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Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood
Released On: Oct 26, 2018
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7.1
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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45% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
52% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
74
45% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
52% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It may not feature perfect ports but Castlevania Requiem still contains 2 of the best games ever made. However, after playing through these gems, it's hard not to feel bittersweet. On one hand, the era of perfectly crafted gaming experiences has passed in favour of Hollywood-style rubbish and wannabe indie developers. On the other, enjoying these timeless classics again is an absolute treat.
A wonderfully nostalgic mix of beautiful pixels, rousing music and sometimes brutal difficulty.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 81 User Ratings
7.1
67% Positive
54 Ratings
54 Ratings
15% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
19% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 81 User Ratings
7.1
67% Positive
54 Ratings
54 Ratings
15% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
19% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
Perhaps two of the greatest games of all time in one bundle you youngsters don’t know anything about this .. . Games today can’t compete Castlevania symphony of the night is simply hands down one of the greatest games of all time
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PlayStation 4
Rondo of Blood: I absolutely love Maria Renard in this game. She is very agile and powerful, yet very cute (KAWAII Japanese cuteness). Maria cutscenes are the most kawaii moment in castlevania games.
Symphony of The Night: The best music in game history, maybe 2nd after Final Fantasy 6 (which is the best of the best I think). Awesome gameplay, but Bloodstained Ritual of The Night is better (Koji Igarashi made both these games)
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Castlevania Requiem brings to modern consoles what made the franchise successful in the first place. Requiem is not perfect and offers little extra in terms of modernization, but it stays true to the original vision.
Castlevania Requiem lets players get their hands on two excellent games, so even though it offers little else, it is still a worthwhile purchase.
Bundling two of Konami's most beloved games should have been the easiest sale in the world. Instead, what is here is something that doesn't quite hit the mark. The ports are competent, but they could have been so much more. Instead, it seems like effort was spent on including meaningless features that don't really benefit anyone. Introducing force feedback to old games just seems like a bad idea in general. Still, Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood are classics. They deserve to be played, even if it is through Castlevania Requiem.
In essence, Castlevania Requiem is a mediocre port of two extremely good games. Fans will enjoy the chance to play them again — if they haven't already purchased copies for other consoles — but it's far from the definitive version of the games. This collection offers two excellent games for $20, which isn't a bad deal as long as players only expect what it says on the package: two Castlevania titles that they've probably played before.
While Rondo of Blood is entertaining enough, the lack of extras and the inferior version of Symphony of the Night being included in this package is sure to disappoint.
This collection bundle two of the best castlevania games. If you never played symphony of the night or rondo of blood, then castlevania requiem is for you.
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PlayStation 4
This is not the PlayStation version you remember. This is a port of the PSP version. The voice acting and dialogue has been changed in small but impactful ways. If you want to hear Dracula’s cheesy opening speech, you’re out of luck. No “What is a man...” speech here.
Still a great game. But was hoping for the original PlayStation version, but this will do I suppose.
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There's no separate trophy list for the games contained in this collection, meaning you're forced to play (and complete to 100%) the absolutely atrocious and severely outdated Rondo of Blood if you want to pick up a Platinum trophy for Symphony of the Night.
I've seen people getting bashed a lot for saying that Rondo of Blood ****, but speaking as someone who didn't play it back in the days, it really does. SOTN has some of the same issues, such as cheap enemy placement and attack patterns, but you can take a lot more hits in that game, and you can upgrade you character to get even stronger. Here, you die in just a handful of hits, and after dying 3-or-so times, it's Game Over and you have to do the entire stage over again.
However, the biggest issue by far are the controls. If they were decent, I could probably endure the other stuff, but it feels like they're constantly working against me here, making things a thousand times harder than they should be.
Some people may say it's just a matter of getting used to them, but if "adapting to clunky controls" is a skill, it's certainly one I don't want to have enforced upon me.
Rondo of Blood really doesn't hold up to today's standards, and anyone claiming otherwise must simply be blinded by nostalgia. For me, this was one of the worst gaming experiences of my life, and considering the fact that I've been a gamer since the NES era and have seen my fair share of horrendous games throughout the years, that should probably tell you more than any further words possibly could.
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PlayStation 4
As much as I love both games, it comes of as being very lazy port. Pixelated illustrations, awful looking menus and lack of any add-ons makes it pretty poor adaptation which does both great games no justice.
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PlayStation 4
Redublagem horrível. Colocaram opções de plano de fundo ao invés de trabalharem em colocar os dois jogos em tela cheia. Eram infinitas as possibilidades de filtro para adicionar ao game, para dar um efeito parecido com as televisões de tubo, por exemplo. Perderam muitas oportunidades, mas pelo menos relançaram, único ponto positivo.
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PlayStation 4
Summary 2 Castlevania masterpieces available for the first time on PlayStation4. Now relive 2 of the greatest titles within the Castlevania series: "Rondo of Blood" (PC Engine) and "Symphony of the Night" (PlayStation). Rondo of Blood -> The 10th in its series crafted with stunning graphics and beautiful music. Released on PC-Engine in 1993, thi...
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Platforms:
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date: Oct 26, 2018
Developer:
- Konami
Publisher: Konami
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