Rondo of Blood even features full voice acting and cutscenes in between certain levels. It was designed for the PC Engine, so everything is a bit higher quality than you’d get from the previous titles. It looks and sounds absolutely beautiful. Sometimes I got too greedy for Dracula’s head… this is the one time. After my first run of both forms, I only got hit once on the rematch. This goes all the way to Dracula, who felt far too easy. All were either too hot, or too cold, and neither Richter or Goldie enjoy that. None of them felt like impossible challenges of pure rage but there was a huge imbalance. This alleviates a lot of the pain, but I did find myself just wishing to give up multiple times.Īt the end of each level, you’ll encounter a boss. Getting a game over simply spits you back to the beginning of a level. Most seemingly bottomless pits will spit you straight into one. Rondo of Blood features quite a few alternate paths. Quite a few stages become difficult simply because there are too many cheap enemies. For this being my first playthrough, I felt it much fairer than Super Castlevania IV. Each of the levels do a great job at evenly dividing platforming sections with enemy placement. The difficulty comes from maneuvering your character around while taking as little damage as possible. I sometimes found myself feeling there were too little health refills, but I can see others greatly enjoying the challenge. I never felt lost in my adventure and there were tons of secrets to find hidden in the walls. Level design in Rondo of Blood is, for the most part, pretty good. I only resorted to Maria when I felt absolutely necessary. With Richter being the Smash fighter, I tried to play most of the game with him. You can switch characters on the main menu or after a game over. You won’t need to have two different files or even stages, but there is no way to switch in the middle of a level. Unlike Castlevania III, you won’t be going through the adventure with them together.
It doesn’t go nearly as far as Richter’s main attack, but it is much more useful for dealing with enemies like the fleamen. Imagine a more broken version of the cross weapon. Her basic attacks are two doves that she can send out and will return to her. Maria becomes very useful in stages that have a lot of difficult platforming. Maria has access to a double jump and tons of her own unique sub-weapons, but she takes much more damage than Richter. After finding unlocking her, you can play as the vampire huntress Maria Renard. Richter isn’t going upon this adventure alone. I didn’t find too much use in specialties, but a Belmont is a Belmont. Assuming you have the hearts, Richter can also perform a super move with his sub-weapons by pressing the triangle button. This leaves him probably the best Belmont for platforming and aerial combat. If you double-tap the jump button Richter will perform a backflip to quickly dodge attacks. He can turn around midair after taking off. Richter has quite a bit on his relatives. Richter can’t aim his whip in the multiple directions that Simon can in Super Castlevania IV. Do you want me to tell you something more unique? He keeps the strut, the whip, and the insane knockback, but he’s a far more unique Belmont than most give him credit for. After Richter frees her, they join forces to accomplish their goals. A young vampire huntress, Maria Renard, has also set forth to attempt to stop Dracula. Richter decided to challenge Dracula and his forces for the lives of all he has captured. Richter is the Belmont bloodlines latest descendant and only hope. This time, he has kidnapped the family and friends of Richter Belmont. The resurrection of Dracula has once again brought terror to the world. Rereleased for the PlayStation 4 in 2018 as part of the Castlevania: Requiem collection. The original wouldn’t see the light of day in the west until 2007s Dracula X Chronicles on the PSP, and there was even a full-on remake in that pack! I’d consider it a disservice to look at any version of this game other than the original. Even after a direct sequel was developed, the title didn’t see release in the west until an alternative version was developed titled “Castlevania: Dracula X”. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood was originally released in Japan exclusively for the PC Engine.
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The Belmont families’ struggle against Dracula had become a phenomenon in early gaming, but after the Super Nintendo, the series sort of fell off. The Castlevania franchise rose to prominence on the NES in the earliest days of console gaming.
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