http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-19T23:03:58 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19 I hear you there, though I've played all of them except for Legends, Kid Dracula, and Castlevania Adventure II.  I'm actually on the hunt for the Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night with the "lost" levels.  Well actually, I still need to get a NTSC-J Saturn first.  >_>  Admittedly, Resurrection resurrected on the 3DS would be awesome, but that's just a CV fan's dream.  It'd be nice though.  We can all agree that the franchise is has quite a few titles, but how many of them really stand out?  The newer ones for PS2 and 360 are quite nice, though they lack the charm that the original games own.  I love LoS, but I'd still play Akumajo Dracula X:  Chi no Rondo (PC Engine) and the good ol' classics. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-19T22:46:33 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-19T22:36:14 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-16T03:01:46 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19 Originally posted by: Phins

Resurrect Resurrection for the 3DS, and throw in SoTN and Legacy of Darkness.

LOL!! As unlikely as that would be.. That would be freakin' awesome. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-15T15:42:42 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-12T17:50:45 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-12T13:38:37 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19
I just recently(about 6 months ago) picked up Curse of Darkness for PS2 and its actually a pretty decent title. Only reason i quit playing was i got stuck on i believe it was fighting Richtor? Fucker kept kicking my ass and pissing me off. lol. I still need to pickup the other title for PS2 which im sure will be decent too.

Curse of Darkness i think i need to give another shot. I got it on release day(pre-ordered) and thought it was pretty decent but got bored of it after awhile and never got back to it. Seemed repetitive. Im sure eventually i will pick it back up again and give it another go. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-11T19:40:47 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19
(the rest is somewhat trailing off-topic, more-so relating to the other games people here have mentioned)

I thoroughly enjoyed the Nintendo 64 games. Legacy of Darkness is the larger game of the two, but strangely I prefer some of the level designs (and higher difficulty) in the original game than I do LoD.. Regardless, both are worth owning IMO if the proper time and attention is given to them. RetroSnow did a great review on the first one and really puts it in it's deserving place.

In regards to the talk about the PS2 games, those are mixed for me.. I really liked Lament of Innocence when it came out. Awesome visuals, awesome music, awesome gameplay mixing both styles the series is known for, awesome boss fights. Good secrets. Not so awesome story or voice-acting though and that's what keeps it from being excellent. Regardless, it's worth checking out IMO and I wouldn't have minded the series to continue in the direction this one was leaning towards.

Curse of Darkness I found to be mediocre at best. I was stoked when I heard it was heading back into more of a SotN direction, but was severely disappointed as I trudged through this game. Weak boss fights, extremely repetitive and monotonous level designs (one long corridor after another, typically), weak enemy designs that also get the palette-swap treatment as the game goes on, and another terrible story with equally poor voice-acting. Ugh. Like someone else mentioned, the leveling-up and upgrade system was cool, but that and the soundtrack is really all it has going for it. I think it would have been better for Konami to release it as a different game altogether, not a Castlevania. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-11T14:52:37 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19
Anyway, the Castlevania: Resurrection, or whatever the Dreamcast installment was going to be called, probably wouldn't've been that great, either, unless they were finally going to work out the kinks in the original 3D games, but I guess we'll never know. Now that I think about it, this is kind of typical about everything about the Dreamcast; unmet potential. Sad. =( ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=50379 2011-05-11T13:45:43 -05.00 Dragonmaster_Ruban 19
It's the real deal. ]]>