Californication | 1,477 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) https://screenrant.com/castlevania-all-best-worst-games-ranked-symphony-night/ Edited January 11, 2022 by Californication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,887 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) I know, I know... not cannon... Edited January 11, 2022 by PII 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,552 Editorials Team · Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Mostly reasonable. Obviously the grognards are gonna balk at all of the handheld installments being higher than the originals. Which I'm fine with because they fucking rock. And his reasoning for excluding so many of the games seems bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,732 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Yeah definitely not for me at all, and honestly, they shouldn't be comparing the originals vs the Metroid style anyways. Comparing styles separately would say a lot more than just personal preference, it's like comparing the original mega man's versus the X series, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood | 209 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) Aria #6 behind the ds titles... utter insanity. Edited January 11, 2022 by Driftwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,520 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 My only real complaint is putting Castlevania ahead of Castlevania III. I love the original, but come on... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Hill | 276 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 lol Curse of Darkness above Rondo? No thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I really liked Portrait of Ruin, except the game has that terrible f'n save crashing bug which is almost inexcusable. Dawn of Sorrow would be much higher if they got rid of that damn touch screen thing during the boss battles. I know what they were going for, but not during the damn action parts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,414 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I mean it's a clickbait list with 2 Wikipedia sentences about each game. The author could've never played a single Castlevania game and written this article. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,940 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Wow that's a major clickbait BS list given how it's ordered. The fact they put certain things fairly high and others low is just inexcusably stupid. Cry canon or not, they left a few off there from GB, SNES, N64, PS1 etc that shouldn't be too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,552 Editorials Team · Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, Tanooki said: Wow that's a major clickbait BS list given how it's ordered. The fact they put certain things fairly high and others low is just inexcusably stupid. Cry canon or not, they left a few off there from GB, SNES, N64, PS1 etc that shouldn't be too. You're not wrong. But at the same time EVERY single person here would have a vastly different list from one another. There is no possible way to do a Castlevania list without everyone keying in on whatever they disagree with the most. Im. Possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I mean Portrait of Ruin is my personal favorite of the series so I can't say I support this list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,800 Administrator · Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Clicked, scrolled to the bottom, saw Sotn was the #1 ranked game, nodded in approval and closed the tab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,865 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 25 minutes ago, Gloves said: Clicked, scrolled to the bottom, saw Sotn was the #1 ranked game, nodded in approval and closed the tab. this was my process exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,552 Editorials Team · Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 35 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: I mean Portrait of Ruin is my personal favorite of the series so I can't say I support this list Over Aria, Ecclesia, and Symphony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox | 1,668 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Looks like they just threw a list of titles into a random number generator and called it a day Rondo is way too low, and I like Portrait but no way is that top 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 46 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: Over Aria, Ecclesia, and Symphony? Over Ecclesia and Aria, definitely. Over Symphony, that's a tough call, but I would still say yes. Symphony is a very, very close second for me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerkobra | 268 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Ranking CV games is like ranking your children! This would be extremely hard for me ha ha. Castlevania on N64 was/is my favorite game on the system! Plus, I got addicted to Castlevania Judgement on Wii a few months ago and loved it. So I think I'm too much of a fanboy to rank them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,732 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Hammerfestus said: this was my process exactly. Kind of did the reverse, saw it was the top slot and CVIII was much lower on the list, realised it was a garbage list and closed out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,014 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, killerkobra said: Castlevania on N64 was/is my favorite game on the system! I don't think I've ever read this before. Is it from nostalgia or bc you actually enjoyed the game? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,940 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: You're not wrong. But at the same time EVERY single person here would have a vastly different list from one another. There is no possible way to do a Castlevania list without everyone keying in on whatever they disagree with the most. Im. Possible. Oh yeah no doubt. I think there are cases that could be made a little on a few like the 3D ones in general are fairly disliked or despised by the fans enough considering where the list put those is kind of an insult. I'm sure you'll find a few outliers who just love them for some reason, maybe their first, but still... ouch. The top 3 are easily more agreeable than most, but then it's just buckshot on guesses. I dislike seeing the exclusions and yes I know they used the speculative canon cop out for it. The completed version of Castlevania 64(Legacy of Darkness) excluded, it was both canon and fantastic compared to other 3D attempts to utterly dismiss it. Dracula X I guess is a catch all for PCE and SNES otherwise, kind of a shitty move excluding the latter one. The PS1 game Chronicles should have been included too. What utterly bullshit excuse is there for not even listing Super Castlevania IV??? They anti-Super Nintendo as both struck out?? And where's GBA excellent launch game Circle of the Moon?? If they were playing canon games I can almost get it for another, but honestly FUCK iga...Castlevania Legends is the birth of the timeline for Belmont with Sonia and it didn't fit his post 2010 narrative so it got cut?? It's arguably the best of the 3 on Gameboy, so even it should have fell into the top 10-20 range with the other two. Found this old quote from a mid/later 2000s EGM issue where he was intereviewed, asked about her being the first. He got to the point of this:EGM: After Tomb Raider, don't you think a female character is more acceptable? IGA: It's possible I guess. Although, I purposefully left the Sonia Belmont character out of the official Castlevania chronology. (laughs) Usually, the vampire storyline motifs, females tend to be sacrificed. It's easier to come up with weak, feminine characters. I'll think about it more in the future, though. It's tough to fit a female hero into the early history of Castlevania, but as you move into the modern day, females can then more easily become a hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerkobra | 268 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, RegularGuyGamer said: I don't think I've ever read this before. Is it from nostalgia or bc you actually enjoyed the game? Well to be perfectly honest, I have played N64 maybe 10 times in the past 15 years or so. So a lot of my memories are from back in the late 90s and I loved CV. I beat it on every difficulty which is like 6 times. I even beat it start to finish one evening while my younger cousin watched. I just wanted to show him the music when you enter the Castle Wall, but got carried away and beat it. Epic night. I have never done that with any other game. I am also a massive CV fan. It is by far my favorite franchise and has been since I seen Simons Quest when I was 5. So I am very bias. Edited January 12, 2022 by killerkobra grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 I honestly think the most egregious placement is Bloodlines at #12 with the description "convoluted." That game is excellent. I actually think it is an overall better experience than Rhondo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,940 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 29 minutes ago, Californication said: I honestly think the most egregious placement is Bloodlines at #12 with the description "convoluted." That game is excellent. I actually think it is an overall better experience than Rhondo. Having played all 3 (both DX's and the other) I'd have to agree with that. DX is mostly fanboy fodder thrown around like some sad litmus test of what should be a great Castlevania game, when quite frankly, it's not. It's good, great even, but there are notable better titles from the same style (non symphony.) I was surprised seeing it that low too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,552 Editorials Team · Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/11/2022 at 5:38 PM, fcgamer said: Kind of did the reverse, saw it was the top slot and CVIII was much lower on the list, realised it was a garbage list and closed out. This list is garbage! - people on the internet that have played 15% of the list, probably. In general I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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