/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2293543 here.
Been beating all the oldies I never got around to finishing.

Jesus christ, this game is even easier than Dracula X. That's not even just because of the aim-able whip either, since I could just use the Axe and hit the same enemies (with a bit of aiming, of course) I did with anything but forward. The games gives you tons of hearts and meat (EVEN DRAC HIMSELF GIVES YOU MEAT FOR FUCK'S SAKE) and there's an entire fucking stage almost guaranteed to get you an extra life through points alone.
The only difficult thing is Slogra (and that's only because his behavior is way too retardedly fast as fuck, so he's more so artificial bullshit than he is actually hard) and, to a lesser extent, Death (who actually DOES provide a fair challenge, thankfully). Most enemies are way too open to take hits (hell, I don't even think any of the armor-enemies had ANY invuln or guard areas) and those that aren't simply are only annoying during a jump or in swarms. Most of the bosses don't even last a minute.

That said, I don't hate it. It's quite atmospheric, and there's some nifty stage gimmicks I don't recall being used again, such as the flying platforms acting as "stairs" in one of the last levels. Even though Dracula's fight wasn't all that, I really enjoyed how the music changed to the Theme of Simon when Drac was on the ropes and started lashing out lighting. It's definitely the classicvania you play if you want to feel like a shitwrecking badass versus the death-defying clashes of the others where you're pretty much fighting for your life at times.

Also, I got a good laugh out of Simon going around the rising rings stuck in this pose until I swung again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dT2eBWI2M&t=1m49s