Game » consists of 20 releases. Released Mar 20, 1997
If you never got the chance to play this back when it was released over ten years ago, now is the perfect chance. If you've ever played any of the castlevania games on the DS, you'll have a pretty good idea of what's going on when you first start. However, Symphony of the Night is by far the best execution of the castlevania formula. If you've never played it, you absolutely owe it to yourself as a gamer to. It's absolutely that good.
Casltevania as a series can be seen in three very different lights; a set of linear yet difficult and strategic 2D platformers, a side-scrolling Metroidvania, and a set of 3D hack-and-slash action games. The original iterations, which fall under the linear description, hold their place in history in the evolution of the series, but were basically halted production upon arrival of the fifth-generation of consoles. I have personally played the first four games on the NES and SNES to completion, an...
Some people will try to sell you on the idea that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is still the greatest game ever made. Disregard these people. Enter Castlevania without expectations and grandeur and you'll find that this game is still shockingly fresh, as many modern games now considered somewhat "innovative" are largely taking cues from this excellent game.For the uninitiated, Symphony of the Night is the first exploration-focused title in the Castlevania franchise, the game that adds the "...