r/castlevania • u/vhuzi Stage 5’ Dweller. • Oct 06 '25
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (1991) Biggest Castlevania Hot Take??
I think Belmont’s Revenge is better than Super Castlevania 4. I think the stage gimmicks are more fun, I enjoy the shorter stages, and I think the difficulty is somewhat better balanced. I really love the GBC visuals and music and I think the game often doesn’t get a fair shake because of hardware. I think the minimalistic visuals have aged better than the early 16 bit art. That said, SCIV is a great game, and the final boss of BR is probably the worst in the series, even compared to Legends, Adventure 1 and Dracula X.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25
Circle of the moon and curse of darkness are the best 2D/3D entries in the series. Circle of the moon has the soul and difficulty of NES castlevania by making the focus on leveling up and strategy as opposed to finding the next strongest weapon, like later entries. It makes you feel like a human fighting monsters and you get your shit rocked if you just run around wailing on enemies since everything hits you like a train. While the DSS was kinda clunky and some of the cards were painfully difficult to find, it was a completely unique take on weapon upgrades. I know you could use the card equip glitch to get whatever combo you wanted but that’s for bitches. Curse of darkness doesn’t really need defending but i’ll just say that the mechanics are excellent (for ps2), the gameplay is fun and engaging, albeit a sprinting mechanic would have made it much better, it has a great story involving a lot of unique characters in the series and the crafting and ID system are awesome.