Remake So It Doesn't Suck?

[killeryoshis]

CaptainExplosion said:

killeryoshis said:

No, I played through Castlevania 1,2, and 3 all this month. I am also playing through Order of Ecclesia on the DS right now.  If you played Castlevania 2 and other Metroidvania games you will notice on how Castlevania 2 is more similar to the later games than the classic games of the NES. This made Castlevania 2 feel like a beta for later Castlevania games on the handhelds and Symphony of the Night. 

Fair points. The game should've take notes from the original Metroid.

That definitely would've been a good idea. Metroid was an Open World like-game without the incredibly obscure puzzles. 

mZuzek said:

CaptainExplosion said:

Fair points. The game should've take notes from the original Metroid.

Yeah, because Metroid 1 was a great game lol. Maybe for its time, but nowadays it's basically garbage.

Metroid was an amazing game even back then. I played it and Super Metroid multiple times and enjoyed before. I think the two games are different in the same way Ocarina of Time and The Original Zelda are different. I think Metroid Prime 4 would be wise to take some inspiration from NES Metroid in the same way Breath of the Wild did with Zelda 1.

d21lewis said:

killeryoshis said:

No, I played through Castlevania 1,2, and 3 all this month. I am also playing through Order of Ecclesia on the DS right now.  If you played Castlevania 2 and other Metroidvania games you will notice on how Castlevania 2 is more similar to the later games than the classic games of the NES. This made Castlevania 2 feel like a beta for later Castlevania games on the handhelds and Symphony of the Night. 

Castlevania ii was our first game in the series. Probably because of the old Captain N cartoon. We didn't even call it Castlevania ii. We just called it Simon's Quest!

But I digress. At the time, I loved it. It was a little jarring going back and playing the first game and seeing how different and how much harder it was. I wanted Dracula's Curse to be more like Simon's Quest but I know I was on the minority.

And kudos to you for playing the series in this day and age. My old bones couldn't deal with the stress. I get anxiety just thinking about some of those old NES games!

Castlevania 2 actually fun if you know what to do. Thing is that most people have no clue what to do. Once you start playing it and understanding the system it becomes a wonderful idea. However, it stills feel incredibly limited compared to the later games making it harder to enjoy fully. Though you have to be happy about the later Castlevania games since they are more like Simon's Quest than the other ones. 

Also, Castlevania 1 and 3 are hard but they really don't start getting really stupid hard until near the end. Dracula's Castle in 3 made me go crazy with all its enemies and bottomless pits. The darn game had no mercy. It didn't help that you only had 3 lives to get through the stage AND beat Dracula. (Who has 3 forms that you must be perfect with. Did I mention that the last form has bottomless pits? Ridiculous! )