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Originally Posted by Leo656
I actually have a very detailed guide for Simon's Quest from one of those Rusel DeMaria books that came out back in the late-80s/early-90s. I think I'd just have more fun with the version of the game where the hints actually make sense and the townsfolk aren't lying scumbags.  We'll see what happens. |
My guide was a thin book, which got most of its secrets stolen from game magazines and some of them were wrong to boot.
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Originally Posted by Leo656
I've got Symphony on the Konami Classics Collection on Xbox 360. If it's "easy", that's fine; I'm an old cranky bastard with other sh*t to do, I can't spend a hundred years on anything that doesn't have "Elder Scrolls" in the title, anymore. |
Most likely it is PS1 version than.
Beautiful game, but can become very boring by the second half.
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Originally Posted by Leo656
I've also got all the Game Boy and GBA games but I haven't played any of them, yet.
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They are mixed bag:
Short reviews - all opinions are mine:
Castlevania The Adventure is a horrible game, one of the worst in the series. Its main problem that it runs like ****: there is a constant slowdown and controls are barely responsive. Music is decent though.
Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge is very good and fixes all problems from the past entry. Must play.
Castlevania Legends is mediocre - it is worse than Belmont's Revenge, when it comes to controls and level design and music is so-so.
Circle of the Moon is one of my favorites - perfect controls, good subsystem, decent difficulty. A bit too much copypasted stairways and corridors, but that's a not a big problem. Soundtrack is pretty good, even, if it sounds like its played by pre-historic gramophone and most tracks are reused from past entries.
Harmony of Dissonance is
Ugly design, floaty controls,
horrible horrible HORRIBLE music.
Aria of Sorrow - good game, interesting locations, good subsystem, decent soundtrack. Story has barely anything to do with Castlevania, though.
DS can be perfectly emulated, so you can play its trilogy too.