Subj : Re: Retrogame of the month: Castlevania
To   : Zero Reader
From : deepthaw
Date : Sat Oct 07 2017 10:30:33

 ZR> Castlevania II had some serious translation issues, but the puzzles and
 ZR> overall game design made little sense. Still, it's the one I have the
 ZR> most vivid memories of, as one of the gaming magazines of the era
 ZR> printed a walkthrough of it and my buddy and I played it for ages and
 ZR> managed to actually beat it multiple times in search of the various
 ZR> different endings.

Calling them serious translation issues almost feels like an understatement.
Despite how negative I was on the game, I loved and played it to death as a
kid. Partially because it was the only way for me to have more Castlevania,
and partially because I suspect I didn't know any better.

But that stuff like crouching with a crystal at a dead end so a tornado can
take you away? Randomly dropping garlic in a graveyard? How did I figure out
as much of it as I did?

And don't even get me started on the playability of a major gameplay element
being blocks you simply fell through. I spent so much time just chucking holy
water every couple steps to make sure I didn't plummet to my doom on randomly
intangible floors.

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