Zero Punctuation: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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Hahaha nothing bad to say.
These older game are great because they demanded so much skill that if you couldnt play gtfo!
And werent made to sell copies like todays poison is.
These older game are great because they demanded so much skill that if you couldnt play gtfo!
And werent made to sell copies like todays poison is.
Dont say that bro theyres just nothng bad about the last several games hes reviewed.Noobtron2 said:
Keep in mind hes a critic not a comedian. Hes to give us insight on whether to buy a game or not. Hes the only one thatll tell like it is about the core elements of that which makes a good nostalgic game.
You aren't seriously saying that SOTN required skill, are you? I can see that for the majority of the Caslevania series but SOTN was coma inducingly easy.Silent Eagle said:
Did you do the 99 luck thing and get two crissagrims plus every other item in the game and get to keep your shit from death in the beginning on new game plus?StriderShinryu said:
Wasnt ridiculously hard, but challenging.
word, Death in Blood lines didn't fuck around at all, that fight sucked x.xeva243 said:
interesting review choice though, but then if i had to review something as was faced with the crap that's out now, probably do Super Metriod >.>
You beat me to it, but it's true. Alucard's name is taken from the 1943 movie Son of Dracula:Dragon_Nexus said:
Anyway, this review only reinforces my desire to buy Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles, which includes Symphony of the Night as an unlockable. I've been wanting to buy that game for a while now.
No one in their right mind, anywhere, if given the choice, should play Donkey Kong Country Returns over Symphony of the Night.Srdjan Tanaskovic said:
Pretty much correct.
The running around like a lost cat gets a bit tiresome at times. I got pretty annoyed at the very ambiguous "you need a guide to figure this out" hidden stuff. That and the inverted castle was a bit of a let down as I was basically an unstoppable killing machine by that point. Most of the bosses were a complete joke in the face of the Super Cross Attack. Though that lightning bastard at the top of the inverted castle was a pretty big pain in my rear end.
Oh and the voice acting.
I love Alucard's forward moon walk.
The running around like a lost cat gets a bit tiresome at times. I got pretty annoyed at the very ambiguous "you need a guide to figure this out" hidden stuff. That and the inverted castle was a bit of a let down as I was basically an unstoppable killing machine by that point. Most of the bosses were a complete joke in the face of the Super Cross Attack. Though that lightning bastard at the top of the inverted castle was a pretty big pain in my rear end.
Oh and the voice acting.
I love Alucard's forward moon walk.
Two nitpicks:
1. "Alucard" was first used in the movie Son of Dracula (1943), where he wasn't actually Dracula's son. The more direct source is the Hammer film Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) which had a character called "Johnny Alucard", and also introduced the idea of Dracula resurrecting every 100 years which Castlevania has copied.
2. The giant wolves at the beginning are only easy because you have great equipment. Once you lose the equipment they're harder.
1. "Alucard" was first used in the movie Son of Dracula (1943), where he wasn't actually Dracula's son. The more direct source is the Hammer film Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) which had a character called "Johnny Alucard", and also introduced the idea of Dracula resurrecting every 100 years which Castlevania has copied.
2. The giant wolves at the beginning are only easy because you have great equipment. Once you lose the equipment they're harder.
Not to sound like a snob, but Alucard comes from Son of Dracula, an movie by universal studios in 1943. The trick of it being Dracula backwards is also pointed out in that movie. Although the japanese abuse this fact (seen in hellsing, SOTN, Blazblue etc) it wasn't their idea.
LOL Patrick Stewart
and ouch to William Shatner, but admittedly in this current generation he's just not doing much that isn't just backwards step in his huge nerdom legacy (maybe the next Star Trek film really will retcon old Kirk in...old fat Kirk that is)
haha SOCOM 4 with the character accent changing...interesting. although I'm not sure if I could take some accents seriously (like say...Irish, although that would be bloody amazing)
and ouch to William Shatner, but admittedly in this current generation he's just not doing much that isn't just backwards step in his huge nerdom legacy (maybe the next Star Trek film really will retcon old Kirk in...old fat Kirk that is)
haha SOCOM 4 with the character accent changing...interesting. although I'm not sure if I could take some accents seriously (like say...Irish, although that would be bloody amazing
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There's a challenge document somewhere in the net that details a 200.6% Map Completion with only one monster kill. Try that if you want a "Challenge". Or beat the 425.5% Map Completion record (current highest).Ellen of Kitten said:How funny you should do this review now! Summer Vaccation just let out for (some of) us, and I decided to get in some wholesome gaming. Symphony of the Night was the first game I considered settling into. But sadly I can't play the game anymore. I loved it when it was still fresh for me. But I've played the game over 20 times now. I know all the spells and special moves- not by conventional memory, but rather by muscle memory. No matter how much I change up the game, or equip weaker items to make the experience harder, I just can't get interested anymore.
SotN is one of those rare games they don't make anymore (Shadow Complex aside). It's awesome for those that have played it less than 5 times.
Well what a pleasant surprise. I personally love the Castlevania series. Definetly one of my favorite game series of all time.