The holy book is a new addition which produces a brief rotating shield. Sadly it bounces off stronger enemies to balance it out. The holy cross stops and twirls before coming back if you time it correctly it can inflict extra damage. The holy water pours out a trail of fire rather than a stationery flame. is still useless although it is slightly better as you toss three at once. The various sub weapons have been redesigned. However the game is balanced around their absence. All of the numerous whip tricks Simon could perform are absent and while they were excessive I miss them. Richter has a back flip which is handy for dodging attacks. You don’t have full control in midair but you can somewhat move around once airborne. Where Castlevania IV might have gone too far in raising Simon’s mobility Rondo of Blood strikes a nice balance. Richter is a much more agile protagonist than most of his family members.
Dracula X: Rondo of Blood in my opinion is the best all-around game for the system and one of the best in the series. So in the end did it live up to the hype? In my opinion yes. That desire mixed with lack of money lead to an insane level of hype that no game could match. It sounds strange to say that now but back in the late 90s when most of us were either too young to have jobs or in college paying north of $100 for a game was expensive. Unfortunately it would be decades before the majority of gamers would ever get their hands on Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.Īt one point in time Rondo of Blood was one of the most sought after import games of all time. Its status as a Japan only title only made it that much more mysterious. The decision to create an exclusive Castlevania for the system seemed strange to those of us in the US. Konami gave the PC Engine a great deal of support in Japan however that never manifested in the US. If you would have told me that a Castlevania game would never see a release in America back in the day I would have called you crazy.
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: OctoGenre: Action
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