Best Castlevania

[Nirvana]

I really liked Symphony of the Night. I liked how it started out with a part of Bloodlines...

[VGfan]

Easily Castlevania 3.
I find most of the other more normal ones like 1 and Dracula X a bit boring and I don't like the Metroid ones either.

[MarkMan]

My top 3...

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

[mr_pollock]

I voted for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX).

My personal favorite is Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.

The reason I voted for the SOTN (PSX) as the best is because it was (and is) widely available. The current price isn't very high. It is a great game with replay value.

I really love Akumajo Dracula X: Chi no Rondo, but my experience with it was on an emulator. I doubt I will ever get the real game or have the system to play it on. Even though it is a great game, I can't consider it the best because not many people are able to own or play it.

And there you have my two cents.

[clawx]

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is the best in the series, with Castlevania II: Simon's Quest in second place.

[kidkool]

Castlevania III. With mutiple paths and characters you just can't go wrong (I liked how DoS took a page out of this game)
I also very much loved II for being very original and unique. And Symphony gets my love for having the ability to play as Alucard. :D I think I just Castevania in general *fanboys some more*

[SEGA-SAMMY]

I went with Super Castlevania 4 for Super Nintendo. I think it has the best controls, music, and level design. I haven't played the PC Engine game but I really want to try it! :D

Symphony of the Night is my second favourite with the SNES Dracula X being third.

[Richter Belmount]

This poll needs a update , but I find dracula x a great but short expierence , but sotn I like more cause its a balanced out longer title.

[B - Mark]

Unfortunately, Castlevania Bloodlines for Mega Drive / Genesis , my favorite Castlevania is abstence.
In this situation, i voted in Castlevania III - Dracula´s Curse for NES, my second Castlevania game favorite.

[bangtango]

Simon's Quest was probably the only Castlevania game I truly liked. That is easy to say, though, since I never played the N64 or PS1 versions.

[bangtango]

Simon's Quest was probably the only Castlevania game I truly liked. That is easy to say, though, since I never played the N64 or PS1 versions.

[Synergy]

It's an extremely tough choice for me between Simon's Quest and Symphony of the Night, but Simon's Quest gets the slight edge, so I voted for that.

The entire series kicks ass and takes names. My #3 would be a tie between Rondo of Blood and Dracula's Curse. And, Alucard from SOTN is one of my favorites, if not my definitive favorite video game character.

[jpark203]

I loved Symphony of the Night, but Super Castlevania IV is probably my all time favorite. And where's Bloodlines? That game was pretty fun and had some great music as well.

[bangtango]

You could only rectify that by rewording the poll to say "which system had the best Castlevania game (or games)", so you could squeeze all the Gameboy models into one slot, fit in the Turbo Duo and account for the three NES versions without them dominating the lion's share of poll choices.

[segamaster]

id have to say, the most fun to play (on your list) was SOTN. although my fav. of all time is still unchanged:

tis Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

[50s Brawler]

Can't vote because neither option is up there for me. For me it's either Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (PCE/SCD) or the Mega Drive "Vampire Killer" AKA: Castlevania Bloodlines. Some days I prefer one of the other, though usually it's Rondo of Blood FTW. I'm surpised neither the MD/Genesis nor PCE entries were on the list. :(

[Three-P]

Symphony of the Night, bitches! I got nothin' but love for that game!

[Arcade_Ness]

Since Rondo of Blood was absent off the list I went with Castlevania 3.

[SpaceHarrier]

Though I was tempted to vote Super Castlevania IV for nostalgia, I had to go with SOTN for general playability and amazing soundtrack.

DIE MONSTER!!

[The 1 2 P]

I went with Syphony of the Night too, but no Bloodlines on Genesis? And Castlevania Chronicles on the PS1? I know it was a remake of the original but I prefer it.

[bb_hood]

Why the hell is Rondo of Blood for pc engine off the list? I think thats best, even better than symphony.

[ThoughtBomb]

I haven't had the chance to play Rondo yet (by the way it is available on PSP for anyone who doesn't want to do emulators or actually go get the import) or any of the GBA/DS ones, but I'll always remember Simon's Quest for it's music and general vibe when I was younger. Of course years later when I had what was the easiest Dracula fight in that game (you spend the whole game reviving to guy just to kill him in 2-3 whips?!?!) it kinda sorta really let me down. Symphony was very good for what it was although I must admit I enjoy the traditional level by level, so I'd have to go with Bloodlines for Genesis, which wasn't even on the list. It's got the classic Castlevania feel & music, 2 playable characters and some pretty interesting stages & graphics. Not so much a rare gem more so than just a generally unknown Genesis release.

[darkhades]

Castlevania II Simons Quest has always been my favorite, but I love them all except the PS2 Castlevania's.

[j_factor]

My favorites are thus:

1. Symphony of the Night
2. Castlevania Bloodlines
3. Circle of the Moon

Rondo is the only game in the series I haven't played (excluding Vs. Castlevania and Haunted Castle). I can't stand any of the 8-bit Game Boy games.

[G-Boobie]

Symphony, no contest. I've beaten that game twenty times over ten years, and I still find something new every time.

[GnawRadar]

My favorite: Symphony of the Night

I almost voted Dracula X because the remake on PSP is superb, but the original is so damned hard that it almost takes away from the game at points. I went with Symphony of the Night because I enjoyed the game the whole way through and even though there were times that were tough I knew I would get the hang of them and I almost completed the game to 200.6% but only got to 197% and really didn't feel like finding the other 3.6%.

[LuxKiller65]

Too bad the list is so unexhaustive.

[Steven]

I voted (Super) Castlevania IV, and admittedly, I haven't played all of them, but SC is my favorite, so yeah. It's got an awesome atmosphere and I just love its simple gameplay.

[RPG_Fanatic]

SOTN :hail:

[Ruudos]

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

Even though we were disappointed when we first played it, since we expected something like Simon's Quest (the first and only Castlevania we had played at that time).

[The 1 2 P]

Now that I finally beat Super Castlevania 4 I can definitely say that it is NOT my favorite Castlevania. There were a few times that I really wanted to throw my controller. But instead I just put it down and played something else.

[Roehm21]

It is going to have to be SOTN but Super Castlevania 4 came in a very close second.

Peace,
Dan

[TheGam3r]

Castlevania (NES)

[kupomogli]

Super Castlevania 4, then the original. Infact, I have in order my thoughts of every game in the series aside from HC and some others I haven't played. Just so some of you know. I like SotN and it's an amazing game, but I prefer other ones before it, and yes, even Legends and Adventure. The list doesn't include ports either.

SCV4, CV, BR, CV2, CV3, Bloodlines, CotM, DoS, AoS, DXC, Rondo, LoI, CV64/LoD, HoD, Chronicles, Dracula X, Legends, CVA, and SotN. I don't really like PoR and CoD but they are bearable. VK and OoE on the other hand are terrible. Then there's OoS and Judgment, both being in their own leagues of crappy gameplay, but atleast OoS has redeeming qualities as actually playing like a CV.

I could make a huge rant about how pathetic OoE is and why, but I'll skip it and not even bother, but I will note that the game isn't hard and it's more of a timed button masher that consists of point A to B the entire game than anything else.