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Castlevania II - Simon\'s Redaction 01-08-15 10:45 PM
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Castlevania II - Simon's Redaction : Well indeed!
So today, I'm doing a review of Castlevania 2 - Simon's Redaction, a much more simpler and easy to understand version of the nes classic. This is my first review so I'm open to constructive criticism. Anyway, let's begin.
First off, there's the graphics. Nothing special for today's standards but back then, in the 80s, these graphics were seen as very high in quality. Rarely is a glitch ever seen, so the game looks very polished. Also, the enemy sprites are top notch, with everything looking like it should: villagers look like villagers, skeletons and the like look realistic to some extent, and the animations for the whip and sub-weapons look very nice. With all this in mind, it's still somewhat difficult to ignore the choices for the color scheme. All in all, I'd give the graphics an 8.
Moving on, let's talk about the sound and boy, is it good! The music is amazing (including one of the greatest tunes of the series: Bloody Tears) and the sound effects are really crisp and sound very nice. Not to say that other games aren't better (i.E. Super Mario Bros 3, Castlevania 3 - Dracula's Curse, The Legend of Zelda, etc.), but this game really holds it's own among the system's greats. Sound-wise, I'll give it 7.
Third of all, the addictiveness. This game is very long, and I don't recommend playing it more than once. Sure it has some nice factors, but it takes a lot to complete, demanding a whopping 13 hours of game play. My suggestion is that if you want to experience a different kind of Castlevania for the NES, then play this, but make sure to steer clear of the original. For addictiveness, this game gets a 4.
Now the story. Honestly, it's isn't very in depth. Basically, the story is that after you defeated Dracula in the first game (Castlevania), a "damsel in distress" informs Simon that Dracula has cast a curse on the land of Transylvania, making all the monsters much (2 times) stronger during the night, and that, in order to kill Drac... Read the rest of this Review
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