I decided to play all the good Castlevanias

[Exhuminator]

I can't believe that you guys thing HoD was too easy though. That final boss is SO crazy hard

Compared to CotM's final boss, HoD's was a breezy joke.

[Xeogred]

I can't believe that you guys thing HoD was too easy though. That final boss is SO crazy hard

Compared to CotM's final boss, HoD's was a breezy joke.

How about compared to ANY Castlevania final boss?

Circle is definitely one of the tougher ones, but that comes out of nowhere. I even "power leveled" a bit near the end for fun with the card system and all, and I'm pretty sure he still killed me in two hits. It was insane. Felt amazing beating it and I loved it.

Love Circle's version of the Clockwork theme:

[Exhuminator]

CotM has the most rewarding exploration and overall challenge, some great music and it controls fine. Best of the GBA games for sure.

You have damn fine taste.

[Ack]

The final boss in CotM is actually ridiculously easy if you have the right cards, particularly the summons. They hit for massive damage, and the summon animation makes you invincible for the spell's duration. The first time I beat the game, I abused this heavily.

[prfsnl_gmr]

The final boss in CotM is actually ridiculously easy if you have the right cards, particularly the summons. They hit for massive damage, and the summon animation makes you invincible for the spell's duration. The first time I beat the game, I abused this heavily.

Yeah...I don't remember the boss being that hard...Also - and despite the fact I don't like the protagonist or the setting - I am fairly certain the AoS is the best GBA Castlevania (excluding the NES Classics Series game, of course).

Also, and for the record, Dracula is in peak form in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. It is the only game where I have found him to be challenging. (He is overshadowed by the Grim Reaper in almost every other game.)

[Exhuminator]

Aria of Sorrow is a fun game, and so is Dawn of Sorrow, but I really didn't like the protagonist either.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I know very little about this series. I just ordered the very first game on FDS though, so I am pumped.

[TSTR]

WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE

[MrPopo]

Also, and for the record, Dracula is in peak form in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. It is the only game where I have found him to be challenging. (He is overshadowed by the Grim Reaper in almost every other game.)

I dunno, CV3's Dracula is a free pass to his last form if you have Sypha, at which point the difficultly mostly comes in your committed jumps. I found that CV1's Dracula took much longer for me to get the timing down to get through his first form (though second form is pretty easy even with only single holy water).

[Ziggy]

I know very little about this series. I just ordered the very first game on FDS though, so I am pumped.

I played the FDS version on my PowerPak.

I love the first game, and for some reason I love beating every version of it that I can get my hands on. I recently bought the Konami Collector's Series (Castlevania 1, 2, 3, Contra and Super C for PC) and can't wait for that to come in so I can beat that version too!

Also, and for the record, Dracula is in peak form in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. It is the only game where I have found him to be challenging. (He is overshadowed by the Grim Reaper in almost every other game.)

I dunno, CV3's Dracula is a free pass to his last form if you have Sypha, at which point the difficultly mostly comes in your committed jumps. I found that CV1's Dracula took much longer for me to get the timing down to get through his first form (though second form is pretty easy even with only single holy water).

I like to play CV3's Dracula with only Trevor. Once you come up with a good system, it's not too hard. Same for CV1's Dracula. The only thing that gives me a hard time about CV1 is how long it takes to beat the first form. Sometimes I zone out which causes me to take damage that I normally would have avoided.