Castlevania II - Simon's Quest (NES) (gamerip) (1988)

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest has A amazing Soundtrack and it also introduced bloody tears which will also be remixed a million times. The game itself goes for a adventure style but fails because The Town's People Don't Help And Give vague or sometimes lies about the game, & Not knowing where to go 99% of the time. Overall the Soundtrack is great but the game is a mediocre miss. Soundtrack:9./10. Game:5.4/10.
 
As the follow up to the first Castlevania, I appreciate it trying to do something a little different and more open. But in a lot of ways, it fails in doing this. Technically being the first Castlevania game to be a Metroidvania, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest tries its hand at having a more open world style of gameplay. The goal is to gather the parts of Dracula to resurrect him and then kill him. Not for fun like one would assume, but to lift the curse put on poor Simon. As for the gameplay, you go around the map looking for these parts, killing monsters and buying items in villages. Monsters will drop hearts you need to buy things, but every item you can purchase is way too expensive, so most of the gameplay will be grinding to get hearts. The game also has a day and night cycle, which is pretty innovative for the time. Now, many games that take on a more Metroidvania style have secrets and puzzles, and so does Castlevania II. The only problem is, the puzzles in this game are way too convoluted. Like having to crouch in random corners with specific items equipped and wait for a minute. If that sounds ludicrous, you would be correct. The villagers will tell you things, but they rarely make any sense, and some of them are straight up lies. Castlevania II is what we would call a "Guide Game" due to these reasons. The soundtrack of the game is pretty solid. My favorite Castlevania song, Bloody Tears, first appeared in this game, so good stuff. Overall Castlevania II: Simon's quest is a good example of how not to make a Metroidvania style game, and can come off as too grindy and convoluted.
 
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