Why are the Castlevania games considered good?

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Azuren said:

kljesta64 said:
super castlevania is a perfect action platformer there are no stiff controls or unfair challenges like in other games its 99% your skills and you can even moonwalk..

symphony of the night is overrated with unnecessary rpg elements and every time you die it takes forever to respawn.

long story short super castlevania is great every other castlevania game is flawed in more than one way.

So the Castlevania on SNES that broke the necessity of items is better than a literal genre definer?

 

It is perfect at what it tries to do. Balanced and 100% requisite on skill. Replayable as hell.

Castlevania hasn't been enjoyable since metroidvania and its unneccesary backtracking and leveling gubbins. Why people place SOTN over Castlevania IV is beyond me.