I actually think this game is better than SC4, Bloodlines, 1, and pretty much all classicvanias except for Rondo of Blood. This game can be awful for new comers, but once you play it again, you start to master it and get so much better at it that the difficulty just decreases tremendously. That combined with the amazing checkpoint stages and short stages make this game easily one of the best classivanias ever made.
Dracula X is a whiff, if I'm being honest. I understand that its status as a compromised pseudo-port of Rondo of Blood meant it wasn't going to be on that game's level, but I didn't expect something so middling. This feels like it was handed over to the GB team (not that I've checked), with the same technical and design sloppiness that permeated those games. There are a few novel ideas which I would have liked to see implemented in better Castlevania games, such as the natural means by which the first alternate level is accessed, but I can't say they were enough to create an overall positive impression.
The fundamentals are there, so its not dreadful, just don't feel too bad using save states to get past some of the bullshit level and enemy design. That final boss can fuck right off.
The fundamentals are there, so its not dreadful, just don't feel too bad using save states to get past some of the bullshit level and enemy design. That final boss can fuck right off.
Not as good as Rondo of Blood but it comes pretty close. The music and grpahics are still fantastic with fun gameplay. The difficulty can be frustrating but with pracitce this game becomes rather easy. Its short length does hinder the overall experience a tad, but it is far from a bad castlevania game and its one of the stronger action games on the Snes.
While the graphics are arguably better than Super Castlevania IV, the combat in this is clunky as all hell and hard to master. The monster placement was more frustrating than in IV, with Knight's able to poke you from above with spears through floors (seriously, one time a knight was placed so haphazardly that it made it almost impossible to pass). The game also feels very short for a mainline release. This was definitely a step down from IV, hopefully later entries will be better.