by pook99 Sat May 26, 2018 9:59 pm
Magic of Scherezede is one of my favorite nes games, it was way ahead of its time on release and had so many cool ideas that were unheard of at the time, time travel where the world changes based on what you do, team attacks depending on the party members you have recruited, being able to haggle with shop keepers, mix of action + turn based, and probably a few things I am forgetting. I am surprised that it never makes its way onto hidden gems videos
I also just finished curse of the moon like many of you did. Castlevania 3 is my second favorite castlevania game so when I heard about this game(which was literally last week) my hype meter was off the charts. It did not disappoint, levels were cool, the music was outstanding, although I did miss the classic castlevania themes, I think this soundtrack was as good as we could have hoped for. Control was exactly as I expected, and I loved how seamlessly you could switch between characters.
My only complaint was I did feel the game was a little on the easy side. I may go back and try nightmare mode or a solo run for a greater challenge(or maybe a run where I take just one companion ala castlevania 3), but I finished my first playthrough with 13 lives remaining, I think I died a total of 2 times. In fairness to this game, before I knew it was announced I did a classic castlevania marathon where I played through 1, 3, 4, rondo, dracula x, and chronicles back to back so this style of game is very fresh in my mind, so it may have seemed easier than it actually was.