Or, since castlevania is a product of chaos, those might be zombies or other kind of illusions to try and catch Simon off guard or distract him from his quest
people seem to hate chronicles redesign of simon. i personally love it, actually. for one thing, simon is, at the time of castlevania 1 and its many, many remakes/reimaginings 22 years old. he's barely over the drinking age. and yet classic simon always looks to be about 30 in all his artwork. at least he LOOKS his age here unlike most depictions.
It's not the only case, Richer in his first appearance is 19 and yet in the Rondo of Blood artwork and sprites he looks way older than a teenager, while in the DXC arrtwork he finally looks like someone more in line with his canonical age. Alucard's case is the opposite however, he looks much older in the Castlevania 3 artwork compared to SoTN and later redesigns.
I love this re-imagining of the original game. This was one of the first Castlevania games I owned/played through all the way. An underrated chapter in a classic series.
Oh man as a child I never made it past 11:15 because it was too hard for my 10 years old self. I can finally watch what the rest of the game is like. Edit: What? It was that easy!? It seemed way harder back then!
@@Bloodreign1 I think the original of this game "not arranged mode" are also harder. Or maybe I just thought so coz I never played it since 2010 I was 12 back than
For me, what I was stuck at when I was around 12 is this ice spike press at 16:47. And then after I’ve figured it out, the next stuck point was the clock tower’s werewolf boss.
awesome remake of the first one .. but i can say they made Dracula a bit more easier on this one this one they give you more time on knowing where he will appear
@@somacruz7759 And it's the canon one, since this Game (arrange version) was listed as the canon version of the first game in the official chronology that came with Portrait of Ruin.
I always see this as the "real" castlevania 2. It came out later than 4, but really, it's kind of the bridge between 1 + 3 that's not simon's quest. kinda like how the lost levels is mario bros 2.
IDK man... If this is just a remake with a few changes... I think I'll stick with Super Castlevania 4. It's only 16 bits, but... at least you can whip in 8 directions.
Yeah, who says you can't like both as their own game? Sort of like Dracula X; yes the PCE version is much better, but the SNES version is still a fine Castlevania game in its own right. Though I don't know why they took so much out of the SNES version. Because Konami, I guess.
You don't have to stick to any of them. Play them all, they all have their own positives and negatives. SCIV's greatest strength is also it's down side (too darn easy).
This is a remake full and full SCIV is continuing from where Simon Killed Dracula in Simon's Quest where Dracula's Hand Popped out and the Lightning restarted his nonbeating heart. So Simon must beat Dracula.... AGAIN this is a retelling with new chapters added Such as the She Wolf Battle, The Doppelganger and the Wizard Not to Mention a explaination to how Dracula came back after Christopher Killed him
I think that Konami was forced to add that mediocre CGI introduction to satisfy PlayStation players expecting that every game had to use the FMV capabilities of the console. What a shame: the original introduction for the Sharp X68000 computer still stands out.
Depends on which type of Castlevania you liked, and myself having played the ones before it, this fit the bill just right. Never much cared for the Metroidvanias.
great video! i personally quite like this version, but i'd definitely say the X68000 original is superior, even if the sort of absurd 4 damage dealt since Stage 3 is a bit overkill, it's still fair in most places and Stage 5 is less insufferable there.
Must be the Game Over shop over there, I hit it years back and found some good stuff there. The only copy of this game I ever saw, besides the US and PAL variants I own, was one at a Play N Trade in Panama City, Florida, and they wanted an assload for it.
how strong belmont in this timeline? well from stage one until the final stage he just walk even he got a timer.just walkin like a park while slaying some minions of darkness just like nothing. and he do the same thing on dracula😆😆😆
The problem with SotN? The difficulty was near null and avoid once you leveled up enough and had the right weapons, while this game will beat you senseless all the way to the end.
I like the Simon redesign except for two things. 1) I thought Simon was a blonde. This guy looks like he's been in his sister's Ashley Maddison! And (2) why the heck does his Sprite have a sword!?
"Haunted Castle" original name for castlevania arcade. Simon has a sword and you can use it for fighting. I think they're planning to do the same but just didn't.
Simon has always been red haired. He was only blonde in the western version because we westerners were stupid back then and decided on changing the damn thing based on game visuals(while ignoring the lmitations in color pallets which made them change the ingame hair to a more brown looking one). The original art for Simon in Japan has always depicted him as having red hair.
Playing in this mode instead of the original one is easier because you lose less energy when you are hit. But in return you have to play like Simon Belmont dressed as a drag queen... It's something like the chicken hat in Metal Gear V. 🤣
They probably didn't care because it's a 3rd party game, but if they didn't like it it would have been because it was not 3d. Sony pushed hard for everything to be 3d because that's what the ps1 was primarily geared towards. Polygons meant "next gen" and 2d games didn't sell as well.
Péssimo jogo. Para mim um dos piores da franquia. Nível de dificuldade muito alto sem necessidade. O jogo poderia ser bem melhor se não fosse isso. Eu detestei esse jogo.
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That remix of Vampire Killer is hilarious. It's like a dance club version. XD
now I can just imagine Simon Belmont walking into a club whipping Vampires in a dance club.
Its so awful and slighty good
the remix of bloody tears is beautiful
It’s my favourite version of Vampire Killer. It definitely stands out. Plus, I really like electronic dance music.
It’s not that bad. It might not fit, but it’s the best out of all the versions.
So, stage 19 is filled with kidnapped innocent people and Simon just ignores them... really hope he went back for them before the castle crumbled
😂
I think those might be zombies.
It's cool, they're all Jehovas Witnesses refusing to bend the knee to the Dark Prince.
I always found that so disturbing...
Or, since castlevania is a product of chaos, those might be zombies or other kind of illusions to try and catch Simon off guard or distract him from his quest
Diavolo's Chronicles
Kingu kurimison !
people seem to hate chronicles redesign of simon. i personally love it, actually.
for one thing, simon is, at the time of castlevania 1 and its many, many remakes/reimaginings 22 years old.
he's barely over the drinking age. and yet classic simon always looks to be about 30 in all his artwork.
at least he LOOKS his age here unlike most depictions.
It's not the only case, Richer in his first appearance is 19 and yet in the Rondo of Blood artwork and sprites he looks way older than a teenager, while in the DXC arrtwork he finally looks like someone more in line with his canonical age.
Alucard's case is the opposite however, he looks much older in the Castlevania 3 artwork compared to SoTN and later redesigns.
Ayami Kojima's designs are peak Castlevania. I don't know how anyone could not like it.
OG Simon just looks too generic tbh. I really like this one.
I love this re-imagining of the original game. This was one of the first Castlevania games I owned/played through all the way. An underrated chapter in a classic series.
Aren't the later stages difficult as Hell?!
@@Nestalgba92023 yes but that’s mainly because they suffer from the US castlevania 3’s problem where enemies dish out more pain later in the game
@@Nestalgba92023 they really aren't aside from Stage 8 (and Stage 5's boss)
It doesn't matter which version of this game I play, the Clock Tower is still the bane of my existence
If the stage doesnt kill you, the timer will!
@@M613M And if the stage and timer don't kill you, the she-bitch at the top will.
@@M613Mall clock towers are brutal including SotN
Just finished this for the first time a couple weeks ago and yeah the clock tower is actual torture
20:00 bloddy Tears best song
@TheInnocentSinful
How do you make the character, "Simon Belmont," blink (or flash) during gameplay, if you don't mind me asking?
Thanks for uploading this, as a kid I never made it past the part with the stained glass on Medusa's stage.
Oh man as a child I never made it past 11:15 because it was too hard for my 10 years old self. I can finally watch what the rest of the game is like.
Edit: What? It was that easy!? It seemed way harder back then!
No, this game is hard, it's original mode harder, and the original version on the X68000 version will put your nuts in a vice grip if you play it.
@@Bloodreign1 I think the original of this game "not arranged mode" are also harder. Or maybe I just thought so coz I never played it since 2010 I was 12 back than
For me, what I was stuck at when I was around 12 is this ice spike press at 16:47. And then after I’ve figured it out, the next stuck point was the clock tower’s werewolf boss.
The main character looks straight out of an 80s hair metal band.
In the original design he looks like he-man
Looks like Lion O from Thundercat, HO!!
Good game, underrated in my opinion.
I still prefer the original, but this was still nice to play.
Good music too
I agree with you my friend
The music is so seductive I love it!
That Doppelgänger fight was goddamn priceless.
That remix of Vampire Killer is amazing, but ultimately it's unfitting.
35:20 this level music is great ! Reminds me a bit of FF13 theme.
yooo when Drac changes into his final form the beat DROPS damnn
18:49 the dagger works wonders against the flying wizard
anyway,excelent game and OST!
Sweet! At the Floating Corridor, you can see Dracula's throne room in the background!
how the shit am i just finding out about this game
It received almost no promotion and is stupidly rare on disc.
6$ bucks on ps3 digital download get it quick!
Considering it came out in Japan in 1993 and not until 2001 in the U.S. Doesnt Help!
Dat 4 sec finish on Clock Tower.
I like this Simon Belmont
The castlevania chronicles and sotn are both best games of ps1
What is SOTN?
@@jayson9586 symphony of the night
Dracula looks straight out of What We Do In The Shadows.
the track at 7:45 slaps daamn
awesome remake of the first one .. but i can say they made Dracula a bit more easier on this one
this one they give you more time on knowing where he will appear
Simon in this game is so hot.
He looks good with this style when he has a tan.
This is probably his best design.
@@somacruz7759 And it's the canon one, since this Game (arrange version) was listed as the canon version of the first game in the official chronology that came with Portrait of Ruin.
@@zerofabio6916 kind of retconned after Grimoire of souls. Now this is just how he looked like in legends
@@gv82089 But that's a mobile game
Fun game!! Cool soundtrack too.
I still prefer the original, the sprite design and sound is better imo
"EEEWW, simon belmont doesn't look like a potato anymore, I hate you Konami. >:(".
I always see this as the "real" castlevania 2. It came out later than 4, but really, it's kind of the bridge between 1 + 3 that's not simon's quest. kinda like how the lost levels is mario bros 2.
What? Do you know the Castlevania storyline?
Super Mario 2 (USA) is infinitely better than the Lost Levels
When you are ready to disco, but remembered that you have to slaughter Dracula.
IDK man... If this is just a remake with a few changes... I think I'll stick with Super Castlevania 4. It's only 16 bits, but... at least you can whip in 8 directions.
personally, i don't like the Simon redesign.
Castlevania 4 is more like it's own game tbh, this is a true remake of the original
Yeah, who says you can't like both as their own game? Sort of like Dracula X; yes the PCE version is much better, but the SNES version is still a fine Castlevania game in its own right. Though I don't know why they took so much out of the SNES version. Because Konami, I guess.
You don't have to stick to any of them. Play them all, they all have their own positives and negatives. SCIV's greatest strength is also it's down side (too darn easy).
This is a remake full and full
SCIV is continuing from where Simon Killed Dracula in Simon's Quest where Dracula's Hand Popped out and the Lightning restarted his nonbeating heart. So Simon must beat Dracula.... AGAIN
this is a retelling with new chapters added
Such as the She Wolf Battle, The Doppelganger and the Wizard
Not to Mention a explaination to how Dracula came back after Christopher Killed him
As música dessa versão do Castlevania Chronicles, é melhor do que primeira versão do jogo .
this is the kind of playthroughs I like, real ones.
That's one of the most marvelous video games in the universe
Is this played on a capture card? Seems it is trying to work in 480i and the deinterlacer can't decide between bob or weave.
I thought arrange mode was a full 3D (2.5D side scrolling) version of the game, ala Dracula X Chronicles. Or am I remembering a different game?
Lion O Cyborg you are talking about the second Chronicles title on the PSP. This is the first Chronicles title on the original PlayStation.
I think you are remembering a 3ds game n64 or ps2 one idk
🙏Congratulations Castlevania Chronicles!🙏
Thrashard In The Cave, the Stage 2 theme, is fucking amazing.
perfect BGM, perfect difficulty, perfect castlevania game
La música del segundo nivel otro rollo!!! buen Castlevania aunque algo infravalorado y olvidado.
I liked the new sprites, but pink haired Simon??
0:40～0:59
🧙♀️🔯BGM
I think that Konami was forced to add that mediocre CGI introduction to satisfy PlayStation players expecting that every game had to use the FMV capabilities of the console. What a shame: the original introduction for the Sharp X68000 computer still stands out.
16:18 I'll continue this later
This game was fine for what it was, the problem is that Symphony of The Night is just such a better game in comparison
Depends on which type of Castlevania you liked, and myself having played the ones before it, this fit the bill just right. Never much cared for the Metroidvanias.
that painting on the wall its a berserk reference
Gothic Simon xD
You are very lucky to get 🌿 in stage 21, that's all I have to say
great video! i personally quite like this version, but i'd definitely say the X68000 original is superior, even if the sort of absurd 4 damage dealt since Stage 3 is a bit overkill, it's still fair in most places and Stage 5 is less insufferable there.
the ninja maids on the last stage
Frickin’ Sakuya from Touhou
I was fortunate to find the disc. Found it in a San Antonio retro game store for 50 bucks.
Must be the Game Over shop over there, I hit it years back and found some good stuff there. The only copy of this game I ever saw, besides the US and PAL variants I own, was one at a Play N Trade in Panama City, Florida, and they wanted an assload for it.
I love that version Simon very mad and hot 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😘😘😘😘😘
I can't deal with the music and the whip sound basically the Roblox jump
how strong belmont in this timeline?
well from stage one until the final stage he just walk even he got a timer.just walkin like a park while slaying some minions of darkness just like nothing.
and he do the same thing on dracula😆😆😆
Me encanta este modo arrange.
redesign is gas idk what anyone says!!!
This game look good as fuck
13:03 cual es el nombre de la musica ??
alejandro Bondani Wicked child
The whip sounds like the jump in Roblox lol
Vampire killer remix was really cool
Parece como si Simon tuviera agujetas en los pies XD
WTF happened to the whip sfx!? even the first NES game got it right
Right? Why can't they just use a whipcrack sound effect? At least it doesn't sound as bad as the whip in Bloodlines lol.
@46:05 😂😂😂
The character walks like she’s on an elliptical machine at the gym.
Its a Man!
That's actually a man.
Nada mejor que el sotn único estilo rpg insuperable y clásico con tantos trucos y tips
The problem with SotN? The difficulty was near null and avoid once you leveled up enough and had the right weapons, while this game will beat you senseless all the way to the end.
Weed is op.
55:57 man🍷
the music is too good for the game
Only good thing about arranged mode is Thrashard in the Cave.
I'M A MODEL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
Would appreciate the Simon redesign more if it didn't have a yaoi face.
@TruSandwich Not as gay as his Captain N version.
I'm not a fan of the fuchsia colored hair myself. I mean if that's Simon's preference then good for him, but I think he looks better as a brunette.
This is my favorite Simon design lol
Who came here after seeing somecallmejohnny's review?
I like the Simon redesign except for two things. 1) I thought Simon was a blonde. This guy looks like he's been in his sister's Ashley Maddison! And (2) why the heck does his Sprite have a sword!?
"Haunted Castle" original name for castlevania arcade. Simon has a sword and you can use it for fighting. I think they're planning to do the same but just didn't.
Simon has always been red haired. He was only blonde in the western version because we westerners were stupid back then and decided on changing the damn thing based on game visuals(while ignoring the lmitations in color pallets which made them change the ingame hair to a more brown looking one). The original art for Simon in Japan has always depicted him as having red hair.
@@bloody4558 then why his hair was changed from red to brown in the next Game?
👍👍
Playing in this mode instead of the original one is easier because you lose less energy when you are hit. But in return you have to play like Simon Belmont dressed as a drag queen... It's something like the chicken hat in Metal Gear V. 🤣
Great!The ending sucks😂
Bro this games walking animation looks goofy af
Prougle Vampire killer
The x68000 version is A LOT better
Just paid 45 off of eBay for it
flagrant check twice
Simon looks like a girl in this game.
Better than Conan the barbarian in my opinion
God, i hate the new design Ayami Kojima gave to Simon in this game, he looks like a far gayer version of Freeman from Garou MotW
Sony executives must have hated this game because it came out near the launch of the system and it only looks marginally better than a SNES game
It's kind of a port of a 16 bit system so ye
They probably didn't care because it's a 3rd party game, but if they didn't like it it would have been because it was not 3d. Sony pushed hard for everything to be 3d because that's what the ps1 was primarily geared towards. Polygons meant "next gen" and 2d games didn't sell as well.
This game was released near the end of the PSX’s life, well after SOTN; not near launch.
Castlevania Chronicles wasn't a launch title. It was released in 2001.
Péssimo jogo. Para mim um dos piores da franquia. Nível de dificuldade muito alto sem necessidade. O jogo poderia ser bem melhor se não fosse isso. Eu detestei esse jogo.