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Konami's Castlevania Anniversary Collection traces the origins of the historic vampire franchise. Included is a unique eBook with details provided by developers, artists and others inspired by the Castlevania legacy which sheds a fresh light into the world of Castlevania.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection is a action, adventure and rpg game
developed and published by KONAMI.
Released on May 16th 2019 is available only on Windows
in 2 languages: English and Japanese.
It has received 1,976 reviews of which 1,608 were positive and 368 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on K4G.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 - 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-4160
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4400 (VRAM 128MB)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 800 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible
- Additional Notes: 1920 x 1080 monitor resolution
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Great games, but they're very hard. Get them while they're on sale instead of paying them at full price. Also good for nostalgic reasons.
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Getting ping-ponged by a bat into a water to instantly lose all HP is my favourite form of amusement...
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Summary: Recommended, but only if you are already a Castlevania fan . There are just too many middling games in the package for you to put your foot in the water. The biggest problem is overall, a difficulty level that is all over the map. Ultimately how frustrating each game ends up being really boils down to how little you want to use the save-state feature, but that does not change the fact that there is some very shoddy design in some of these otherwise excellent games. In order of listing: Castlevaia 1: The OG and the GOAT. The best balanced, and best challenge of the collection. Some eccentricities to be sure (I wish there was some kind of indication a candle had a sub-weapon in it or not), but this will forever be the first, and maybe the best. Castlevania 2 : Surprisingly underrated. The game is difficult in all the wrong ways. Boss fights are a joke: there are two separate ways to stun-lock the final boss, and it is the only boss you can't just walk away from. Instead, the difficulty comes in deciphering the really obtuse "puzzles" that fill the playtime. That said, the open world and RPG nature of the game is really interesting and well-executed. With a re-translation to give better hints and a re-balance, this game could be great. Castlevania 3 : Very strong. High amount of replayability, excellent visuals and sound- and hard as hell. Really, the only problem is that it's a bit too unrelenting. Especially towards the end of the game, it falls in love with the idea of enemies attacking you within a second of you entering a new screen. You can lose a quarter of your life within 2 seconds of starting the final level. Combined with the fact that enemy respawning rules seem to change arbitrarily- the game feels a lot better to have 'have beat' than to actually 'beat'. Super Castlevania : Absurdly overrated by Nintoddlers. Presentation is good, and the movement is great, but the actual gameplay is severely lacking. Tons of pointless gimmicks that existed just to sell the SNES's graphical capabilities, awful platforming, and 2/3rds of the way through the game becomes obsessed with instant-kill traps to the point where you forget you even have a health bar. The boss fights do deliver though so it's hard to call it a bad game. Castlevania Adventure 1 : Castlevania Adventure 1 would be a better game if everything instantly killed you and there were no checkpoints. Why? Well, some of early Castlevania games have a problem where if you die you may as well restart the level because you'll need all the strength you can get to make it past the challenges at the end of the level. Deciding to double down on this, Castlevania Adventure weakens you if you take damage . That's right, you better do the 10 minute final level hitless if you want a shot at the final boss. Oh, and there's no permanent checkpoint at the end either, so you'll have to do this multiple times. Designed to waste your time and your life. This game became playable with the invention of save-scumming. Fuck you. Devs should suffer. Castlevania Adventure 2 : An outstanding improvement over the original. Starts a bit slow and easy, really picks up towards the end for a tough but very fair gauntlet. Only soured by what has to be the worst boss fight I've ever seen right at the end. This, in a way that makes you say "I'm sorry Bed of Chaos, you were really interesting and experimental". Must have guest-starred the programmers from the last game. Castlevania Bloodlines: Looks great, sounds excellent, plays phenomenally. The whole game borders on being too short and too easy, but the Hard Mode gives the game the added kick it needs. Limited continues means that lives actually matter, and the password system encourages replaying levels to complete them better than you have before. Two playable characters and a lot actually gameplay-relevant visual gimmicks makes this especially memorable. Kid Dracula : I'm not sure why they added this but not Castlevania Legends, but okay. Fun little platform-shooter that starts to outstay its welcome. Final level expects you to beat 3 new bosses and go through two tight insta-kill platforming sections on 3 hits. Haha, fuck you. Tierlist: Castelvania 1 Castlevania Bloodlines Castlevania 3 Super Castlevania Castlevania Adventure 2 Castlevania 2 Visit to the Dentist Kid Dracula Literal Dog Shit Terminal Cancer Castlevania Adventure 1
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A big ol bundle of classic Castlevania games. At this point, these weren't the Metroidvanias everyone expects from the series, but simple platformers with some fun gimmicks to them. I did experience some issues with the collection itself, such as it randomly not accepting controller inputs or the volume being kinda fucky at times. In addition, every game is emulated, which led into some problems with certain games. Overall, if you're just wanting to experience some old Castlevania history, or you're feeding nostalgia, or if you just want some platformers, I'd say this collection is pretty good. I have some very short reviews for each game below: Castlevania (NES): - For an 8-bit NES game, the graphics are quite well done. Every location feels distinct - Music is legendary, especially Vampire Killer and Nothing to Lose - Has the difficulty of an arcade game (egregious enemy placement and high quantity of enemies) - Platforming is rough, had multiple times where I clip through objects I should have landed on - Only game in this collection I've had crash (not the entire collection, just the emulation of it) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES): - "What a horrible night to have a curse" is a banger ass line - Respect to the game for innovating so much, laying down foundations that would eventually cascade into games like Symphony of the Night - Music slaps once again, Bloody Tears is a phenomenal song - Gameplay loop and feedback can feel stale and mindnumbing at times, grinding required to buy essential items - I can appreciate an open-ended adventure that allows you to explore at your own pace, but the absolute lack of direction and samey looking locations make the landscape a slog to traverse, rather than being an exciting cross-country journey for survival - The final boss fight is hilariously easy, you can spam one item and it stunlocks the boss to DEATH - Took me a while to come back to it, its an okayish entry in the series. Definitely prefer later titles Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES): - Definitely my favourite of the bunch, especially after CV2 put a bad taste in my mouth - Having 4 different playable characters elevated this game above the rest. Grant, Sypha and Alucard as noteworthy alternatives to Trevor makes the game worth multiple playthroughs - Alternate routes increases replayability further, and its impossible to play every level in one run - Music is once again a masterpiece, hearing the remix of Vampire Killer as I entered those final levels really got the blood pumping - Game is obscenely difficult. It was a breeze early on, but it quickly spiked in difficulty, especially during that final boss fight (three phases really fucked me up!) Super Castlevania IV (SNES): - The upgrade from NES to SNES did wonders, the graphics are beautiful and Mode 7 only pushes it further - The music is beautiful, at this point I'm wondering if any of the games have bad music - Introduction of vertical whip swinging and limp swinging make the gameplay loop feel exceptional, if a little easier as a consequence - The hook points are an extra little spice to the ClassicVanias that I didn't know I needed - Platforming feels so buttery smooth, with proper air-strafing and Simon's general weight and feel being perfect - Occasional lag and stutter when there is an overabundance of sprites on screen (due to this being a SNES emulation) The Castlevania Adventure (GB): - I get its an original Gameboy game but like holy hell it really hurts the eyes to look at, if it was on the original console it'd probably not be as bad - Completely scrapping secondary weapons might have been necessary but it just really hurts the experience overall - Game is constantly lagging when any projectile gets spawned, terrible - The music is the only real saving grace of this game, it can be pretty good when it wants to be - Movement feels terrible, Christopher is slow as molasses and his jumps feel super weird, he phases through everything sometimes - Short game, has only four levels (good or bad, dependent on your perspective of the game) - The Autoscroller level existing AT ALL with this garbage tier platforming really made me wonder what they were thinking here - Besides the platforming being abysmal, this game is piss easy and if you want an easy completion, this game may just be that - I know this game came out the same year as the GB (its old af), but unless you have some serious nostalgia for the game I'd just recommend skipping it Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (GB): - The Castlevania Adventure had no excuse, this game looks way more visually interesting AND it doesn't hurt my eyes - SUBWEAPONS ARE BACK THANK GOD (This shouldn't have ever needed to be a good point) - Christopher feels a lot better, still kinda sluggish and slow in movement but his jumps feel heaps better - Framerate is more consistent, and not constantly dipping at the slightest inconvenience or projectile being spawned (can still lag though) - Similar to TA, this game is quite short and only has 6 main levels (but there is no demonspawn autoscroller level with bad platforming at least) - Having the Rock Castle have dark rooms that require active candles or Holy Water in order to see while platforming is actually awesome - With this game existing, unless you want some VERYYY loose context to what happens prior (as this game is a direct sequel), you can just skip TA Castlevania Bloodlines (Genesis): - Despite its shorter length compared to other games in the series, this is my other favourite in this collection (alongside Castlevania III) - In my opinion, this is the most beautiful game in the entire collection. The Genesis-era graphics and audio just oozes charm - Having 2 playable characters available right from the get-go (as opposed to CV3 where you have to find them during your playthrough) is splendid - Eric being an easier character to pick up and use compared to John also allows more people to enjoy Bloodlines, when some may be pushed away due to the difficulty - Great setup, having a cross-Europe trip in order to stop an evil countess is an awesome setup, and a good shakeup from the other ClassicVania games - Faster pace and flow to the gameplay when compared to the NES and GB games. Its elating to blitz through stages like a speedy tank - Difficulty is quite high up there, the enemies can be pretty brutal if you make any mistake. Not many I-frames to work with - Subweapons having something akin to an EX attack depending on what direction you're holding is FUCKING AWESOME Kid Dracula (Famicom): - Goofy ass aesthetic perfectly fits this type of parody spin-off game, reminds me of something like Cat Mario - Unlocking a new power after each stage is very rewarding, even if some powers are just blatantly OP (homing shot) - Minigames after each level in order to obtain more extra lives is a fun little activity, if kinda pointless due to difficulty - Besides a couple points where they just throw a lot of shit at you, this game is pretty easy. There are multiple health restores during a level and the bosses are not that hard - Visual tearing and game lag are especially bad in this game, worse than most games in the collection - Fun little game I'd probably only play once, it doesn't have much appeal in terms of replayability (no score system)
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Re-release Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night, and my life is yours!
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Castlevania Anniversary Collection is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection received 1,608 positive votes out of a total of 1,976 achieving a rating of 7.82.
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Castlevania Anniversary Collection was developed and published by KONAMI.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection is not playable on MacOS.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection is not playable on Linux.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection does not currently offer any DLC.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection does not support Steam Remote Play.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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