Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $7.99.
- Story and characters: 85 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Controls: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Performance: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
- Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - While holding onto the action elements, this game increased the scope of the world and made it more of an action RPG.
Gameplay and difficulty is pretty balanced as well, so its a good entry for newcomers too.
Of course you can use any controller you want for any game, but there's extra charm and fun to be had from using the official controller that each game was made for.
- For an 8-bit NES game, the graphics are quite well done.
Good controls, stages, bosses, and soundtrack.
They also added the Famicom version of “Bloody Tears” from CV2 for the title screen, "Vampire Killer"from CV1 for the JP menu and a rearranged version of “Beginning” from CV3 for the main menu which sounds amazing, still keeping that chiptune feel but with more complex channels, kinda like a better version of the VRC6 chip in the Famicom.
+1 more the community rallied around
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Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.99.
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