Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Xbox Live Arcade

Available on: Xbox 360

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Screw next-gen - this 2D action game may be the best 10 bucks you'll ever spend

Words: Greg_Sewart on March 22, 2007

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The Xbox Live conversion is a solid one. Thanks to Microsoft removing the 50-meg size cap on Live Arcade games, even the stupendous soundtrack and gawd-awful voice acting remain mostly intact. The once crisp 2D graphics don't hold up well in high definition, but then again, they weren’t the best quality when the game was first released.

Everything animates beautifully (especially Alucard, flowing hair and all), and the effects still look pretty decent a decade later. The "enhanced" graphics the publisher was touting at one point consist simply of a filter that reduces the sharp edges on pixels. It's tantamount to smearing Vaseline all over your screen. It actually doesn’t look all that great, since you lose a lot of detail on some of the smaller creatures and items.

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zer0_cool16 - August 17, 2009 4:15 a.m.

One of the best? And nobody even cared to leave a comment? Then let me be the... FIRST!! I really love this game and the castleroid series! I love how the character develops and learn new things in order to easily access some areas which are difficult as well. and the music, damn, there are only 2 games that satisfy me this much when it comes to music: FF series and Castlevania series! Really lovely game!
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Release date:	US Mar 21 2007 (Xbox 360)
Expected release date:	UK 2007 (Xbox 360)
Available Platforms:	Xbox 360
Genre:	Action
Published by:	Konami
Developed by:	Konami, Digital Eclipse
Franchise:	Castlevania

ESRB Rating:	Teen: Blood and Gore, Animated Violence
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