty impressive. I don't have that kind of patience anymore.

 

[Toppis Toppis]

That's pretty impressive. cI don't have that kind of patience anymore.

Okay, now i am doing partial sonic marathon