Castlevania Franchise Box Art By Ayami Kojima

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First impressions

Castlevania symphony of the night

Castlevania symphony of the night is most popular title in the castlevania franchise considered one of the essential titles of the original PlayStation and my first entry into the castlevania series

Now I’ve never played a castlevania game or even a Metroidvania game before the most I’ve played was a demo for Metroid dread

But now that I’m playing one for the first time how do I feel about it I’ll go over it under the cut

Now just a reminder I haven’t finished the story yet so if I’m leaving out anything that’s why

The story so far

The game starts with us playing as richter facing Dracula at the end of rondo of blood with one of the most infamously cheesy voice acting scenes

Thank the maker for the redub

After we defeat Dracula the game cuts to four years later richter has gone missing and castlevania has reappeared leading Alucard (the son of Dracula from castlevania 3 ) to investigate

The game starts with you at full power blasting through enemies with your abilities until you remember this is a metroidvania game and death comes to steal your weapons and abilities from then on you travel across the castle meeting new people fighting monsters and frequently coming across a mysterious woman named Maria who seems to know something about richter

Hey this is where I am at the moment I’ll save the full summary for the full review

The gameplay

Castlevania sotn has you roaming throughout the castle fighting monsters and exploring what might be there

Like most Metroidvania’s the game is very much open ended meaning you can explore at your own pace however some areas will be blocked and won’t be accessible unless you find a relic that will give you the ability to proceed

The combat in this game has cool twist in it that there are rpg elements attached to it

In this game Alucard can be customized through the weapons and equipment you find from beating enemies or exploring

There are many weapons in this game from long swords short swords rods shields bows and many others and these give a lot of room for customization during combat

Alucard however can only equip two weapons at a time so be smart with how you design him and make sure it’s fitting for the level and enemies you’re facing

I should also note that many powerful weapons you get early in the game are typically one use so be mindful of that

Another thing I should mention is that alucards abilities can be gained through relics you find in the game from the ability to double jump to his transformation powers

There are many enemies in this game that have a lot of cool concepts and designs however they can be difficult to deal with in the beginning however once you get the hang of things the enemies become more easier to deal with

The most annoying enemies however are the smaller ones because while they may take less damage to kill they are much harder to hit

This can make them deadly if they are placed in Large amounts

Another thing I should mention is that early in the game I’d recommend not going

At the monsters considering there’s a good chance of your butt getting kicked and you being faced with monsters while at low heath

Castlevania is divided into many levels that are fun to explore and play through

A lot backgrounds are very cool to look at and there’s a lot a variety in the enemies you face with my favorite’s being the library and colosseum

However the ones I’d argue being poorly designed are the clock tower platforming ones

Not only do you have to deal with flying enemies who could knock you back if you get hit but enemies like crows who attack you when you get to close and are much smaller making them harder to hit and Medusa head who are small as well except they come from the side off the stage

Overall this is a very fun game to play and so far I’m enjoying it I’ll give a full review once I finish the game so have a good day

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My guy really deserves the ian Flynn treatment in the comics and I know he’s more than willing to give it to him

“It’ll be interesting seeing all the people joining Sonic Frontiers experiencing Ian Flynn’s writing and experiencing the people who think he can do no wrong.” Ian Flynn’s the best writer Sonic has had officially in a long goddamn time and it drives me nuts how people have this ridiculous hate boner against him for things that are 90% decisions that someone above him forced onto him (Archie Editorial and now SEGA themselves) and 10% things he himself admits he failed at as if he’s someone with Penders’ level of ego.

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Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure(ive been like halfway through part 5 for lke months now lmao)

Gurren Lagann

Metal Gear Solid

Fire Emblem(especially since Fates is out in a few days!!!)

Pokemon

Xenoblade Chronicles

Smash Bros

Persona 3 and 4

The Legend of Zelda

Splatoon

just video games in general

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