Best Castlevania (Castleroids only)

[FM-77]

Konami's been pumping out practically identical Castlevania games for years now. Which one's the best?

I have to say Symphony of the Night. I consider it one of the best games in the history of the universe (along with Halo 1 and some Zelda games) and I'm not a fan of the other games in the series... aside from Dawn of Sorrow, which I actually enjoyed quite a lot... With the volume turned off though.

[Turbo D]

I voted harmony of dissonance because it is seriously a kick ass game.

[runinruder]

Ugh, I hate them all.

[gundarN]

I own a few of them and they all seem to blend into one game in the end.
Very good though.

[Kitsunexus]

I don't really like any of them. I just like the music.

My favorite Castlevania track is the disco remix of "Opposing Bloodlines" used in Level 1 of Castlevania: Dracula X for the SNES.

Download it now.

[nodtveidt]

None of the above. My favorite Castlevania games are Simon's Quest and Rondo Of Blood.

[termis]

Haven't played anything beyond SoN.

But I also like nodtvedit's choices, followed by Super Castlevania IV.

[Black Tiger]

None of the 'castleroids' can touch CotM in terms of real actual gameplay and design.

[FM-77]

The level design is great in COTM, I agree with that, but I find the game flawed in many ways besides that.

[ParanoiaDragon]

CotM is my least favorite, with SotN right above it.  Though, SotN be almost my least favorite, might have to do, with the fact that I didn't play it, until after I had played CotM, DoS, AoS, & HoD(in that order).  I then played PoR after SotN.  I really like PoR, but I'd probably put it below DoS, though, DoS, has a slight annoyance, when you have to use the touch pad to seal a boss   But, I just plain love these types of games.  I also like Scurge Hive, though, I haven't gotten to far into it, plus, it ain't side scrolling, so, it's a little different.

[Joe Redifer]

I picked SotN, but I am biased because I played it when it was called Nocturne in the Moonlight.  Here's my awesome story:

I was the first kid on my block to get Dracula X for the PC Engine brand new when it came out.  It was great and it made many people feign friendship towards me so they could get a chance to play such a rad new game!  The experience was great.  After awhile I had this shitty new piece of equipment called a Playstation.  It's graphics were all blocky and warped.  They caused diarrhea on more than one occasion.  I modded my PS so it could play great Japanese games like Choro-Q.  Then I heard they were making a direct sequel to Dracula X on this system.  Yay me!  So a friend bought the game when it came out and it was called Dracula X - Nocturne in the Motherf*ckin' Moonlight.  I borrowed the game and made an awesome CD-R copy since I was a criminal.  It was great hearing the dramatic Japanese voiceover and great music.  It was awesome.  I was jaded.  Then people started talking about how hard the US version sucked ass.  Then I heard the voices.  They were bad.  Not even "so-bad-it's good" bad, but much worse.  I was angry.

So I can see why people would hate this game since they didn't have the awesome first experience with it that I did.  You may now commence being jealous of me.

[Tatsujin]

gekka no yasoukyoku wins with light-years ahead.

[Michael Helgeson]

I picked SotN, but I am biased because I played it when it was called Nocturne in the Moonlight.  Here's my awesome story:

I was the first kid on my block to get Dracula X for the PC Engine brand new when it came out.  It was great and it made many people feign friendship towards me so they could get a chance to play such a rad new game!  The experience was great.  After awhile I had this shitty new piece of equipment called a Playstation.  It's graphics were all blocky and warped.  They caused diarrhea on more than one occasion.  I modded my PS so it could play great Japanese games like Choro-Q.  Then I heard they were making a direct sequel to Dracula X on this system.  Yay me!  So a friend bought the game when it came out and it was called Dracula X - Nocturne in the Motherf*ckin' Moonlight.  I borrowed the game and made an awesome CD-R copy since I was a criminal.  It was great hearing the dramatic Japanese voiceover and great music.  It was awesome.  I was jaded.  Then people started talking about how hard the US version sucked ass.  Then I heard the voices.  They were bad.  Not even "so-bad-it's good" bad, but much worse.  I was angry.

So I can see why people would hate this game since they didn't have the awesome first experience with it that I did.  You may now commence being jealous of me.

I refused to play the PSX version,US or Japanese release. I played through the Saturn version twice. That is the only version of the game I will touch.

[TR0N]

Castlevania SOTN all the way even while konami keeps trying to top, SOTN they fall short still.

[Joe Redifer]

After playing ASStal on the Saturn, I always felt that the console would be able to make a great Castlevania game.  But it appeared on the PS first.  And when they made the Saturn version, it was simply a lousy port with a few new backgrounds and a couple new tunes.  If it had been programmed from scratch for the console, it would have rocked hardcore, even more hardcore than Billy Squire!