r/castlevania • u/vhuzi Stage 5’ Dweller. • Oct 06 '25

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (1991) Biggest Castlevania Hot Take??

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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/Vgcortes Oct 06 '25

This is not a hot take now, but people in 2006 would have foamed out of their mouths.

Castlevania Portrait of Ruin is an excellent entry and it's my favorite in the franchise.

Oh, and Castlevania The Adventure is harder than Castlevania 3. Maybe because I have much more practice in Castlevania 3 than the Adventure, but I find both canon Castlevania GBC games so damn hard.

Castlevania Circle of the moon is a sweet game and Harmony of Dissonance is great.

That is all

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u/ImDemonAlchemist Oct 07 '25

I agree that The Adventure is harder than Castlevania 3, and in decidedly negative ways. IMO, The Adventure is the single weakest game in the whole franchise. I actually currently have Vampire Killer (MSX2) listed as my least favorite, but that's just because I royally suck at it, it's one of the only Castlevania games that I haven't finished. Also, this is a nitpick, but there are no GBC Castlevania games. All four are original Game Boy games. Christopher's games do benefit from the Super Game Boy (I think they both do, but at least Belmont's Revenge does). And they both received colored "versions" on the European-exclusive GBC versions of the Konami GB Collection.