Castlevania

[Anonymous No.4859068]

I just beat Symphony of the Night and it was pretty gud but way too easy. Haven't played any of the other games though, which ones are good?

[Anonymous No.4859109]

It's funny how Konami games like SOTN and MGS are impossible to discuss here because one poster's autism hate boner stops it.

[Anonymous No.4859110]

start with the NES games if you think that sotn was too easy

[Anonymous No.4859120]

>which ones are good?
1, 3, 4, Rondo, X68000, Belmont's Revenge, Bloodlines, Dracula X SNES.
They are nothing like SOTN though. If you want to play a hybrid between classicvania and SOTN-style games where you explore more, play Simon's Quest and the MSX Castlevania.

[Anonymous No.4859124]

>>4859109
>one poster's autism

[Anonymous No.4859131]

>>4859120
>4
>good

[Anonymous No.4859141]

>>4859068
>which ones are good?
X68k/Chronicles, 3, Rondo of Blood, Bloodlines. Aria or Sorrow, Order of Ecclesia

[Anonymous No.4859142]

>>4859131
That's fine, let the shitposting begin.
If OP is truly new to the series, I'm just giving him the games that are playable and objectively good.
Nobody really cares about subjectivities and elitism.

[Anonymous No.4859147]

>>4859120
>Bloodlines
>good

[Anonymous No.4859150]

>>4859109
we can't discuss metal gear solid because of the shitposter who keeps posting the overrated gaming general or w/e using a picture of it. fucking sucks

[Anonymous No.4859163]

>>4859109
It's still plenty possible though. Hyper autists getting triggered by popular games is great comedy.

[Anonymous No.4859183]

>>4859131
yeah, it is

[Anonymous No.4859510]

>>4859068
Did you get all the item drops, weapons, and armor? level up all familiars?

[Anonymous No.4859516]

>>4859510
>being a completionist autist
fuck off, you're almost as bad as the storyfags

[Anonymous No.4860885]

aright, started from NES and I think I'm not cut out for this 8bit shit
looks and plays like ass, reminds me of Dark Castle but worse

[Anonymous No.4861092]

>>4859068
>which ones are good?
>>4859120 This anon showed the fun classic Castlevania games, but there are fun exploration ones too.If SotN was too easy, try Circle of the Moon on GBA.

[Anonymous No.4861108]

>>4859068
My fav is Rondo.
If you want a metroidvania try aria of sorrow for gba or order of ecclesia for ds.
They are not retro but enjoyable.
Aria is similar difficulty wise to sotn but with much better balance, bosses can kill you easily in late game, OoE will kick your ass relentlessy.

[Anonymous No.4861325]

Play circle of the moon and aria of sorrow for good ones similar to SOTN.

CV3, Rondo, and Drac X are great, but they feel very different from SOTN

[Anonymous No.4861449]

Unfortunately Portrait of Ruin's hard mode must be unlocked by beating the game. That's probably the best Castloid, play it on hard mode lvl 1 cap.

[Anonymous No.4861765]

>>4861449
It is good, though I don't like the levels in it much. The DoS extra mode is good too.

OoC would be perfect if it didn't have glyph griding and the levels were connected into an open world.

[Anonymous No.4862027]

>>4859068
My favourites besides SOTN are Rondo Of Blood, Order Or Ecclesia and Aria Of Sorrow. Bloodlines, Castlevania 1, Harmony Of Dissonance(yes, I like it) and honestly any of the GBA/DS games have their charms. To be fair I like almost every Castlevania game but if you want another game like SOTN most will probably point you to Aria Of Sorrow and if you want a linear style game many like Super IV and I love ROB. Either way I hope you have fun.

[Anonymous No.4862049]

>>4861325
Harmony is closest to SOTN with its reverse-side, just get a pallet hack to make the colors better. It was made with the non-backlit GBA in mind and looks disgusting on a proper screen.

[Anonymous No.4862075]

>>4862049
Also closest in the no-challenge department

[Anonymous No.4862089]

>>4859068
My favorites are Aria of Sorrow and Curse of Darkness.

[Anonymous No.4862090]

>>4861449
>PoR
>Anything but shit
It's garbage mate, plus it's not even retrJONATHAN!
AoS, CotM, and OoE are the only good handheld Castleroids.

[Anonymous No.4862106]

>>4859516
fuck you and just play the god damn game

[Anonymous No.4862132]

>people don't realize that OP is using the exact same image but stating the opposite of what he usually accompanies it with, so he can argue that the mods are being biased instead of just cleaning up shitposting

[Anonymous No.4862207]

>>4862106
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlR9h3VfZf4

[Anonymous No.4862501]

>>4862132
What are you talking about, OP?

[Anonymous No.4862508]

>>4859068
Rondo is hands down the best one. The metroid ripoffs (SOTN onwards) are all the same generic gameplay wise and then they turned it from goth horror into teenage anime melodrama.

[Anonymous No.4863721]

>>4859068
>which ones are good?
All of them except Order of Ecclesia. Ignore that garbage.

[Anonymous No.4863750]

>>4863721
But OoE is the second-best castleroid after CotM, you plebian.

[Anonymous No.4863757]

>>4863750
Not him but I found it lacking. That it's finally not piss easy was good but they dropped the ball on so much else. Collecting and leveling glyphs gets to be a real chore. The level design is really lacking and made worse by not being connected. The only really hard platforming is kept for the bonus dungeon. It's nit awful, but feels like so much wasted potential.

[Anonymous No.4863786]

>>4863757
I like OoE for making side quests actually fun and rewarding for once, and I also like how game encourages you to try different abilities; they don't have cryptic range or MP limitations, and many bosses and enemies make way too unviable to tackle them with a standard sword.
I'd also argue the maps are better than the average, they may have simple patterns, but it's more interesting that being confined to a castle. PoR did it better though.

[Anonymous No.4863801]

>>4863786
I did like not being confined to the castle, that's for sure. I think it just feels so close to the Castlevania I wanted that the ways it fails really stand out.

[Anonymous No.4863943]

>>4859068
There's a Hardtype version you can google that makes the game much much less of a cakewalk.