Complete playthrough. For its final NES instalment, Castlevania III returns to the more traditional style of the first game, taking place as a sequel. The core platforming gameplay remains as solid as ever, though of course with its unforgiving difficulty there's significant potential for frustration too. I'd call this my favourite of the first three games, building nicely as it does on the mechanical variety on offer - in particular, we now see levels containing moving platform elements, increased verticality to level design and a greater overall length, including with multiple paths to choose between.