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    Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

    Game » consists of 20 releases. Released Mar 20, 1997

    Dracula's castle has risen from the mist and the Belmont heir is missing! The open-ended gameplay mixed with RPG mechanics in this installment of Castlevania platformers set the template for later games in the series (coining the term "Metroidvania").

    Which in the Castlevania series are worth playing?

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    #1  Edited By CrossTheAtlantic

    I've been thinking about getting this game for a while now, and maybe some of the others. My question to you guys is, as there is a TON of Castelvania games out there, are there any in particular other than Symphony of the Night that you consider a necessary gaming experience?

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    #2  Edited By PureRok

    The DS and GBA Castlevania games are pretty great. Any that came out before Symphony of the Night are not.

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    #3  Edited By sjschmidt93

    Nothing's wrong with the S/NES versions. And the DS games are good.

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    #4  Edited By animateria

    Essentially anything 2D after/including SotN.  Though I think SotN is rather dull compared even to the GBA ones. (Looks better, but the boss fights are so.... uninteresting)

    Circle of the Moon is superb. The first and latest (essentially not Portrait of Ruin, that ones a bit tame... Or maybe it's too similar to the first one for me).

    The 3D ones aren't quite up to par so skip those.

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    #5  Edited By Icemael
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    #6  Edited By Al3xand3r

    I would say, Symphony of the Night first, followed by Aria/Dawn of Sorrow.

    There are more decent metroidvanias but really, play the few best ones, and you may find you've had enough for sometime.

    Order of Ecclesia mixes it up and should be played too.

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    #7  Edited By Jeust

    But Order of Ecclesia is harder than any of the other castlevania titles on the ds and gba. 
     
    It will give you some degree of challenge. 
     
    And my favourite one is the circle of the moon. Great game, with better gameplay than the SOTN and while, it has a weaker protagonist, it has a stronger story.  
     
    The first games (Castlevania, Castlevania II, III, IV, castlevania X and the ones on gameboy) are less story driven, and much more plataformers than the latter ones. But for people that like the genre there very good too.

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    #8  Edited By L33tfella_H

    All the GBA/DS games besides Harmony of Dissonance are really good.

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