Castlevania Series Run: Castlevania 3

So the third game in my Castlevania run was obviously Castlevania 3, and this game is fucking awesome.  Basically, all the shit Konami did in Castlevania 2 they realised was a complete total load of muffgarbage so they brought it back to its original format and holy shit is awesome.

This is going to be a kind of short post because there isn't exactly a lot to say about this game, it's essentially the exact same thing as Castlevania 1 but the game play is a little bit more refined the the level design is a bit more clever.  That said it's still full of its bullshit instant death traps and arsehole bosses that will just wreck your shit, but the game is still a ton of fun despite all that.

The game is a prequel and follows the adventure of Trevor Belmont, once exiled by the church, called to go and vanquish Dracula.  But of course you don't give a flying fuck about the plot to the old school 'vanias, you just want to whip Dracula in the FACE.

This game basically brought 2 new things to the table, level choices and a companion system.  First the level choices! for the first half of the game, you're not actually in Dracula's castle, you have to go on a grand journey to get there first.

While you are on your way there, you get to choose what kind of path you want to go down.  This has an effect on what companion you get down the road as well as what kind of enemies an bosses you encounter.  The downside to this new thing, is that despite being kind of cool it gets thrown out of the window after a while because there is only really one way you can go through Dracula's castle.

The companion system is also a little bit stupid.  Basically, if you look at the top picture, you may notice 3 people alongside Trevor.  The guy in the front is a little midget man who can climb on stuff, and he's fucking useless.  The woman(?) in the back behind Trevor can cast spells that are fucking useless.  Finally that vampire looking fuck in the very back is Alucard, and he can turn into a bat, which is the most overpowered fucking skill in any castlevania ever.  He can literally just fly over everything and then when you arrive at your destination, switch to Trevor to and wreck some shit.  It's a cool system but the fact that Alucard is the only good extra character makes the whole thing a little pointless.  Last time I played I got that mage bitch and I never ONCE switched to the companion, because why bother when I have a dirty big magic whip to dole out the harshness.

So basically, if you liked CV1, go play CV3, its more of the same fucking shit you like it so damn much.