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| ***//Castlevania: Symphony of the Night / Akumajo Dracula X: Gekka no Yasokyoku (JP)//** (also on: PSN, PSP, Saturn, XBLA) | ***//Castlevania: Symphony of the Night / Akumajo Dracula X: Gekka no Yasokyoku (JP)//** (also on: PSN, PSP, Saturn, XBLA) | ||
| *diplo: A game that's been referenced so much within the series and outside in accolades and recommendations that it's hard to not be tired of its presence, yet the game itself remains, and it's still brimming over with valuable stuff. Who knows what the developmental thrust was like, but this sure as hell is the first Castlevania that doesn't seem to make any attempt to try to have you die at least once -- so if you're coming in hoping for the knotted action-bursts of preceding titles, well, sorry. What this game does have is a density of usable items, secrets, and stylistic accomplishments that accumulate to make the world feel lush and baroque. Appraisals of the game often don't seem to recognize that the castle works like no castle in subsequent games due to areas' distinct, thematizing macro-architecture that spatially solidifies places and builds graphic narratives. Super fun soundtrack that's way more diverse than the "rock" descriptor that's usually applied to it, and some of the best pixel art around, period. | *diplo: A game that's been referenced so much within the series and outside in accolades and recommendations that it's hard to not be tired of its presence, yet the game itself remains, and it's still brimming over with valuable stuff. Who knows what the developmental thrust was like, but this sure as hell is the first Castlevania that doesn't seem to make any attempt to try to have you die at least once -- so if you're coming in hoping for the knotted action-bursts of preceding titles, well, sorry. What this game does have is a density of usable items, secrets, and stylistic accomplishments that accumulate to make the world feel lush and baroque. Appraisals of the game often don't seem to recognize that the castle works like no castle in subsequent games due to areas' distinct, thematizing macro-architecture that spatially solidifies places and builds graphic narratives. Super fun soundtrack that's way more diverse than the "rock" descriptor that's usually applied to it, and some of the best pixel art around, period. | ||
| + | * Ni Go Zero Ichi: It's a wonderful game until the balancing just completely falls apart not even halfway through and you can complete the rest of it in your sleep. Its aesthetic merits are well-documented by diplo and others, and there's a bunch of intriguing quirks and rough edges in it that the other games don't have so I can understand people loving this. But as an actual video game I don't know if I can honestly say it's better than the DS titles. | ||
| ***//Chocobo's Dungeon 2//** (also on: PSN - JP only) | ***//Chocobo's Dungeon 2//** (also on: PSN - JP only) | ||