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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 26/09/2026

In Lords of Shadow 2, you get to play as Dracula. Who starts off needing to hide as a rat on his mission to save the world. At least the combat is a ton of fun.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 16/09/2026

In Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate, the series delves back into a light 2D Metroidvania. Decent fun, but the area is also quite dull. Fun fact: without this, we wouldn't have Metroid Dread or Metroid Ravenous.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 02/09/2026

While it feels more fantasy than gothic horror, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is a fun hack n slash game with some great voice acting. The game does go on for far too long, and they added annoying padding on top of that.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 26/08/2026

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair feels good to play, but is definitely deigned to be played with more than one person. It's like a big multiplayer challenge mode for the GBA/DS games, letting you zoom out immensely.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 21/08/2026

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth is a great classic style Castlevania. It's a retelling of Christopher Belmont's first adventure and I enjoyed it a lot.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 19/08/2026

Castlevania: The Arcade is interesting as you can use a motion controller to emulate it pretty much perfectly. It's essentially a lightgun shooter with you wobbling a cursor to swing a whip.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 08/08/2026

I managed to complete Castlevania Judgment without much issue, and I'm a button masher that's terrible at fighting games. At least the stories and dialogue is amusingly bad, and the reasonings for fighting are laughably dumb, like Trevor annoyed at his wife for not doing chores or Maria and breasts

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 05/08/2026

Order of Ecclesia is a very fun game, but I found the first half frustratingly difficult, then a single ability in the second half made it very easy

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 03/08/2026

I wasn't a fan of the PSP port of Rondo of Blood in The Dracula X Chronicles. It feels slow and it's quite ugly. It did come with the original Rondo of Blood and a new port of Symphony of the Night, with a new move set for Maria.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 31/07/2026

Castlevania: Order of Shadows is an interesting little game, a brand new Castlevania for Java-based mobile phones. It mixes classic style Castlevania with levelling up, equipment and magic from later games. It's just the controls that spoil it.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 26/07/2026

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin has an interesting dual character system, plus some nice locations you access via paintings. Another great game.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 22/07/2026

The combat in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness is really good, but the levels are just so boring, not to mention the rather bad plot. Kind of the opposite of Lament of Innocence.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 10/07/2026

I thoroughly enjoyed Dawn of Sorrow, especially the bonus mode. Brilliant game.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 02/07/2026

The hardest thing I found about Castlevania: Lament of Innocence was not falling asleep. Dull combat and a terrible camera mainly looking at a bit of floor doesn't make for an exciting game.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 29/06/2026

The gameplay of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow feels wonderful, even if I wasn't as much a fan of the exploration as the other GBA Castlevania games.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 25/06/2026

I absolutely loved Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance. Exploring the dual castle felt satisfying and rewarding, and the magic spells for the sub weapons feels great without being convoluted.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 16/06/2026

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is a great game, with a few annoying issues like terrible drop rates, which messes with the game's interesting magic system.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 08/06/2026

My second time playing Castlevania 64 (which was my first Castlevania). I nailed the nitro run first time. Still a fun game.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 02/06/2026

Symphony of the Night is a brilliant game, but I really don't recommend getting the good ending, it drags looking for all the rooms. Gameplay and exploration is great, though.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 31/05/2026

"A man who never eats pork buns, is never a whole man!"

Symphony of the Night screenshot, Alucard has picked up a pork bun.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 29/05/2026

Castlevania Blood lines absolutely oozes Mega Drive, and is an incredibly fun game as well.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 28/05/2026

All I knew about Rondo of Blood was that it was a Japanese exclusive until it was remade on PSP. I wasn't expecting such a brilliant game, my favourite of the classic Castlevanias.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 27/05/2026

The Sharp X68000 version of Castlevania is an interesting remake of the original game. It's just so insanely difficult.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 25/05/2026

I have mixed feelings about Super Castlevania IV. The whip is fun to use, but the game doesn't seem to be designed around how versatile it is.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 23/05/2026

The second Game Boy Castlevania is a huge improvement. Movement is good and lots of enjoyable sections.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 20/05/2026

First impression of Castlevania 3: this is just more of the first game. Thoughts of Castlevania 3 after three playthroughs: this is Castlevania 1 done to perfection.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 19/05/2026

Just Simon Belmont fighting mice and crabs on a pirate ship on his way to rescue Mikey from the Goonies. #castlevania

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 18/05/2026

Castlevania: The Adventure is slow with some pretty bad platforming - but for a GB release form its first year, it's not really that bad. Devs had to learn what it could do. (Screenshot from the GBC re-release)

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 16/05/2026

After everything I've heard about Simon's Quest, I was surprised to discover that it's a really fun game that just needs a guide for a couple of sections (the most obtuse one is something everyone already knows). If this is the worst Castlevania, then I'm in for a great ride.

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All Castlevania Games @castlevania.djcube.co.uk · 14/05/2026

Vampire Killer, the MSX2 version of Castlevania, is extremely brutal. It swaps the timer for maze-like levels and keys and is like an alternative universe version of the series.

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