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Majin-Tenshinhan on 26 October 2009
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Kenryoku_Maxis said:
disolitude said:
elgefe02 said:
I played all the castlevanias games and I will Highly Reccomend Castlevania II and III for the NES era and all the portables (GBA - DS)


I agree that Castlevania 2 and 3 were great back in the day...Super Castlevania too on the Snes. But do you really think that someone that started with a DS castlevania will appreciate the old school titles?

I think SOTN is as far as a new fan of the series can go, if they start with a post -metroidvania version of the game.

 

 

Sadly, no.  And that's the problem.  There's a split in Castlevania fans now adays.  A lot of people who played the games back on the NES and SNES days enjoy the newer games (and some don't) but they're really looking around for something more 'quality' to come out of the series.  I myself feel that the last 10-12 years after SotN has been rather weak and repetative.  Kind of like just repeating the legacy of SotN, but with a new coat of paint and a new story each game.  Even the 3D games were basically SotN put on a 3D plane.

On the flip side there's people who just got into the series with SotN, Aria or even Dawn of Sorrow and think they're the best games in the whole series.  But then won't even touch any of the past games considering them too 'primitive' and because they're 'different'.  Is this thinking wrong?  Well maybe not, but it IS wrong to claim that when you won't even play the past games and just obsess over the newer ones.

This is why I think the recent change of Konami (finally) having new development groups working on the series again and trying to hark back to the 'older' feel of the series is healthy.  The series needs new blood, or else the only fans who will be playing it in the future are the same rouchly 500,000 people obsessed with 'Dawn of Sorrow'.

I started off with Aria of Sorrow, and have mostly played the DS-games ... My favorite is probably Portrait of Ruin (controversial as this opinion may be), or the classic Symphony of the Night. However, I do enjoy Castlevania I, III and Super Castlevania IV quite a bit. Sure, I prefer the Metroidvanias, but I think the oldschool ones are pretty awesome too.

Just wanted to share that I guess. XD