Loved this game when I was a kid. It got a lot of hate at the time, vs the first one, and the third one, and then the fourth one on the Super NES.
Simon’s Quest fans got justice when it, not the first and third games, became the basis for Symphony of the Night and, you know, the whole “Metroidvania” genre. I mean, Simon’s Quest wasn’t the first Metroidvania, that would arguably be Metroid 1, but it was the first MV in the Castlevania series. And now they’re mostly all like that, from Symphony through Bloodstained. Not to mention the GBA/DS ones, particularly the Sorrow titles.
There are still games like Castlevania 1 and 3. Ghosts & Ghouls, Double Dragon, Bad Dudes, Battletoads, Metal Slug… Some of those games are actually pretty good. I think the Terminator game Dark Fate coming out is one of those — and I want it. Mostly because I’m a T2 fan. But also because, when done right (especially Metal Slug), those games are a lot of fun. But, I always thought Castlevania was better for exploration than straight up side to side combat.
It got a lot of hate from me because the text lied. Blame bad translation or just bad game design. I had to wait until Gamefaq existed before I was able to solve the garlic puzzle.
Way I heard it, some of the characters were meant to straight up lie to you.
Vampires are known to be seductive. The Dracula in Castlevania is no exception. It makes sense that he has some agents in the various towns who feed misinformation to the Belmonts and their allies, and report back to the Count.
Back then though, I think we were supposed to consider games more trustworthy. We didn’t expect the game to lie to us. The unreliable narrator has become a lot more popular over the years. Imagine, for example, saying you hate Portal because GLaDOS lies to you. “But I was promised cake!” Same thing. Only we didn’t expect it then.
Loved this game when I was a kid. It got a lot of hate at the time, vs the first one, and the third one, and then the fourth one on the Super NES.
Simon’s Quest fans got justice when it, not the first and third games, became the basis for Symphony of the Night and, you know, the whole “Metroidvania” genre. I mean, Simon’s Quest wasn’t the first Metroidvania, that would arguably be Metroid 1, but it was the first MV in the Castlevania series. And now they’re mostly all like that, from Symphony through Bloodstained. Not to mention the GBA/DS ones, particularly the Sorrow titles.
There are still games like Castlevania 1 and 3. Ghosts & Ghouls, Double Dragon, Bad Dudes, Battletoads, Metal Slug… Some of those games are actually pretty good. I think the Terminator game Dark Fate coming out is one of those — and I want it. Mostly because I’m a T2 fan. But also because, when done right (especially Metal Slug), those games are a lot of fun. But, I always thought Castlevania was better for exploration than straight up side to side combat.
It got a lot of hate from me because the text lied. Blame bad translation or just bad game design. I had to wait until Gamefaq existed before I was able to solve the garlic puzzle.
Way I heard it, some of the characters were meant to straight up lie to you.
Vampires are known to be seductive. The Dracula in Castlevania is no exception. It makes sense that he has some agents in the various towns who feed misinformation to the Belmonts and their allies, and report back to the Count.
Back then though, I think we were supposed to consider games more trustworthy. We didn’t expect the game to lie to us. The unreliable narrator has become a lot more popular over the years. Imagine, for example, saying you hate Portal because GLaDOS lies to you. “But I was promised cake!” Same thing. Only we didn’t expect it then.