Very true! I should have made my comment more specific -ptth-

Well, because of this thread, I purchased the game off ebay for 16.99 shipped, I better not regret it :p

$16.99 shipped? Awesome! You won't be sorry, this game is too much fun, hopefully you got a nice home theater/surround sound system to enjoy the soundtrack. Let us know how you like it when you get it :)

I think it's about time for a Castlevania Collection !!!!
(like the Mega Man one that recently came out)

10 years from now.. when all the Mafias, True Crimes, Military Spec Ops, Bloodranyes, all the NFL EXXXTREME THUGANOMICS, and Enter the Matrixes are forgotten (or remembered embarrassingly), love will still flow heavy for Symphony of the Night.

I agree, and as impressive a technological achievment GTA is, I'd have to include it in those bunch of games, because when it comes down to it, I'm not a huge fan of the gameplay as it is very repetitive and tiresome. I always end up playing those games and just losing intrest, and vice city was the exact same game as the first one.

Gotta love Symphony of the Night, one of the last great old school games to come out on a "next gen" console. I think dreamcast was the home of old school gaming and ultimately that was it's demise (I still play mine though).

Hopefully we will get to see one more non-gba Castlevania side scroller, I'd love to see what kind of effects and how large of a game they could make on ps2.

Just my $0.02

That is until they remake it for a new school crowd of kids who "dont like reading in their games." I keep hearing rumors (yeah i know rumors) that SoTn may get remade for the PSP. Honestly this masterpiece should not be remade, or even re touched the only thing I'd want to happen is it to get re-released with the original japanese voice track. :drool:

But just the same, this game is beautiful and holds a very special place in my gaming collection.

Great game, but I do like Dracula X (PCEngine Super CD) more.

Can you explain a little more about this? I know there was a Japanese version (I think it was Dracula X, but I might be mistaken on the title) anyways it was basically the same as SOTN I thought???

Dracula X- Nocturne in Moonlight is the japanese version of SoTn. It appeared on both Saturn and PSX. There is another Dracula X-Rondo of Blood that appeared on the Turbo Duo, that was later watered down for the SNES (but still pretty solid).

I think he means that he wishes you could listen to the voices in their original language. If there's one flaw with Castlevania: SotN, it's the English voice acting. It's not HORRIBLE, but the voices are mixed pretty loud and pretty much sound like people just reading lines in a studio. When you think back to the time and place (1997), voice acting in videogames usually wasn't very good. It wasn't until the following year when Metal Gear Solid raised the bar to the more cinematic, professional level that we've come accustomed to. Well, for the most part... there's still plenty of bad examples out there, as well as a few good ones pre-MGS.

I'm not 100% sure if Japanese voice actors took their job more seriously, or if the bad voices are just less noticeable when you can't understand the language.