I decided to play all the good Castlevanias

[MrPopo]

You know, I was starting to consider picking up King's Field at some point based on your recommendations, but then you said CV2 is in your top 5 and you got bored with CV3, so clearly your opinion on things is wrong in every way.

[nightrnr]

Wait... is there a "bad" Castlevania?
(Haunted Castle doesn't even count IMO )

[ElkinFencer10]

Wait... is there a "bad" Castlevania?

Yes. Simon's Quest. I despise that game purely (well, at least mostly) for the hours wasted by the damn night and day transitions.

[Ack]

Now that I think about it, the only Castlevanias I ever bothered to beat were these:

Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania: Dracula X
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania (N64)
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

I'm just a scrub.

[alienjesus]

Now that I think about it, the only Castlevanias I ever bothered to beat were these:

Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania: Dracula X
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania (N64)
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

I'm just a scrub.

I've played even less:

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

[Exhuminator]

You know, I was starting to consider picking up King's Field at some point based on your recommendations, but then you said CV2 is in your top 5 and you got bored with CV3, so clearly your opinion on things is wrong in every way.

You're too casual for King's Field anyway.

[prfsnl_gmr]

I have beaten:

Castlevania
Castlevania II
Castlevania III
Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania Chronicles
Castlevania Bloodlines
Castlevania Dracula X (TG16)
Castlevania Dracula X (SNES)
Castlevania SOTN
Castlevania Circle of the Moon
Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania Lament of Innocence
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania Curse of Darkness
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania Order of Ecclesia

Nonetheless - and not counting the pachinko and puzzle games - I still have not beaten 16(!) games in the series. It is just immense...

[Sarge]

In the series, I've legit-beaten the following:

Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (and the FC version, too!)
Super Castlevania IV
Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
Dracula X (SNES) (actually, I've having really hazy memories if that was legit or not)
Symphony of the Night
Castlevania Chronicles
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
Circle of the Moon
Harmony of Dissonance
Aria of Sorrow
Dawn of Sorrow
Portrait of Ruin
Order of Ecclesia
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
Bloodlines
Legacy of Darkness (technically an expanded version of CV64)
Lament of Innocence
Curse of Darkness
Lords of Shadow
Lords of Shadow 2
Judgment
Mirror of Fate

Also, if they count, the two Kid Dracula games.

I... think that's it. Which is most of them. And honestly, other than Judgment, all of them are good to great, unless you want to quibble about the N64 one. For me, I love the NES games, and the best "traditional" Castlevania is usually considered to be Rondo. I think it's a tad too easy, but it is excellent. I still need to beat the other two Game Boy games. And since it doesn't have the "Castlevania" moniker, I can ignore that Haunted Castle exists.

[prfsnl_gmr]

And since it doesn't have the "Castlevania" moniker, I can ignore that Haunted Castle exists.

Maybe...but can you ignore Kid Dracula?! I can't...

[Sarge]

And since it doesn't have the "Castlevania" moniker, I can ignore that Haunted Castle exists.

Maybe...but can you ignore Kid Dracula?! I can't...

Ha, I just added that to my list!