Binding: Video Game EAN: 0781317033133 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Konami Manufacturer: Konami Platform: Nintendo NES Publisher: Konami Sales Rank: 8707 Studio: Konami
Product Description: The exciting sequel to the original smash hit "Castlevania" for the NES.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - One of the best of the series
Castlevania II was the first in the series to take the free roaming approach to the game, and does it quite well. Symphony of the Night for the Playstation owes a great debt of inspiration from this game. There are a great many secrets to this game, some of which must be known about to even survive. Other situations can be worked around without knowing the secrets by clever use of the inventory system, a new addition to the series. The boss battles are quite fun, resembling Mega Man and of course the original Castlevania. Also added is a time mechanic, where all the shops close down, the townspeople all stay inside their homes, and all the monsters enter the city much stronger than usual whenever nighttime begins! "What a horrible night to have a curse"
The sounds and music score are on par with most of the rest of the Castlevania series; in short, fantastic. If you are new to the series or were never impressed by other installments of the game, give this one a shot. You will not be disappointed.
Rating: - castlevania 2
This game is the weakest of the old NES castlevania trilogy. This game is only fun if you are a die hard castlevania fan. This game is annoying because it had so many changes from the original and the sequal. The game is more of an adventure game instead of a "kill them all" game. You have to collect items and use those items to do trivial things. There aren't as many ending bosses as there was in the original. The transition from day to night is highly frustrating. Buy this game only if you intend to collect it.
Rating: - Why was my first review taken off?
I first wrote a review praising this game.It was a bit lengthy but went into detail and did not stray off the subject of castlevania 2.I didn't write anything obscene.I guess because my review didn't find any fault with this game,like most of the other reviewers did,then the fine folks at amazon took it off.
I suppose you can't have difference of opinion here.Thanks Amazon,you guys certainly are a great bunch of communists!
Rating: - music is great
The music and graphics are great, it is a fun game, but I find a major problem: the secrets are too hard to discover. Oh, so I have to equip Dracula's heart to get the ferryman to take me to where I need to be to continue the game? That makes no sense, and many are the times I've gotten so frustrated with nonsense like this that I end up turning off the game and going to an online walkthrough to tell me what I need to do next. Other than that I think it is a great game, one of the best for NES.
Rating: - "What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse"
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is my favorite Castlevania game of all time and always will be.
You are Simon Belmont with the classic whip, trying to defeat the one who wants to keep the world shrouded in darkness, Count Dracula. As Simon, you go to different towns talking to different townspeople, going to Churches to replenish life, many different mansions to gather the different parts of Dracula. You get many different kinds of whips, including my favorite, the Flame Whip. You also get the classic subweapons like holy water, knife, and cross.
The mansions that you go through have one of the best pieces of music ever in a Castlevania game. As well as the title screen where you input the password and the music Bloody Tears. This game also lets you level up but it's still the adventure game. It's more action and adventure than anything.
The classic Ferry Man is reason enough to own this game. The classic line "I'll take you to a good place, heh heh heh" was one of the coolest things in the game. Along with the lines "What a horrible night to have a curse" at night and "The morning light has vanquished the horrible night" at daylight. I'll never understand why so many people hate this game. I keep hearing "it's not like the original." Oh please! I must be the only person who doesn't compare games and just plays games as their own. Whoever cannot appreciate this masterpiece is just very closed minded.
Oh yeah, there are 3 different endings for this and this game is so much better than 99% of the games out there today. Graphics don't mean a thing, it's the amazing platforming and adventure elements that make this game a must own for Castlevania fans!
If you have never played Simon's Quest, play it! And if you've played it before, play it again! It's one of a kind!!
"What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse!" Ha Ha Ha!
- One of the best of the series
- castlevania 2
