Side Quest, Episode 58: Castlevania Anniversary Collection Review
Added 2019-05-20 20:07:33 +0000 UTCIt's a wonderful night to have a curse.
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Exactly.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-22 22:41:23 +0000 UTCTerrible trophy list. Beat hard game 1 - Bronze. Beat hard game 2 - Bronze. π€¦π½ββοΈ
Brandon Soto
2019-05-22 01:57:24 +0000 UTCWell, we get Contra this summer, and then hopefully more from there. Not only MGS, but the original Metal Gear games would also be fun to have.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-21 21:30:45 +0000 UTCHonestly, I do think it'll happen, yeah. I think they're working up to it.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-21 21:30:18 +0000 UTCI'll be interested to hear what folks like you think of it!
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-21 21:30:06 +0000 UTCI started using them too, particularly in the Game Boy games. I don't think there's any shame in it. I'm not 8 or 10 years old anymore. I can't dedicate my entire day to a four stage platformer.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-21 21:29:55 +0000 UTCLoving the collection. Is using save states cheating? Iβm only using them at the beginning of a new stage. Is this acceptable or am I a dirty cheater???
West Seneca Savage
2019-05-21 11:09:46 +0000 UTCThanks
Anthony Alexander
2019-05-21 03:56:58 +0000 UTCHappy for Castlevania fans - I personally have no connection with this series but I do hope this opens up a path for more Konami collections and maybe remakes (MGS!)
tejotl
2019-05-21 03:50:59 +0000 UTCLooking forward to playing Blodlines again, it was the only Castlevania game I played before SOTN. (I had a Genesis growing up.) What I'd really love is a collection of the GBA/DS Metroidvania games from the 2000's. Think it'll ever happen?
Nate McKinney
2019-05-21 03:43:18 +0000 UTCIβm a baby (19 years old) and Iβm so excited to play this
GameSimp
2019-05-21 03:42:43 +0000 UTCCool. Cheers for the speedy reply Col. Loping forward to kid drac, and my personal favourite, simons quest.
Ryan Murdoch
2019-05-21 03:35:29 +0000 UTCYeah, it's a bummer. But it is what it is. I'll just 100% and move on.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-21 03:30:07 +0000 UTCAlmost all of them, but not quite. SNES' Dracula X isn't in this collection, nor Game Boy's Castlevania Legends.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-21 03:29:19 +0000 UTCI actually found brand new copies of Bloodlines at Toys 'R' Us in the summer of 2000, and that was the first time I ever played the game. I remember thinking it was good, but after playing it here, it's really very, very good. Great, even.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-21 03:27:21 +0000 UTCYeah, each game has a (one) save state.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-21 03:26:43 +0000 UTCIt's not great, and I likewise remember it being much better. But it's a launch-era Game Boy game, and since the sequel runs so much better and is so much more thoughtful, I imagine they figured it out the second time around.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-21 03:26:32 +0000 UTCGot it Friday! I am having a blast on my spare time. I hear ya on the Platinum gripe though. I was looking forward to that challenge.
Bobby Bell
2019-05-21 02:53:39 +0000 UTCSo this collection includes all nes, snes, Genesis and the gameboy games?
Anthony Alexander
2019-05-21 02:50:17 +0000 UTCAbsolutely love this. Already almost finished with Super Castlevania IV, then next is bloodlines. Much like you Colin, I know I finished bloodlines as a child but I vaguely remember it. Pretty sure I havenβt even played it since finishing it on Genesis π±
Joshua McGee
2019-05-20 22:32:45 +0000 UTCGonna get this this weekend. Disappointed in the trophies though, there are save srates ?
Ryan Murdoch
2019-05-20 22:16:50 +0000 UTCExcellent review Colin. Iβm with you on the platinum, it makes zero sense especially when you consider the arcade classics had one. You mentioned you donβt remember the game big ones being as difficult as you found them to be, but what about quality? I typically remember Castlevania Adventure to be considered absolute trash although as a kid I remember enjoying it
John Lynch
2019-05-20 22:09:21 +0000 UTCI found it to be not to difficult with the cross. Just let them fly and attack him. Wasnβt as hard as I remembered it, Dracula was tougher than I remember
John Lynch
2019-05-20 22:04:38 +0000 UTCThese games are all about atmosphere. I found Castlevania authentically scary as a child.
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-20 20:38:29 +0000 UTCHoly Water, my man!
Colin Moriarty
2019-05-20 20:38:11 +0000 UTCBought it the other day, but haven't had time to play yet. Never finished any of these games, but really enjoyed what I've played here and there over the years. The music is my favorite part of these games, I think. And the creepy atmosphere they made, even with the primitive graphics.
Marius Skarsem Pedersen
2019-05-20 20:26:25 +0000 UTCI'm definitely buying this. I can't wait till I get to Death so I can break my TV after chucking my controller because of those damn scythes
Jose Horrach
2019-05-20 20:11:42 +0000 UTC
