/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2265526
Simon's Quest is so vastly superior to the format of 1 and 3 and it gets knocked so hard. Some 'best of' video list I was watching a few months ago said something along the lines of Castlevania 2 not even qualifying for the list since it was so bad...How the Fuck?! It's as comfortable to play as 1 and 3 as far as side-scrolling, jump/whip mechanics and so on, instantly better than 1 and 3 due to the fact that you can go back to previous screens (not a claustrophobic side-scroller)...once you add in the special whips and whip upgrades, special weapons/items with more than just damaging abilities (garlic to summon, diamond to call tornado...) and the body parts which serve purposes (the rib for example) it becomes harder to argue that 1 and 3 had anything on 2. Also, 3 is tough on my eyes; they wanted to make it look better and more full but it was just way over-textured.