Castlevania

The Good
this is a video game legend. this game is what every platform game should be-entertaining, and enjoyable. you must journey through the counts castle, in a bid to make it to the tower-where the master of the house, the count, awaits you. i find this games level design and overall layout very enjoyable to watch, as the detailed backgrounds and locations really show what the programmers can do. the music is spot on, and you,ll be humming the music from this game long after you have switched the game off. i have completed this game many times, and the playability of this game mean it is worth a re-play every now and then.

The Bad
the difficulty level. it is very challenging to the trainee and master alike, and bosses such as the grim reaper and the count himself, will test all of your game playing skill. and if by some stroke of luck you survive the game, a second, tougher quest awaits you, and this is for a master, since enemies appear more, and they get in your way, like in stage 29, you must travel across the outskirts of the castle, whilst killing bats and hunchbacks!

The Bottom Line
if you want a game that gives you a challenge, and takes all of your skill to master, then look no further , since this masterpiece is great fun to play, and offers a memorable game play experience.

The Good
Soundtrack is catchy. Nice tribute to classic horror icons in pop culture.

The Bad
Stiff controls which are a problem when you jump and walk up or down stairs. Very difficult which punishes players for dying which results in losing your upgraded whip, sub weapons, and hearts. Every time an enemy hits you, you fall back which can lead to deaths. Graphics have not aged well with some rooms even having stairs midair above Simon not connected to the floor or ceiling. No save feature on the NES version unless you play on an emulator which you can use save states.

The Bottom Line
I can see why people like the first Castlevania, but the high difficulty affected my enjoyment on this game.

The Good
Quite impossible to think of anything to type in this section... The game had bad graphics, a bad story, which on top of everything was not original at all, the game is boring, and extremely repetitive at times.

The Bad
Oh, the bad section, how I long to type here for games I hate! And Castlevania is definitely one of them, the story is boring, typical, and unoriginal, gameplay is EXTREMELY repetitive, especially when you have to kill the SAME enemies over 50 times (really, no kidding) just to pass by one place, and for a game constantly advertised as SCARY, it's just extremely BORING, all you do is jump, walk, fight, and to keep it short, do that for the WHOLE game. That brings us to graphics, whoever created this catastrophe definitely didn't care to design it with good graphics, at least as ONE attraction...

The Bottom Line
Never, ever, ever, make the mistake of spending money on this game, or even letting it take up the few KB's that it needs on your computer...

I describe this game as horrible, I know there are many hardcore fans, but I just can't enjoy this total catastrophe.