- Retro side scrolling action through more than 10 gothic stages and additional hidden areas
- New song collection system adds additional depth to classic gameplay
- Return to previously completed levels to explore and uncover new secrets
- Includes the original classic Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night games, optimized for PSP system
Product Description
The legendary action game Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is reborn on the PSP system with incredible 3D graphics and timeless side scrolling gameplay in Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. Gamers take up the Vampire Killer whip as Richter Belmont as they seek to destroy the maniacal Dracula once and for all in this pivotal piece of the ongoing Castlevania saga. Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles also includes the original Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night … More >>
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
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This game was absolutely terrible on so many levels. Really boring. You run around in a one dimensional world swinging god knows what. TERRIBLE!!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
no i do not own this yet but i give it the maximum rating due to the fact that it is castlevania and a side scroller (all three of them) i am now going back to stare out the window and wait for ups to come hopefully it will arrive within the next couple of days oh and I must plug in my psp till its fully charged so it will be ready for some heavy gaming. You should considered camping next to your mailbox to do this u will need a tent, water, rations, a bucket(filled with cat litter *optional),and basic toiletries. UPDATE i now have the game and its like a drug that i cant quit. ok here is a little tip make a quick save when u reach a boss battle then copy that save to another space then fight the boss that way if u loose and run out of lives rather than start at the begining of the level u have a spare save at the boss copy again and again as needed overwriting failed attempts this is handy at higher level boss battles and relieves frustration
Rating: 5 / 5
I was highly anticipating this game, especially after seeing the online videos. I picked it up day 1 and have had it for almost 1 month. I tried really really hard to like this game, but it’s not happening.
I guess I didn’t really comprehend that it is a remake of an old game. As a result all they really did was spruce up the graphics and sound.
But the gameplay and controls are terrible. I am mostly comparing the game to recent Castlevania games I played on the gameboy advance (GBA). On the GBA games your character could do slides, get whip power ups, double jumps in the air and so on. In this game all of that is removed, so you can only jump and whip over and over and over.
My biggest complaint with the game is the presentation of the levels is just boring and seems pointless. Everytime you scroll off screen you are in a new room (which loses the feeling of being in a specific part of the castle), the enemies just attack you at regular intervals and show no real AI of any kind.
For example, on one level an enemy speared me from above which made me fall back through a hole in the groud, when this happened I was suddenly in a new room with swamp creatures. So I ran to the left to avoid them, the screen scrolled, and AGAIN I was in a 3rd new room. All this in under 10 seconds. I felt totally lost and had no idea where I was in the game. So you slowly begin to drudge back to where you were but it just feels OLD. With the lack of double jump and slide attacks I feel too limited to dodge attacks effectively.
In a NUTSHELL, it feels like they took the original 8-bit NES Castlevania, and improved the graphics, while sadly throwing away all the cool improvements to Castlevania games over the years.
Only nostolgic people who loved the original Castlevania games will like this game. If you’ve played the more recent ones, you will be let down.
Rating: 1 / 5
First of all, I enjoy the Castlevanias that I currently own. So far, all of them have great controls. But Rondo of Blood… the graphics was great and the openings are great with one major problem: the controls suck. It’s like the developers didn’t take their time fixing that problem. Symphony of the Night was great and even though I have to unlock that game by putting up with this crappy one, then so be it. Once it’s beaten and the game is unlocked, i won’t turn back. Screw Rondo of Blood. The controls are outdated and the levels are too short it reminds me of those cheesy computer games from back in the early nineties.
Rating: 4 / 5
Many secrets and hidden character that you can get.
Collecting the original game and music scores will have you repeating the levels. But the levels have different paths you can take. Audio track for both English and Japanese are superb.
Rating: 5 / 5