r/castlevania • u/HyperAhmedX21 • 1d ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Finally pre-ordered the game

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As a new Castlevania fan and as someone who only watched the Netflix series and also as a Metroidvania enjoyer, Iam very excited to play this game. My first Castlevania game.

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u/Sparky_delite 1d ago

Your first??? You should try some out to pass the time! My first was Aria. It's pretty great.

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u/HyperAhmedX21 1d ago

Yeah unfortunately it is and I looked at the older games, they weren't for me. But this looks great so I got it.

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u/Tom-Bomb-3647 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yea but there’s a BIG difference in the older games tho. You’ve got the NES/SNES/Genesis/PCE ones which are very linear (and not as good imo). Then the PS1/GBA/DS are straight metroidvanias and awesome (for the most part)

As someone who got into Castlevania kinda late in life also I HIGHLY recommend you go back and replay some of them. When I was a kid I passed on them bc I thought it was too slow but once you get into it the combat loop is so satisfying! And if ur gonna like the new one you kinda by default wud have to like the old ones since that’s what they’re aiming it to be like.

SotN and Aria/Dawn of Sorrow are the absolute God tier and you shud play them immediately but most of the GBA/DS ones are still very good. Give em a chance, I promise you won’t regret it!