A post dedicated to Caslevania:Symphony of the Night, one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, side scroller of all time.

Picked this up years ago and still puts some modern games to shame, beautiful graphics, haunting soudtrack and great fun.

Thoughts welcome.

Agreed, wonderful game. I need to play through it again when I can find the time....
*awaits the inevitable "best Super Metroid remake" comment*

Both are classics, but SOTN stands alone. I enjoyed all the recent GBA castlevanias, but none could touch the masterpiece that was SOTN. I wish Konami would release it again on the GBA or better yet do a Castelvania collection disc like the current Sonic and Mega Man ones.

SOTN may be my second favorite game of all time next to Snatcher on the Sega CD.

SOTN is by far the funnest Castlevania. AOS coming in a very close second for me. Dont know about HOD, havent played it yet. Since Metroid came up, how does Metroid Fusion compare to Super Metroid? I'm playing Fusion right now, and I have to say I'm dissapointed, only reason I played was because I heard it was Castlevaniaish.

While I liked SOTN, I never understood the following it had. I never even heard any hype for it really, my friend just said borrow and play this.

Oh well, to each his own.

Agreed. SOTN still stands as the pinnacle of sidescrollers. Graphics, control, music, sound effects and the sheer number of hours to play it make this a title every PS or PS2 owner should keep in their library.

Both are great games, but I still prefer Super Metroid. It just seems to have better replay value for whatever reason.

Probably the best video game soundtrack ever too.

I also wanted to add when you complete the first "phase" of the castle,
AWESOME! I was definitely not ready for that.

I beat this game in a single sitting. A Single 23 hour sitting. It was glorious.

He speaks the truth

You know when they release a CD of just the music for a video game (EXCLUDING Dance Dance Revolution) you know its a kick ass soundtrack.

I've played almost every single major video game since about 1981, and SOTN is my favorite game of all time.

Just thinking about it makes me want to play it.

It could quite possibly be The Perfect Video Game.

I love SOTN, but it's way too easy.

It wasn't too difficult in the first phase of the game, but the second r0xx0red my b0xx0rs.

All this love for the game and i still can't get a decent price for my japanese import of the game with the artbook and soundtrack

Actually I never have played this game even though it came so highly recommended my friend in japan sent me a copy.

sfsdfd repa-SENTin' for this game.

- David Stein

Best.Side-scroller.Ever.

great game.

excellent game. GOt my butt handed to me by the second castle.

Especially that damn "underground" part of the castle like the tombs or the catacombs area, that ish sucks.

The assortment of weapons and items that are avaiable are awesome.\ too!

I picked Metal Slug 3 last week, and that mediocre title made me appreciate SOTN all the more. Absolutely the pinnacle of side scrollers. Maybe I'll give it a spin tonight. However,

GTA: VC is easily the greatest soundtrack of all-time. I mean, come on, the equivalent of 7 CDs, I Wear my Sunglasses at Night, Automatic, Africa, it's a beast!

I'm not sure if they released it here, but just about every game ever made has a CD soundtrack released in Japan .

Without a doubt, one of my top ten games of all time.