My thoughts on Symphony of the Night

[AlwaysAce]

SOTN is the best castlevania in my opinion, in fact i'd go as far as to say it is the best 2d platformer ever.

I'd love to see a conversion for PSP, It would be almost criminal not to do it.

agreed! that would be a stunner.

[kingmobster]

I haven?t played SOTN, but it?s one of those games that I really would like play. I have been thinking of getting the japanese version since the price for the PAL release is a little steep for me. Is there a lot of dialogue/text in japanese?

[gossi the dog]

It's definitely playable in Japanese but you might miss out on a few things

[Sane]

The first time I played it I played the Saturn version and really enjoyed it. The japanese might even make it more enjoyable since not being able to read all the item descriptions makes the game a little harder, which is good since it's way too easy.

On the downside, you will miss out on the worst dub in the history of videogames .

[Kotatsu Neko]

The voice cast is ace in the Japanese version. Some very well known anime voice actors in there.

[mid]

I have been thinking of getting the japanese version since the price for the PAL release is a little steep for me.

I'd recommend getting a US release version - they should be dirt cheap if you know anyone out there who can grab one from a bargain bin. EBay seems quite pricey, though, as it's full of Europeans trying to get it.

[scottishgod]

SOTN is IMO the most overated game in history. Constantly treading back and forth across the castle made it dull as dishwater. Much prefer straitforward point A to point B stuff like PC Engine or SNES versions.

[eastyy]

I did originally buy this game years ago and i sold it.I really regretted selling it especially since it came with a audio CD

[Nisa]

SOTN is a great game but I still prefer Super Castlevania IV, every CV from SOTN onwards has just been Metroid in different clothing & although there's nothing particularly wrong with that, to me it just isn't "proper" Castlevania. Having said that though I can't wait for the DS version.

Also Castlevania IV has the best soundtrack in the series by far

[kingmobster]

I'd recommend getting a US release version - they should be dirt cheap if you know anyone out there who can grab one from a bargain bin. EBay seems quite pricey, though, as it's full of Europeans trying to get it.

I have two PS2s, one PAL and one NTSC-J, but unfortunately no option to play US releases. Too bad, since they can be found cheap all over the place. Unless you look for them on eBay

[Kotatsu Neko]

Also Castlevania IV has the best soundtrack in the series by far

It's very good, but I think Chi no Rondo on the PC Engine just pips it. Some really spectacular tunes in that one.

I bought a few Castlevania soundtrack CDs from eBay a while back. All of which are great and I would recommend.

Akumajou Dracula Best Of (2 Discs) - Castlevania 1 (NES), 2 (NES), 3 (NES), 4 (SNES)

Akumajou Dracula X (2 Discs) - Vampire Killer (MD), Chi no Rondo (PCE)

Castlevania Chronicle (2 Discs) - Castlevania Chronicles (X68000 & PSX)

[krispyk]

Am debating getting this as I do like a spot of Castlevania.

Copy of this went for about ?150 ish at the weekend on e-bay.

I could get ALOT of other games for that money though....

[andrewfee]

Am debating getting this as I do like a spot of Castlevania.

Copy of this went for about ?150 ish at the weekend on e-bay.

I could get ALOT of other games for that money though....

Wow, I know it was going for a lot, but ?150? Saw one go for 1/3 that price when I was trying to get it. It's a shame, because I hear the PAL version is a pretty bad conversion. (like you'd get on SNES)

I ended up just getting the US Greatest Hits new & sealed for ?20. It's nice having an original / limited edition copy, but I'm more interested in playing the game. If you can play that, I'd recommend you go for it, they're not too hard to find. I believe the person I bought it from has another one up on Videogame Auctions right now. (don't think I'm allowed to link there)

As for the game, I love it. When I got it a month or so back, it went straight into my top 10 games, it hasn't stood the test of time as well as Super Metroid, but I probably enjoyed it more the first two or three times through.

[Ady]

Why is this not in Retro?

[scottishgod]

SOTN is a great game but I still prefer Super Castlevania IV, every CV from SOTN onwards has just been Metroid in different clothing & although there's nothing particularly wrong with that, to me it just isn't "proper" Castlevania. Having said that though I can't wait for the DS version.

Also Castlevania IV has the best soundtrack in the series by far

Couldn't agree more on all points including the music.