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Very good
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User
Seller did a very good job on wrapping and handling, it worths every penny of the price.
Will they ever be so great again?
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User
Side scroll at its best. What a fantastic game. I have replayed this game about once every 18 months since its release. Music? Wow - Creatures? Superb - Weapons? Killer
And talk about playability - No game for the PS1 ranks higher on my list than SOTN!
One Of The Best
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User
So much has already been said about this game. One of the best and most riveting games on the PSX. At the end of the castle there is a surprise waiting for you! I will not spoil it.The graphics are impressive, for it's time, as well as the animation and control. The music and sounds fit the subject very well.Definitely a game worth while getting and playing. Fun, orignal and not to be missed. A game to be passed down or willed to a family member :)
Castlevania SOTN: 175% of fantasic action!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User
Let me start off by saying this: Castlevania. You may heard
of it lately. Symphony of the night( SOTN )has been heralded as the best of the series, and why not agree? The smooth 16 bit graphics give a clean atmosphere for Alucard(the main character)
to traverse. The castle itself is huge, giving you plenty of
time to find all of the items and relics.
The sound in SOTN is supperb. The voice acting is decent, and the
sound effects for weapons, monsters, and spells give sound a
10/10. The music in SOTN is amazing. Normally(with the exceptions of Square-Enix games), I throw in a CD on my CD player
and listen to Metallica or something, but the seamless intergration of orchestrated music and electric guitars leave a
musical masterpiece. Music gets a 10/10
The story in SOTN is not a direct continuation of games before it, but it reintroduces older characters. Alucard, who is Dracula's son, sets out to kill his father to end the vampire bloodline.
The graphics in this game is amazing. It uses the original SNES-eque graphics PLUS 3D only the PSOne can bring.(well, in that day in age at least) 10/10
Alucard grows stronger with each enemy killed. The Level Up system in SOTN is similar to an RPG. The more EXP Alucard gets, the sooner he levels up. With a max level of 99, Alucard can grow into a demonic force of nature! He can equip weapons and armor you find around the castle. They also bring back the subweapons everyone remembers from the originals, like Throwing Daggers and The Time Stopwatch.
All in all, I find Castlevania Symphony of the Night to be one of the greatest games of our time. I strongly recommend it to people who are fans of RPGs or Action Sidescrolling.
TOTAL SCORE 10/10
Artistic and classic gaming combine to form a must-play game.
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User
The good: the music, graphics, level design, difficulty, the weapons/armor, the bosses, shear size of the world. The best in 2D gaming.
The bad: perhaps the worst voice acting ever.
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