Quite frankly the game was ahead of its time, too ahead, up to the point that when it is compared to more modern takes on this gameplay style, it's clear that Castlevania 2 has aged badly. Just another day for the Belmonts it would seem!Īs opposed to the first game which it was a linear scrolling platformer, Castlevania 2 is more of non-linear adventure game, similar to the likes of Metroid, where you started relatively weak and built up strenght and weapons as you progressed and explored, and it even included interesing concepts such as a day and night progression system. The only cure for this chaos is to search for Dracula's parts all throughout Transylvania, revive him and kill once again to lift the curse. 1698, seven years after Dracula's defeat, Simon discovers that he has been cursed and that Transylvania is beign attacked by the count's minions. ![]() ![]() Screenshot of Castlevania Chronicles (Sharp X68000 version, click here to see gameplay of it)-Īnyhow let's rewind to clock back to the 80's, where Simon Returned for the sequel of the original NES game, Castelvania 2: Simon's Quest released in 1987 in Japan and released a year later elsewhere.
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