I think for the next retro review Yahtzee should do The Legend of Dragoon. It's a classic PSOne title and it has a lot of different gameplay aspects (RPG, Action, Adventure, Cooking Mama (I'm totally serious)) and it really develops the characters quite well, even the ones they kill off early.
Zero Punctuation: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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Nothing wrong with reviewing the classics, if it gets them out there for a new generation of gamers fantastic. I remember playing this game when it first came out and I shelved almost everything else at the time, to have a few more people know it exists and can be downloaded on xbox is nothing but brilliant.
Symphony of the Night kind of IS on the Xbox Marketplace.Dragonpit said:
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Castlevania-SOTN/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410847
Have fun.
Why don't you review this game next? Or at least wait until it's a full game. http://ace-spades.com/
Hi Ben,
nice and interesting review. In a way I have idolized SoTN, so I couldn't see the negatives of the game.
You didn't mention anything about the music. Did you like it?
nice and interesting review. In a way I have idolized SoTN, so I couldn't see the negatives of the game.
You didn't mention anything about the music. Did you like it?
nice review. i sure wish i had the saturn version though for the extra dungeon etc. well... i guess there's always emulators.
agreed about the crissaegrim thing above though. once you go out of your way (and you WILL go out of your way to find the best weapons) the game becomes rediculously easy... shield rod + alucard shield combo? oh dear... but this is one of 'those' games where people are still doing 'speed runs' or 'short sword runs' so i guess that kind of does make it a pretty good classic in that we don't need 'achievements' because we'll forever be setting our own challenges.
i also very much enjoyed finding the hidden elements of the game -- from the special 'bat move' to the upside down castle to the sun sword that spawns skeletal warriors -- it was all very cool that this wasn't just presented on a plate for idiots, and instead left for you to find on your own.
we need more metroidvania games!
agreed about the crissaegrim thing above though. once you go out of your way (and you WILL go out of your way to find the best weapons) the game becomes rediculously easy... shield rod + alucard shield combo? oh dear... but this is one of 'those' games where people are still doing 'speed runs' or 'short sword runs' so i guess that kind of does make it a pretty good classic in that we don't need 'achievements' because we'll forever be setting our own challenges.
i also very much enjoyed finding the hidden elements of the game -- from the special 'bat move' to the upside down castle to the sun sword that spawns skeletal warriors -- it was all very cool that this wasn't just presented on a plate for idiots, and instead left for you to find on your own.
we need more metroidvania games!
To actually enjoy Symphon-- er, I mean, Devil's Castle Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight, the way it was MEANT to be, you must get the fan-translated version, not the silly official one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rBGKVgXYjM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rBGKVgXYjM
I never played a Castlevania game until the GBA and quickly fell in love with the games so when this game (one I heard is a fan favorite) was on the XBLA I picked it up. While I did enjoy it there were things that annoyed me. I was happy that Yahtzee pointed out the most egregious one being the knockback from any damage.
Never heard of Symphony of the Night. If you're review taught me anything, i might as well try it.
Great review as always.
Great review as always.
Noooo! Not the Fleamen! Not the Fleamen!!
This was one of my favorite psx games.
If you haven't played Shadow Complex, then you're missing the next best game in this playstyle.
This was one of my favorite psx games.
If you haven't played Shadow Complex, then you're missing the next best game in this playstyle.
Alucard was the main villain in "Son of Dracula," which was the third installment of the Dracual franchise.
Just throwing that out there.
Just throwing that out there.
#1) I'm amazed he didn't crap on this game, as he usually does with almost everything - Good on you Yahtzee, because I'd have to hate you otherwise what with it being ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES EVER MADE!
#2) Why just now? Methinks someone was bored to tears
#2) Why just now? Methinks someone was bored to tears
Alrighty... I've never had the want to comment but on this one yes... alright... SON is kinda old and more than last years news, but once you play SON you nee to try and play COD (Curse of Darkness)... it was what kind of revived the SON gameplay that Castlevania games were missing after SON... you get some of the same drudge mixed into the mix and there is a multi level dungeon which takes you back to Zelda: Wind Waker almost but is does capture most elements in a more up tp date theme... and yes... death and dracula are in this one unlike that other abomination... sigh... I digress.. anways... big fan of your reviews... and if you thought there was some good aspects tp SON, I do recommend COD and would like to here what you think of that...
