what's your favorite castlevania game?

[ObscureJigglypuff]

My favorite Castlevania is :
@ciro64 BDSM Whip version.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Metroidvania's:
Symphony of the Night
Aria of Sorrow
Order of Ecclesia
Dawn of Sorrow

Classicvania's:
Rondo of Blood
Bloodlines
Castlevania 1 NES

 

[Nidoking's icon Nidoking Nidoking]

Symphony of the Night
Order of Ecclesia
Dawn of Sorrow
Aria of Sorrow
Super IV
Bloodlines
Circle of the Moon
Portrait of Ruin
Curse of Darkness
CV64

Roughly in that order.

 

[RageBurner]

seems to be. the dates show it being out a year later after the first, and most likely sharing the same sort of situation with zelda 2. there's no established rules, so they could do whatever they wanted to.

the main drawback is that the sub weapons are useless. the whip does nearly everything the sub weapons do. long range, diagonal hits, multi-hits. and the striking color design from the first game is gone. everything had specific colors due to the limited color pallet, and blue and orange are the main colors used, so nearly everything popped out and was eye catching.

Also Simon looks like he's gotten severe sunburns.

 

[diapered]

This one, but it is the only one I ever played. I really liked it and remember it being hard as fuck and was so happy when I beat it. Since no one has mentioned it, I guess it sucks ;_;

 

[Viviana Santos]

This one, but it is the only one I ever played. I really liked it and remember it being hard as fuck and was so happy when I beat it. Since no one has mentioned it, I guess it sucks ;_;
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Castlevania II isn't a terrible game and it even has some interesting ideas for its time, but it has aged pretty badly and overall it's a very frustrating and confusing game.

 

[MasterEn]

Also Simon looks like he's gotten severe sunburns.

that's mostly just the devs going crazy with having so many more colors to use. most nes games were limited to 4 colors at most on sprites. there's a lot more available on the 16 bit console.
could also just be his color pallet. certain color combos have more of an impact when used together. i've noticed when putting colors onto clothes for characters, that the skin tone would suddenly jump in brightness or darkness when next to darker or lighter colors.

 

[Boog111]

Castlevania III for nostalgia. Symphony of the Night is a close second.

 

[prnzoDraGoonZweiOrta]

here's meh order

1.) Simon's Quest: TIGER LCD EDITION xD bwaa-heheheee - the lamest part is - *I actually owned one* - Konami LCDs were way better but I don't remember if they even released a Castlevania one? I had Contra n TMNT of their LCD ones n never saw another one again ... anyweys thuh R3EL L1$T is as follows:

1.) Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
2.) Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
3.) Castlevania
4,) Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight
5.) Dracula X: Symphony of the Night
6.) Castlevania Bloodlines
7.) Castlevania (Adventure) II: Belmont's Revenge
8.) Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
9.) Castlevania (Chronicles)
10.) (Super) Castlevania IV
11.) Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
12.) (The) Castlevania Adventure
13.) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
14.) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
15,) Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
16.) Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
17.) Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
18.) Haunted Castle Revisited
19,) Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth
20.) Vampire Killer (MSX)
21.) Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate (HD)
22.) Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
23.) Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
24.) Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
25.) Castlevania: Dracula X (Vampire's Kiss [Euro] )
26.) Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Ultimate Edition)
27.) Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
28.) Castlevania Legends
29.) Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
30.) Castlevania (64)
31.) Haunted Castle OG
32.) Castlevania Judgment

if I counted the Kid DracuLa games or Dead CeLLs or Konami Wai Wai World games they'd maybe be somewhere in the middle idk. never played the phone Castlevanias at aLL so can't say on them. OH I forgot the PSP DracuLa X Chronicles. that would be in the mid-top 10 ferrSheRR

 

[diapered]

Castlevania II isn't a terrible game and it even has some interesting ideas for its time, but it has aged pretty badly and overall it's a very frustrating and confusing game.

Huh? I thought it is pretty straightforward which is why I liked it... Oh! I was a little confused by your post, this it not Simon's Quest NES, if that is what you were thinking. I was talking about Belmont's Revenge for GB.

And you know what, I completely forgot they are both "Castelvania 2" myself, I always just called it "Belmont's revenge". Does anyone know why they are the same sequel title?

 

[Viviana Santos]

Huh? I thought it is pretty straightforward which is why I liked it... Oh! I was a little confused by your post, this it not Simon's Quest NES, if that is what you were thinking. I was talking about Belmont's Revenge for GB.

And you know what, I completely forgot they are both "Castelvania 2" myself, I always just called it "Belmont's revenge". Does anyone know why they are the same sequel title?

Oh shit sorry lol never played the original Game Boy Castlevania games.

 

[MasterEn]

Huh? I thought it is pretty straightforward which is why I liked it... Oh! I was a little confused by your post, this it not Simon's Quest NES, if that is what you were thinking. I was talking about Belmont's Revenge for GB.

And you know what, I completely forgot they are both "Castelvania 2" myself, I always just called it "Belmont's revenge". Does anyone know why they are the same sequel title?

i found this on the wikipedia page:
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge is a 1991 action-platform game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy. It is the second Castlevania title for the Game Boy and serves as a sequel to the previous title, Castlevania: The Adventure. Belmont's Revenge is included in color in the fourth volume of the Konami GB Collection compilations. Set fifteen years after the events of Castlevania: The Adventure, Dracula returns and kidnaps Christopher Belmont's son Soleil at his coming of age feast, and turns him into a demon. With Soleil's mystical powers, Dracula retakes human form and rebuilds his castle, forcing Christopher to confront Dracula once again to save his son and Transylvania.
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source:

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[prnzoDraGoonZweiOrta]

Oh shit sorry lol never played the original Game Boy Castlevania games.

The Castlevania Adventure n Castlevania (Adventure) II: Belmont's Revenge is worth your time. the 1st one was a GB launch title but though archaic it is well-designed n a nice challenge. Belmont's Revenge is better in a QoL way kinda n is non-linear 2D Plat like Castlevania III NES n some of the other subsequent followups (ofc Metroidvanias bein non-linear is a given ^_^)

Castlevania Legends has a female protagonist n while there's nothing overtly wrong with it - it's pretty patronizingly generic in design like the SNES 'port' of Rondo of Blood (Vampire's Kiss can Kiss meh erse xD )

 

[Jotaro]

 

[Raziya The Seeker]

Top three? Probably Portrait of Ruin, Curse of Darkness (which I've been replaying, and have almost beaten again!), and... uhhh, Dawn of Sorrow I guess? The mid-aughts has been the best era for Igavanias.

I've been needing to actually beat a classic one though. Probably aiming for Rondo of Blood but to be fair, I'd like to clear Simon's Quest just to say I did. I've got the most experience and progress in the original. Oh yeah, and Castlevania 64 / Legacy of Darkness are also on my bucket list. But they're not quite the same as the original side-scrollers.

 

[Bump'n'Ys]

I can't really think of one particular Castlevania that's my favorite, but I would say either Symphony of the Night or Order of Ecclesia for the 2D metroidvania ones, and Curse of Darkness for 3D (granted I've only played it and Lament of Innocence for 3D ones, 64 looks promising on the outside). Curse of Darkness was way better than I was expecting and I liked Trevor's redesign in it to make him stand apart more visually from Simon, since they both look pretty similar in the NES games.
For classicvania it's really hard to pick one, and there's still classicvania games I need to play through. With that in mind I gotta say, Konami did a fantastic job on Haunted Castle Revisited. The original is interesting but not a game I really enjoy, and remaking it is what I wanna see more remakes do - take games that aren't all that great or have potential and fully realize them into something great.

 

[Koreandr]

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

 

[Deleted member 288390]

Dracula X Chronicles (the PSP one?) and Harmony of Despair (even though I'm bad at it). I like Bloodstained Ritual of the Night even more than them, but I guess that technically isn't a Castlevania game.

 

[HyperTurboFox]

Castlevania DS Trilogy

These games are the proper evolution to SotN because the DS is more close to the PlayStation than GBA. Yes I like the GBA games but I prefer the DS titles. It's don't help that Aria is literally carrying the GBA on it's back.

 

[Kid Dynamite]

Simon's Quest

 

[King Koopa's iconKing Koopa]

Order of Ecclesia

 

[bonbonprince]

Aria of Sorrow and bloodlines these are like the best Castlevania games to me
And of course X86000/Chronicles (THE BEST REMAKE OF THE FIRST GAME FITE ME) and Rondo of blood

 

[Turbo Kid]

Castlevania Symphony of the Night overall. If we are talking "classic style" though it's Vampire Killer on the Mega Drive.

 

[Bacon Eater64x]

Super IV Master Race! Reminder to myself to play this game again for halloween, it's a Yearly Tradition. Getting sucked into an ambient somber world that no other game in the series as managed to master, and a unique artstyle before the games tried to copy Rondo of Blood's spritework for over 10 years., and smooth butter controls to make this a fun game to come back to anytime. "BUT THE SUBWEAPONIES ARE USELESS AND THE GAME IS TOO EA-

We do whip and triple shot cross combos here, plebs. Simon Belmont takes no prisoners!

Aria of Sorrow is the best Metroidvania, Symphonycels gtfo. The Power of Dominance mechanic is peak, and Julius is the second best Belmont.

Portrait of Ruin: Tag Mechanic FTW! 6 characters to play as, sub weapons and weapons galore, the only game where you visit egyptian themed places, and just overall a fun time. Charlotte is best girl.

Belmont's Revenge: Underrated Classic coming through. More fun than CV1, and the music is top notch for a GB title. An amazing apology for the absolute dogshit that was The Adventure.

Castlevania X68000: An upgrade to the NES original that keeps the challenging difficulty if you are a masochist, but bonus points for the amazing soundtrack and having the best Simon design that would not be topped until Smash Ultimate. Chronicles gets excluded because it changes this two things and therefore i find it worse (easier difficulty notwithstanding) in only play it to play Original Mode.

Honorable mentions: Bloodlines, Rondo of Blood, Dracula's Curse, Order of Ecclesia and Dawn of Sorrow.

 

[UArx.]

Well, my favorite Classicvanias are Bloodlines and Belmont's Revenge.
Meanwhile, my favorites Metroidvanias are Harmony of Dissonance (don't kill me please) and Order of Ecclesia.
And talking about games everyone hates except for me, I love both Castlevania 64 and Legacy of Darkness.

btw Symphony of The Night is not that good lmao (I mean, it's amazing, but Aria of Sorrow is like a million times better imo)