Merzbow Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 This is a very cool little find, it's no wonder that it never made it to full production as it just doesn't work as an arcade title. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted April 17 Paid Members Share Posted April 17 My mate went to some big retro shop in Leeds and picked me up a copy of Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest while he was there. The Castlevania trilogy on the NES is a bit of a nightmare to be honest, at least the English versions. Castlevania 1 is fantastic and once you learn the bells and whistles a really fun game to bash through in one sitting. Castlevania 3 is supposed to be one of the best games on the console but currently people are selling it for £300+ so it can fuck off tbh. That leaves you with Castlevania 2 which has everything going for it, it's got great music, the sluggish but competent movement of 1 and then it adds in an open world with multiple paths and light RPG mechanics. The issue stems from the fact that the English translations got butchered so every NPC in the game gives you bad information or in some cases outright lies to you. The way the map connects makes no sense either. You need a guide to play the game or you will never finish it. It almost feels like a FromSoftware game the way it's so vague and characters are just out to fuck you over. It's a damn shame because with a tiny bit of tweaking to the dialogue and maybe a map system (or better connected map in general) it would be fantastic, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, FLips said: My mate went to some big retro shop in Leeds and picked me up a copy of Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest while he was there. The Castlevania trilogy on the NES is a bit of a nightmare to be honest, at least the English versions. Castlevania 1 is fantastic and once you learn the bells and whistles a really fun game to bash through in one sitting. Castlevania 3 is supposed to be one of the best games on the console but currently people are selling it for £300+ so it can fuck off tbh. That leaves you with Castlevania 2 which has everything going for it, it's got great music, the sluggish but competent movement of 1 and then it adds in an open world with multiple paths and light RPG mechanics. The issue stems from the fact that the English translations got butchered so every NPC in the game gives you bad information or in some cases outright lies to you. The way the map connects makes no sense either. You need a guide to play the game or you will never finish it. It almost feels like a FromSoftware game the way it's so vague and characters are just out to fuck you over. It's a damn shame because with a tiny bit of tweaking to the dialogue and maybe a map system (or better connected map in general) it would be fantastic, Maybe if you ever decide to get a flash cart you could stick this fan translation on it and play 2 that way, it seems to be a really well researched patch, too. https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1032/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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