Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Megera) [RUS/NTSC]

Platform: the Playstation 1, PSX, PSone
Year: 1997
Genre: the Adventure, the Action of RPG.
Developer: the KCE of Tokyo.
Publisher: Konami has
Region: the NTSC [SLUS-00067]
Media: the CD
Number of CD: 1
Language: Russian (Megera)
Transfer type: text

Description:
Without a doubt, the best game of the Castlevania series.You will be a huge castle, which is a labyrinth, a variety of enemies, a virtually endless selection of weapons and armor and the ability to call assistants. Fascinating music and beautiful graphics. But the main thing – exciting gameplay, which will not allow to break away from the game, while Count Dracula will not be defeated!
Detailed review.
The Castlevania: Symphony is of the Night , by far, the most outstanding game in the series. Although some subsequent Castlevania’ii and tried to follow her style, it is Symphony of the Night is the pinnacle of excellence the series.
The only game that has some similarities (in the gameplay), with Symphony of the Night – it is, it is very old ancestor – Simon’s Quest. The fact that the Symphony of the Night, completely moving away from the traditional side-scrollers gameplay plunges us into an unforgettable adventure, with a lot of RPG elements and non-linear plot.
At the beginning of the game you take control of Richter Belmont, at the very moment when it is before the battle with Dracula, at the end of the game Dracula X (a masterpiece with the PC Engine the CD).Once you overcome it Dracula, the story of the hour strikes – four years later, Richter mysteriously disappeared, and Castlevania materialized out of the fog. Maria Renard (now grown-up) goes in search of his old friend and partner. Meanwhile, the son of Dracula, Alucard, sealed himself in his tomb, in the end Castlevania’ii 3, woke up again to fight with the forces of evil and find the cause of the mysterious appearance of the castle of his father.

Preview:

1) – Delightful 2D graphics . Alucard – one of the most well-animated sprites heroes in history. In the game you can find a few friends from previous games, enemies, but they all have new unique attacks and new animation beautiful death. And bosses … Oh, the bosses here – this is something fantastic!When you see these zdorovuschih, wonderfully detailed, memorable monsters, you jump in and start cheering KONAMI for its design achievements. In short, graphically the game is flawless (just take a look at the screenshots).
2) – Soundtrack . The Symphony is of the Night – a huge number of all kinds of music styles – this is typical for Castlevania’ii gothic music, hard rock, jazz, classical and orchestral music, solo piano, and they are all great. Fortunately, the English voice is not too let down, and so do Alucard sounded even better than the Japanese version. The sound effects – the sea, and they are all made “a great success”.
3) – Alucard . It has already become a legendary hero. His cool suit, lots of weapons, vampire abilities and magic spells – all this makes it probably the most interesting character in the history of games.
4) – Gameplay . Castlevania has always been known as a game in which the character is quite difficult to manage, but management has improved with each new game a little, Symphony is of the Night has such an incredibly sympathetic, gentle and thoughtful management that play Alucard (as Richter) – pure delight.
5) – replay value . An extraordinary number of weapons and secrets in the game allow you to find something new, even after so many years since its release. Of course, there are the usual hidden passages and secret rooms. Avid fans easily discover the whole map and get the best ending. But that’s not all! Many of the rare weapons, will make you more than once to walk through the corridors of Dracula’s castle. And it’s worth it: the holy Krissagrem (Crissagraem); vacuum blade possessing incredible strength; Flying rune sword (Runeblade) and a huge number of all kinds of boards, each of which has also a magic that can be called using a staff Shield (Shield Rod).
All this will allow to enjoy the game for a long time. In addition, once you complete the game for Alucard, you can play Richter. And run the castle in the best traditions of the old school Castlevania’y.The game is not complicated. Play it easy to be able to all, regardless of their gaming experience.

Well, so here it is – the best the Castlevania . For these games and should be a gamer and a fan of Castlevania’ii. Recommended play it in the first place.
The Castlevania: Symphony is of the Night – a masterpiece of all time.

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