Best Castlevania

[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

[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.