Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for PlayStation 1

Pros: You get to be a half-vampire, with all the cool powers!

Cons: Good luck finding it

The Bottom Line: Dante from Devil May Cry has just met his match.

Review: Alright, I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for good vampire lore. Among my favorite books are Dracula (go figure) and Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot. My favorite character in literature is Lestat, the charismatic vampire rock star who stars in Anne...

Pros: Great music, depth, variety of levels, enemies, unbelievable amount of secrets

Cons: Kind of easy, sort of cheesy voice acting

Review: Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night is hands-down the best PlayStation game ever. Maybe best game ever period. I don't care if it is 2D and there isn't any polygons or whatever, it's in the gameplay that counts and it delivers in bunches and...

Pros: Everything: graphics, music, gameplay, atmosphere, and everything else

Cons: The voice acting isn't very good

The Bottom Line: Everything about this game is of the highest quality: atmosphere, music, graphics, locations, gameplay,… This is platform-horror-roleplaying-Castlevania at its best.

Review: In the Castlevania series, Symphony of the Night is probably the most revolutionary part. Konami has chucked a lot of old aspects of the series overboard, while stuffing in dozens of new aspects. But you won’t hear me complain – I believe...

Pros: Ingenius old school gameplay, beautiful graphics, incredible music, an lengthy quest

Cons: The voice acting, my copy is scratched

The Bottom Line: I recommend this masterpiece to ANYONE who's ever held a controller

Review: Symphony Of The Night is without a doubt, the most respected entry in the long-running franchise that got its start on the old NES in the late 80's. And for good reason. This is simply a beautiful gem of a game. I had previously played Castlevania ...

Pros: Very dark and detailed graphics, excellent sound tracks, and RPG-like game play.

Cons: Maria isn't playable, I guess.

The Bottom Line: One of the best Playstation games ever comes complete with RPG elements, 100 different enemies, and lots of blood!

Review: With all the hype and attention going to other Playstation titles like your Tomb Raiders, Resident Evils, Crash Bandicoots and even your Final Fantasies, people may overlook one of the Playstation's best games ever made; Konami's legendary ...

Pros: nice story, excellent soundtrack, inverted castle

Cons: voice-overs are terrible

The Bottom Line: Castlevania Symphony of the Night is a superb 2D game that every Playstation owner should play.

Review: Intro: Castlevania that one word alone should ring a bell to many gamers. This new and improved installation to the series proves mighty worthy of carrying the Castlevania name. Castlevania Symphony of the Night clearly demonstrates that ...

Pros: Massive quantities of items, easy to learn controls, good music, wicked main character

Cons: Voice acting could have been better, troublesome flea men

The Bottom Line: Yo, get this game or my friend Guido...he'll breaka yo face. With that said I believe this is the greatest 2D platformer of all time, buy it.

Review: This is probably the most addictive game I have ever played in my life. I have spent over 200 hours slicing through flesh and bone on this puppy. The only thing that can even come close to Castlevania on the addictive scale are those time consuming...

Pros: hand drawn, 2D side scroller!

Cons: no complaints here.

The Bottom Line: You haven't experienced Castlevania until you play this.

Review: No Castlevania to date comes close to the experience you'll have playing this one. There is more depth and feeling than in any previous installment, and the atmosphere is very convincing. For example, it's storming outside and you see a creature(or an...

Pros: Neat 2D graphics, awesome music, lots of atmosphere, interesting gameplay mechanics

Cons: Cheesy voice acting (of course!), there may never be another game quite like it.

The Bottom Line: Buy this game immediately, because it could very well be the last really good game of its kind.

Review: Konami had some real guts releasing a game like this to the public. After all, 3D gaming was pretty much dominating the spotlight at the time. And everybody thought 2D sidescrollers were pretty much dead. That is... everyone except Konami. The company...

Pros: Wonderful hand-drawn visuals, ambient music, killer old-school gameplay

Cons: May not be noticed by superficial gamers

Review: There was a time when I was wowed by the beauty of Super Mario 64's 3D world of fun, when I liked the new look in Final Fantasy 7, when the Quake and Unreal series dizzied my eyes with dazzling engines.

But in the end, there's nothing like...