Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

The good: the music, graphics, level design, difficulty, the weapons/armor, the bosses, shear size of the world. The best in 2D gaming.

The bad: perhaps the worst voice acting ever.

This game is great on its own merits. However, it is a breakaway from the traditional Castlevania level based format. Second of all, you are not one of the Belmonts, or a human at all (you are a half-vampire). Thirdly, you do not have a whip, you have a sword. Despite the breaking of many of the Castlevania traditions, this is a spectacular game. Great graphics, great music, great gameplay. As a consolation, there is a way to play as Richter Belmont after beating the game.

This is my second favorite of the Castlevania series, the best of all being Castlevania: Dracula X for the Turbo-Graphx 16 console. Do not play the Dracula X for Super Nintendo! It sucks!

Seller did a very good job on wrapping and handling, it worths every penny of the price.

Side scroll at its best. What a fantastic game. I have replayed this game about once every 18 months since its release. Music? Wow - Creatures? Superb - Weapons? Killer
And talk about playability - No game for the PS1 ranks higher on my list than SOTN!

Symphony is just a terrific game. It leaves anything before it, and many knock offs after it in the dirt. Alucard is not a whip slinging goof, not that the first two Castelvania games were bad in any respect. This just turns everything up several notches. A huge amount of items, armor, and weapons to use. Including some upgrades favorites (The Axe, Holy Water, Boomerang) New stuff like familliars (Little critters who have special powers, and will be a huge help to Alucard), an RPG level Up system, so you are able to take on the nasty beast that Dracula throws at you. I have played this for years! And will continue to do so, huge amount of replay value just because of how beautiful it is. Just go get it, oh and a strategy guide or you'll be up poop creek.