Castlevania Video Marathon: Dracula X (SNES) (Complete one life run)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- While the game is thought to be as Rondo of Blood port, very few things were actually taken from this game. Levels are completely different and none of them were taken from Rondo. Maria is unplayable character, though given that Rondo didn't felt like a Castlevania game at all, when I played as her, I don't consider it to be a big loss. There are only two alternate levels instead of four. Levels themselves are very linear and doesn't feature alternate paths and alternate bosses. The only Rondo-like "secret path" to the alternate level is in the level 3, where if you fall from the column, you end up in the Alternate Level 4. The game has only two prisoners - Anette and Maria, instead of four. The game doesn't have percentage completion. Art in the game is completely different from Rondo and both Maria and Anette has new sprites. Since the game on the cartridge, there are obviously no animated cutscenes and voiced dialogues whatsover. However, there is no loading times either. In general, Dracula X feels and looks very different from Rondo, for a simple port. It's more like a remake or something.
Graphics-wise the game is very beautiful. It doesn't have the same mood as previous SNES entry - Super Castlevania 4, but it neither looks like its source game, at least when it comes to backgrounds. Backgrounds look like they were taken from the cartoon. They are very detailed and colourful. For the first time Castlevania game was basically combined from different sprites - and it's shows. Backgrounds palette is quite subdued and its clashing with palette of sprites that were taken from the Rondo. When it comes to animations, Dracula X backgrounds have little to no animation and because of that most of the levels (though not all of them) look devoid of life and soul. They are very pretty, but ultimately dead. Hilariously its the same complaint that I had about Rondo's levels, though reasons for this were different. When it comes to special effects - Dracula X is pretty much devoid of them either.
Music in this game was ported from Rondo, few tracks aside. However, Dracula X aded few new tracks - intro theme and awesome tango rendition of the Bloodlines, that used in the credits. Tracks that were ported from Rondo sounds different, since they use SNES hardware and not prerecorded on CD. I think, Dracula X rendition of those tracks are better than in Rondo, since they are more emphasized and sound more louder and clearer, than in ROB.
Gameplay is controversial at best. In general Richter has the same abilities as in Rondo. He can whip only forward, has backflip, and can execute Item Crushes, depending on the weapon that he has in his possesion. However, in Dracula X gameplay was drastically slowed down. And Richter have very different controls and hitbox. His jumping is very strange and awkward. Richter's whip strikes has a lot of weight to them. His backflip is almost useless. Richter's hitbox is strange. When he is standing - it's quite bigger than he is and because of it in some moments you can be hit by enemies, that don't even touch Richter's sprite, that could be very frustrating. However, when he is crouching - his hitbox is miniscule, so even if enemy or projectile directly touch Ricther's sprite, he will not suffer any damage. Also, his whip has not only "backward hitbox", that allow to destroy enemies, that comes from behind, but also "top hitbox".
There are five subweapons in the game - Holy Water, Cross-Boumerang, Daggers, Axes and Stopwatch. Holy Bible, that was introduced in the Rondo, is absent from this game. Like in Rondo, by pressing special button, player can execute Item Crushes. They are mostly identical to the Rondo's.
Levels has nothing in common with Rondo, when it comes to design. There are very linear and straightforward. Some level design are very similar to the Castlevanias on the Game Boy (The Adventure and Belmont's Revenge). In the end, levels reminds about Game Boy dilogy and, yes, NES games. Maybe it was their conscious decision to make Dracula X look and feel like an updated NES title?
In general, games are quite equal. While Rondo wins with amount of content, CDX wins with providing interesting challenge. I'd say those games are centered around very different core ideas. Both games have its strong and weak points. Where CDX is really succeds - its in not making itself tedious and boring. Also, the fact that you need constantly fight with enemies and controls, gives this game not only challenge, but some energy as well. Overall, Dracula X is very odd entry in the series. If one asks me what do I think about this game as port of the Rondo, I'll answer that it is a very bad port that has nothing to do with original game. However, it is a good game in its own right.
SORRY RICTHER BUT YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS IN ANOTHER CASTLE!
Rip bleach anime may you forever be refunded
LOL
Mario!
@Nic Otero lol ok
My first castlevania ..snes best console ever.good old times .god I wish a was kid again
the background in the last level shows the castle,Richter never was in the castle lol
You mind Castlevania: symphony of the night, isn't?
Mi infancia :'3
Wow! Honestly in my opinion this is one of the easier castevania games but dang you made it seem like it was so easy you breezed right through it! Great playthrough!
This game definitely had its moments, but it would have been sweet if they ported Rondo to SNES too.
it would have been / is impossible to port Rondo to the SNES,
this is the best they could do, this is actually "Rondo", its some kind of compromise
Yes, it would have been impossible to port Rondo of Blood to the SNES, but I also agree that it would have been sweet if it was possible to port Rondo of Blood to SNES. But I'll take this version, as it's still a really good game.I have it on my Japanese 3DS Virtual Console and enjoying every moment of it.
This game should be ported to the Mega Drive or Genesis, or better yet the TurboGraFX-16.
FreakEating this "IS" Rondo of blood for the SNES. This is the wateredown version of that game because the SNES is way underpowered to port Rondo of Blood. So this is Konami came up with.
@@peacelover6399 Well, you know how Rondo has two paths, and the alternate paths are labeled with an ' ? Like 2', 3', etc
Think of this as Rondo'
I love this one! It will soon come out on virtual console on WiiU, so i'll pick it right up. Personally, Castlevania IV is still my favorite, just because of the amount of time I spent on that one as a kid.
Brilliant run, I'm amazed this was achieved. One of my favorite parts was at 10:11; in that part it's so easy to get knocked off the ledge and fall a long way, so it was a smart move to use the crash attack. Or at 33:34, waiting for the ledge to be moving forward as you jumped, so you could grab the invincibility jug and take out the axe man with it. So many details like this were great. Bravo!
Thank you. =)
I love this game and firmly believe all problems people had with it are a matter of expectations vs reality. Expectation 1: "I want a game that controls like Castlevania (the one they know at least, SCIV)" Reality 1: The game controls like a NES Castlevania, appeals to the sensibilities of that control in its level design. Expectation 2: "This game is a piss poor port of Rondo of Blood" Reality 2: No, this game should be considered a different entry that reused assets for faster development, besides, if you were a Castlevania fan back then you didn't even know what the fuck Rondo was. Expectation 3: This game is too cheap compared to SCIV, Reality 3: No shit Sherlock, this is perfectly in line with the NES Castlevanias while SCIV was made to be more accessible. Expectation 4: I want to beat Dracula but he is too damn cheap, fucking pillars, this is too hard unlike past Castlevanias, Reality 4: Do you even crouch to prevent knockback bro?
I love this game, I think graphically it is one of the better looking games in the console and the 16 bit entries tbh. The music, while not exactly CD quality it is absolutely top notch and makes excellent use of the soundfont on the SNES, there's no mode 7 gimmicks, but have you seen the fire in the first level? At the end of the day this is a fine game and everything I expect from a Castlevania game... Actions must be deliberate, patience must be had to traverse, music is excellent in both sound quality, arrangement and composition, difficulty is high, boss fights are excellent. I'm not saying this is the best Castlevania by any chance, but this falls perfectly in line with what you'd expect if you played Castlevania since the NES. I find it petty that people judge it by what it is not (Super Castlevania 4 and/or Rondo of Blood) rather than what it is, which is another new entry and the last one to feel distinctively Classicvania before Metroid took over.
Excellent review!
Well said, and I agree. At first I played this on emulator from PC many years ago and didn't like it that much. I only casually played the first level back then. But now that I have downloaded the 3DS Virtual Console Japanese version of the game and playing thru it seriously, I have to say I love this game as well. The graphics and especially the music are top notch.
So many people compare this game with Rondo of Blood. I don't know why the comparison as they seem to be 2 very different games with only some of the assets reused for faster development. I also know almost nothing about Rondo of Blood as I don't have the system for it. I knew nothing about it back then and I don't get to play it now and honestly I don't care. Dracula XX is a great game regardless. I am happy to have it on my 3DS Virtual Console and I glad Nintendo released it.
I agree with all your points except the last... I mean, no, you just can not defend that damn final battle in my opinion xD
If a SNES Classic Edition is released (make at least a few million more than the NES Classic please), hopefully they'll put this & SuperC4 on there to follow the NES Classic having 2 Castlevania games on it. Excellent music, especially on the map screen.
I am pretty sure that they will put Super Castlevania 4 on SNES mini, as it is one of the most well-remembered and well-regarded titles on the console, but I am not sure if that is the case with Dracula X.
On the other hand, NES Mini had Castlevania 1 and 2, as opposed to Castlevania 3, which considered to be one of the best classic games in the series. So, some surprises are still possible.
No, Dracula X is not on SNES Classic Edition, but Super Castlevania IV is on it. However, it is available on both Japanese and US 3DS Virtual Console, which makes up for it, in my opinion.
The music has almost CD like quality. In fact, it sounds better than the actual CD music from Rondo.
It DOESN'T sound better than rondo and nothing was better than it
I totally agree, the sound effects are WAY better than rondo of blood on the turbo duo. However, the music sounds better on the turbo duo since the game is on a cd. Heck even the graphics on Dracula x looks better than rondo of blood.
awesome game, very underrated
and i agree, i also liked the music in this game better than RoB
Shadow11614 I felt the same way, I think it gets a bad rep, I felt rondo was where the series started becoming more Japanese anime, and it kinda took away from the horror. This version was closer to the originals.
33:55
Oh that is a bullshit floor you have going on there, Draks.
this is by far, the hardest game I have ever played in my life.
alguien sabe??? cual version es mas fluida(mas rapida) la version japonesa, usa o europea??
this almost looks like a playstation game. why is this so much higher quality than super castlevania iv?
now in wiiU.
can't one hit upwards or sidewards like in super castlevania 4?
No, you can hit only forward.
sad
Man, Konami just didn't gave a crap on this one. That ending was terrible.
By the same margin Super Castlevania 4 is also a bad game, as well as most other classic Castlevanias. It's a game itself that matter and while Dracula X is not without problems, it is fairly interesting project with its own atmosphere and specific gameplay.
***** Yeah, I always felt the older Castlevania games where about atmosphere, gameplay, and minimal story. The story is mostly told through its visuals like a picture book but thats how I like it. There's something epic about whipping through the castle with only your "whip and courage." The metroidvania style games are fun but they don't have the mythical and epic quality these have. Super Castlevania 4 (my favorite) and Bloodlines are my top 2.
I am agree with you.
que recuerdos aquellos 😣
I think you were a little unfair with the game...
It's SOTN's sprites similar to the ones from Dracula X / Rondo. ))
Not sure, all I know is this game looks so much nicer sounds better than Rondo of blood on the turbo duo. Well, except the music since rondo of blood is on a cd.
@@christopherdeguzman1137 I like OST in Dracula X more than in Rondo - it sounds crispier and "heavier". In comparison Rondo's OST has more volume to it, but instruments sound kind of muffled.
I like this visual style more than IV, but just like that game, the slow, stiff walking animation makes me not want to play it.
Yeah, its gameplay take some time to used to.
more of an arcade/action title as opposed to adventure/action games of the series, i can say though if you give it a substantial go when your bored you may fall in love with it. $0.02 i know i did
everything after CV4 its took a step backward and turned into a backtracking game or grinder. the 3D games suck ass.
Well, Rondo of Blood was unqestionable step forward, at least as far as overall game design is concerned.
CV64 was not bad. LOD too. LOI was mediocre.
LOI was good, when it comes to boss fights and music. Levels were boring and story, while having good presentation, was typical IGAvania crap, with one friend bertraying the other.
This game was a crap in Playability. Graphics were amazing. Music was not so good as the previous Castlevania (IV). The Bosses were not so cool as the previous game and you don't even have to fight all the bosses... what a crap game.
+TCMX I entirely disagree with this assessment, but to each its own.
***** Entirely? Really? Haha... A game with lot of flaws that even Reviews talked about that, specially the Playability compared to the Castlevania IV, it sucked.
"When you think of the definitive side-scrolling Castlevania experience, we imagine for most people it’s imagery of Symphony of the Night or Super Castlevania IV that first creeps into the ol’ noggin. But while those might be the most popular of responses, there’s a slightly more obscure game in the franchise that many die-hards hold in high regard: Dracula X: Rondo of Blood. Originally a Japan-only release for the PC Engine (known as TurboGrafx-16 in North America), Rondo eventually ventured out to other regions in the form of a Super Nintendo remake/port called Castlevania: Dracula X. Often referred to as one of the biggest disappointments in the entire Castlevania franchise, does this Frankenstein-esque creation incorporate enough worthwhile pieces to earn a recommendation?
The best answer to that question is: not really. Even when looking at Dracula X without comparing it to Rondo, it’s still an incredibly weak video game. The biggest issue we can draw is simply with how it plays. Simply put, Dracula X feels more primitive that it should when compared to other action-platformers released during the same time-frame. Controlling the main character, Richter Belmont, is a frustrating affair, one that will turn away many from the get-go. Weighty jumps that are too restrictive once airborne - as well as attacks with your whip that are limited to horizontal directions - are better suited for the 8-bit era than the refined, multi-directional controls that came with most SNES games; look at the range of motion in Super Castlevania IV, for example. In Dracula X, it’s almost as if there’s a slight delay to every movement, forcing you to react pro-actively as opposed to reactively. While that might not be precisely accurate to say, it does feel that way."
+TCMX So what?
This review - is just an opinion of another person and not truth in the last instance. So I don't see how and why it should influence my opinion about the game.
what a terrible half hour final boss fight. this game is lol difficulty why did the runner stall out hoppin around vs form1. his attacks are harmless as long as u arent at the edge of a pit. form2 is so easy without the standard body armor. shit, form2 in cv1 is about 10x more difficult since u gotta smack his face. runner crumpled vs final boss despite a pretty decent run
Rondo of Blood: The Lost Levels.
CASTLEVANIA: Dracula X (1995) is a pretty hard game, but the game is awesome! HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY to this Super NES game and to our introduction with Richter Belmont.
How is the sound sooo much better than everything else on the SNES?
late snes game by konami
pretty much guarantees the music is gonna be awesome
When I was a kid I could beat the first level of Castlevania 3: Dracula's curse without taking damage. That game was awesome!
omg, most of the enemies sprites are ALMOST identical to the ones on SOTN
Awesome run! I just love the feel, music, and SFX of this game.
Este es el mejor castlevania, veo que el nuevo snes saldrá el castlevania IV, leo comentarios que dicen que es mejor que este, pero la música, la velocidad, el arte, todo me encanta este para mi es el mejor, junto con el sinfonía de la noche
Dracula X es un buen juego, pero no lo llamaría "el mejor". Su juego y los controles son inferiores a SCV4. El estilo del arte es interesante, pero SCV4 sigue siendo uno y es uno de un juego bueno en la serie, mientras que Castlevania adoptó más adelante el estilo cartoonish para el resto de la serie.
me trae mucha nostalgia cuando tenía 6 y 7 años. ahora tengo 13 años y me siento muy triste.
Dímelo a mi yo tengo 18 ya xd
Yo tenía 15 cuando lo jugué ya algo mayor cómo sufrí con Drácula!!! Ah el tiempo sí que pasa rápido
And oh wow, is this the only Castlevania game where Dracula is teleporting by turning into mist, instead of calling for the Starship Enterprise to beam him around the room with the site to site transporter? O_O
Good job! this game was tough but you played it with great precision.
Thank you SO much for revealing where Annet was hidden in this game. For a long time, I thought she died and that RIchter saving Maria was the true ending.
nice video, I'm glad I finally defeated Dracula lol I have a video of me taking down the count himself!!! we vampire killers(hunters) need to stick together...
Este juego lo único malo es que no se puede correr lo cual lo hace un poco tosco o lento al jugarlo .
La musica 😍.. Identica a la de Rondo of blood. Pinche Super Nintendo era una maquinota, casi casi te reproduce el audio mp3 de la pc engine, no le pide nada al cd-rom. La mejor consola de la historia 😌👌
Hace algunos años me decidí y compré un SNES original!!! Ahora me gustaría conseguir un N64
That had to be the longest time I've seen someone take with the Count
damn this game has some great music and great run!
This was a cool ass underappreciated game. I can't believe anyone ever shit on it. If they would have called it something other than Dracula X it would be considered a classic.
Gracias, buen clasico.
y tiene una historia de amor mucho mejor que la de Crepusculo.
HA HA HA HA HA HA XD
emulator time. finally i will play these games before i die.
Why do people call Dracula X terrible? It doesn’t seem bad at all to me
People just like to nitpick and complain...
Got chills at 5:37. That classic music.
Yo jugando esto en el 2020 , espectacular experiencia
How to use offhand weapons like axe, holy water etc?
Absolutely despise what they did to Rondo's soundtrack, just sounds so off compared to the guitar based OST.
Still a pretty decent game.
Despite losing volume of the ROB OST, Dracula X version sounds more pronounced and crisp. IMO, it's a good trade.
But for each its own.
It just loses a lot of its quality (IMO of course). I have both games and going from the CD Redbook audio to SNES just seems off.
Good run either way. I still think Rondo is the best of the bunch, a big shame we never got it in the States.
This is a good game, but the music isn't its strong suit.
i think it is,
gameplay kinda sucks sometimes, graphics is sometimes very nice, sometimes kinda simple
is this some kind of joke?
Apparently Dracula has become so disgruntled by the Belmont’s kicking his ass game after game that he’s taken to laughing gas addiction
Did Cameo do the soundtrack?
Everything awesome but forgot the back jump, is useful to avoid rapid attacks or to reach a high place
22:51 :P Is this game kidding me ?? How could I know it ??? zzzzz
Thank you for upload.
see you !
Those soundtracks tho! Grande Konami! ❤
Some tunes in the BGM of the last level sounds like tunes of U.N SQUADRON
enable transparency of this shitty emulator, the counter of hearts sometimes becomes invisible.
Rondo is way better. Glad I got it with sotn on the ps4 limited run series.
Why does the music in level 1 sound like an 80’s game show theme?
Van a matar
Recuerdo que allá en el 97 jugué éste clásico con ayuda de la revista Club Nintendo, sólo así no sé me hizo difícil aunque Drácula sí sufrí. Edit soy yo o es muy molesto el sonido de Richter cuando es atacado??? Parece qué va a vomitar 🤮 jajaja. Buen juego hermano lo haces ver muy fácil
Gracias.
4:34
I wouldn't bother saving Annet and Maria
good and quick play, talented!
+zix ksixi Thank you.
12:32 too complicated zone, 90% falls in any pit
I thought htis was a great game and very underrated probably my 3rd fav in the series, for dracula i just pretty much stayed in one area like you said and maybe hoped around the area here and there to make it go a bit quicker but never to the other side of the room. The 2nd form's blue beam attack really annoyed me though
DAMN!!!! you just got my seal of badassosity!
I feel like dracula x is still somewhat a good game. True it could never hold a candle to rondo of blood but at least we got to experience the superb graphical quality from that game without waiting 15 or so years or so for the real rondo of blood.
Considering how different DX is from Rondo, I don't think comparing them directly is a good idea. Rondo has its own good and bad things and DX has its own pluses and minuses.
Ugh...I wouldn't say that DX is much more serious. It's still very cartoonish and as much removed from the original three games as Rondo.
***** I'd say it's much less dark in tone and visuals, than Rondo. The reason mainly being the awfully colorful palette used in it. Everything is colored in like a bright purple or blue with not much contrast in brightness, but mainly complementary contrasts used instead. Rondo has a lot more dark stages in comparison withe the palette used for them often being much closer to the NES games.
Yeah, I didn't like some palette choices in the Rondo.
***** Yeah I agree, this feels like the last fantasy Castlevania. All after this were anime.
Can deffinitely tell it was made by konami. the music and sfx sound almost identical to the adventures of batman and Robin for snes. I never had this game
+o fisticuffs o There is also big title screen saying "Konami", when you launch the game.
***** yea. I remember that screen for batman and robin.
Oh man, that soundtrack!!!!
Such a great game, I would totally buy it if I didn't own the original SNES cart still. 140+ for and SNES cart is steep ;)
Man,20-09 sounds just like that stage music wise from pc engine cd on super nes!! Wow!!
I wanted to like this game but the walking animations seemed fasted the the speed you moved at and was jarring for me :(
Your so good at this game it's enjoyable to watch :)
Thank you. =)
If I was Dracula, I would swear the guy who open the door of the castlevania.....
Actually impressive run you made here ,good job
I just bought this on the 3ds virtual console, it's not bad, hard though
now available in the nintendo e_shop.¡¡¡¡
This is not on SNES
good game but castlevania 4 was much better
yes, but be glad this game also came out on the SNES,
its also very nice in its ways
(you simply must own them both)
The Dracula fight was disappointing
Castlevania 3 dracula's curse is the best!
this game was a step backwards, you cant wipe up.
Dracula in this game was freaking IMPOSSIBLE.
I don't connect this one with Rondo (though it's literally a different telling of which; soundtrack and all), and for that right, I think it's one of my favorites. -It's provocative, and leaves more of a lasting appeal/memory than Rondo did. Rondo tried to channel every other game to give it that "Castlevania feel" (down to the village resembling CV II), while CVX on the other hand tried to do something different, while also pushing the SNES to its limits. I applaud that.
Crepusculo es un mal chiste, ese vampiro gay es una verguenza y desgracia para todos los chupa-sangres, incluso creo que el Conde Patula es mejor Vampiro. =)
Ha ha ha.
Because I didn't want to risk. It's not kind of battle where you can allow yourself to be hit.
I really want to play this Castlevania which I never played before! But HE WALKS TOO SLOW !!
They're all like that .
Wow, this is nothing like Rondo of Blood
Apelattion bug
Van a matar
Technically there are 7 levels. However, there are two alternative levels (4' and 5'), which you can visit.
ohhh....you actually beat this one. nice going!
I notice that some of the enemies are in Bloodlines too
can you answer me a few questions?
1.-richter is the strongest belmont?
2.-which is the relationship between richter and alucard?
3.-if he is still alive after SOTN, and he is so strong, why he isnt the principal player after this events?
1. I don't know and I don't care about power levels.
2. They are allies.
3. He is somehow lost ability to use Vampire Killer (most likely because he was mindcontrolled by Shaft). It was never exlained what had happened.
nope julius belmont is the strongest even at his old age. and also he is the one who destroy dracula permanently.
by the way he is decendant of ricther :)
edgardo andaya As if wasn't obvious because of his surname.
my cousin said alucard Is dracula spelled backwards none the I've played almost all of them but my favorite to this day is bloodlines
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this game goes for over 200 bucks on ebay. people are crazy..
+Luke Kleinhen It's because this game is a masterpiece.
you can get a repro for $25
Jonathan Blais oh yes thy sell that at alliexpress
Seriously. It's available on the Wii U shop. Just get it there for $8US.
I don't own a wii u. Sounds like a repro is the best option because I want to play it on my real snes
Damn son your description is longer than a mid-term essay.
This game used to scare the shit out of me.
Brasil
Impressive run. I just started learning the game and will take ideas from this. Thanks!
lol 18:20
Basically "Thank you for saving me, but the princess is in another castle"
2:13
Music strong in this one (graphics A)
i think the first version, rondo of blood, is way better then this one, to me dracula x is just an ok port, fun, but just ok, great run though! :D
Port of...?
***** port of rondo of blood? that's what i meant lol
Ah, well it's actually its own game technically, the levels are all completely different from those in Rondo of Blood.