Castlevania...
 

anyone here addicted to the Castlevania series like I am? I was trapped in a rehab/private school since April with nothing to entertain myself with aside from a game boy. I completely destroyed Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow. Unfortunately I haven't been able to pick up Lament of Innocence, which I'm gonna wait to do until I go back and finish Symphony. Oh, how I wish I was a belmont right now...I love this shit!

Well, my girlfriend has Aria of Sorrow and likes it a lot. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave all three of the GBA games great reviews (I think they all got a gold medal). Symphony of the Night is considered the best PS1 game ever by many people (and publications!). I tried SotN, but I got my ass kicked (I didn't put any time into it). What a great series! I hear Lament of Innocence is good, but disappointing when compared to the other games in the series. What a shame!

-Lasereth

some games are simply holy and too great to tire of. Castlevania is probably the best franchise example. hell, i've been playing Castlevania since it came out on the NES :)

i hope to get AoS for christmas.:)

I LOVE Castlevania. Last one I played was the SNES version so I'm a bit behind, but I also just got my first new console (PS2) since the NES ;) I definitely look forward to playing more of this franchise. Great gameplay, great music, and great fun :D

Only one I really became addicted to was SotN. God that was a great game.

Need to get the gba versions, just got a gameboy sp the other day but the store didn't have any of the games, bastards.

the gba versions feel almost as good as sotn... hell i stil play it.... for a twist you should check out epsxe (if you can get it set up... dont ask me.. since you need bios files and im not about to post them) then throw your game in and try playing it with the option of smoothin over sprites and stuff... its so good... so much fun. Oh yea... plz if you havent bought the game and ur playin a rom... buy it... This is one game that is a must for everyone in teh world. (period) so great... if anyone has any info on CLOI i wanna review cuz i havent played it yet.... and i want to ...

IGN gave it a 9 out of 10. Electronic Gaming Monthly's 3 reviewers gave it a 7.5, 8, and another 7.5 out of 10. IGN tends to overrate games sometimes (if a certain editor likes one aspect of the game more than most people, it makes the review flawed) so I usually stick with EGM. I still use IGN as a first-hand basis though. Ha ha, if I see a deal at the store on a game, I still find a PC first and look it up on IGN. Gone are the days of wasting money on shitty games!

-Lasereth

thanks

Castlevania has always been one of my favorites series of games. Though the Nintendo 64 ones sucked rocks, the rest of them are awesome, even the GBA ones.

The new Castlevania for the PS2 is fucking terrible, it is in 3D. The graphics are muddy (hard to see things), and you can't control the camera! I hate fucking games were I can't control the camera (Resident Evil, Onimusha). It was really short too, I haven't been a big fan of the Castlevania games, a lot of them feel too recycled. They really need to reinvent themselves to appeal to me.

The camera system in the game is a damn mess, but it's far better than the 64 version in terms of playability.

Still, it isn't my favorite...