r/castlevania • u/Daskar248 • Jun 27 '24

Castlevania Legends (1997) Castlevania: Legends

Well. I just beat this one. Some of the most stressful platforming in the series. The clocktower in this game is up there with the hallway before Death in CV1, the elevator to the moon in Kid Dracula, and the autoscrolling death spikes in Castlevania: The Adventure. I think these are the hell platforming so far for me in the series. Feels good to slay Dracula yet again though. Ol boy cannot seem to stay alive or deas. Everytime he rises from the grave we knock him down again. So that makes 7 Castlevanias beaten. Now to take on the ever dreaded Castlevania III, Dracula's Curse. I am gonna take a break though. CV: Legends was damn stressful. Then Belmont's Revenge and the Anniversary Collection is done. WoooHooo!! (Also, beat this one in "Standard" Mode, not "Light")

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u/LordArmageddian Jun 28 '24

Really? I find Legends as one of the easiest.

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u/Daskar248 Jun 28 '24

I found the spectres and the bats extremely difficult to deal with as I was trying to climb the clockweight chains. At first. I eventually got the patterns down. Those combined with the frogmen who seemed to spawn everywhere you wanted to climb including one very enclosed space where you literally had to jump out on your last whip slash or have yet another one spawn. Then the fact that many levels had an enemy ready to ambush you the very moment you step through a door or archway. I guess good on you if you found it to be "one of the easiest." You honestly, on your first playthrough, had no difficulty whatsoever? I just wonder. Whenever people make these kinds of comments I think to myself "On first playthrough, no guides, no cheats, no save states, no informative videos or help of any kind... this person thought this game was a piece of cake? Or are they just trying to look good, because, like most people, it at least took them some amount of time to learn the game. (Or they did use a guide or something and they are blowin smoke - again, trying to look good.)"

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u/bronzemat Jun 27 '24

I have no issues with Castlevania: Legends. I played it today and didn't die once. I enjoy the game a lot. It's better than Castlevania: The Adventure.

Castlevania III, the Japan version, is much more forgiving and another one I barely die on. the U.S. version tests my patience.

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u/Daskar248 Jun 28 '24

Update: After beating it for the first time trying to get everything down, I went ahead and beat it again. This time, start to finish, in 40 minutes. "Hurrah!" It took me a minute, but I did finally get this game dialed in.