Tragically cannot be bothered to finish.
While far better than II, Castlevania III is just a bit grueling to play. I recognize the awesome music, the awesome aesthetics the sometimes smart level design, the ability to change characters, it's very cool and this is all much more back to form with 1, which is all good and well.
However, just about every level is filled to the brim with unfair and sadistic game design. Half of the time it feels like it's my fault, but other times it just feels like complete nonsense solely put in to get more time out of the player, and I'm not here for that. There will be enemies spawning right on top of you, enemies infinitely spawning in a spot where you cannot hit them, enemies where if you miss one hit, you're probably dead, it's just tiring. Call it a skill issue, but I found every enemy more annoying than fun to defeat, and weirdly I found most of the boss fights overly easy? Like I would suffer through a super long level for eternity only to beat the boss in like, 2-4 tries, sometimes even first try. Just bizarre balancing going on.
I got about halfway through I think, I beat the serpents then I just sat there and realized, I'm not really having fun with this game. I was tempted to just suffer all the way through just so my opinion can be validated, but I just don't think it's worth it. I simply wasn't having fun at all. Playing the same very long level over and over and over and over again until you absolutely master it, because one hit can possibly kill you, is just not fun for me. So that's it, I decided it's not worth finishing, Castlevania 4 and onward look much more fun though, so maybe soon?
While far better than II, Castlevania III is just a bit grueling to play. I recognize the awesome music, the awesome aesthetics the sometimes smart level design, the ability to change characters, it's very cool and this is all much more back to form with 1, which is all good and well.
However, just about every level is filled to the brim with unfair and sadistic game design. Half of the time it feels like it's my fault, but other times it just feels like complete nonsense solely put in to get more time out of the player, and I'm not here for that. There will be enemies spawning right on top of you, enemies infinitely spawning in a spot where you cannot hit them, enemies where if you miss one hit, you're probably dead, it's just tiring. Call it a skill issue, but I found every enemy more annoying than fun to defeat, and weirdly I found most of the boss fights overly easy? Like I would suffer through a super long level for eternity only to beat the boss in like, 2-4 tries, sometimes even first try. Just bizarre balancing going on.
I got about halfway through I think, I beat the serpents then I just sat there and realized, I'm not really having fun with this game. I was tempted to just suffer all the way through just so my opinion can be validated, but I just don't think it's worth it. I simply wasn't having fun at all. Playing the same very long level over and over and over and over again until you absolutely master it, because one hit can possibly kill you, is just not fun for me. So that's it, I decided it's not worth finishing, Castlevania 4 and onward look much more fun though, so maybe soon?