Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castlevania-sotn/id1435456830 Castlevania: SotN KONAMI The iconic game from the beloved Castlevania series finally comes to mobile. This direct port of the classic console act… TouchArcade Rating: $2.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsThe iconic game from the beloved Castlevania series finally comes to mobile. This direct port of the classic console action RPG lets you jump, dash and slash your way through Dracula’s vast castle as Alucard while encountering a unique array of enemies and characters along the way. Rediscover the world of Castlevania with one of its original groundbreaking games and renowned music and graphics. □Features Fully compatible with game controllers New continue feature Unlock achievements with hard-fought battle milestones Available in 6 languages: English, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Spanish Information Seller:KONAMI Genre:Action, Adventure Release:Mar 04, 2020 Updated:Aug 29, 2022 Version:1.0.2 Size:325.9 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal solarnya Well-Known Member Jul 22, 2015 895 281 63 Male Close to Tokyo, Japan #2 solarnya, Mar 4, 2020 Instabuy eugenemcardle Well-Known Member May 21, 2013 357 9 18 Retired, Math/Science Teacher, Air Force Electron Redcliffe Queensland Australia #3 eugenemcardle, Mar 4, 2020 Give it a miss. Fine, cinematics are terrible. Jstorm Well-Known Member Feb 2, 2020 1,081 472 83 Male Employed Earth #4 Jstorm, Mar 4, 2020 Well, the original game was released over 20 years ago. djstout likes this. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #5 metalcasket, Mar 4, 2020 This has to be one of the funniest things I’ve read on this forum in the last 11 years and it absolutely pains me to say so. These cinematics are 23 year old PSX cinematics and while they have aged worse than...I don’t ****ing know...they do nothing, NOTHING to hamper the ageless, flawless perfection of SotN. Give it a buy and then some! For the last decade, all I’ve wanted is to be able to play Symphony of the Night on iOS. I knew it could be done eons ago and I can’t believe this day is finally here. I literally downloaded the game with my heart pulsing like mad and part of me still can’t believe I paid a measly 3 dollars for one of the greatest games of all time. Am I exaggerating? No. I’ve still got goosebumps just looking at the icon, and yet, instead of playing, I’m here defending this because of terrible cinematics. But enough talk... HAVE AT YOU! LiQuiD, Sagar Asthana, zPowDev and 3 others like this. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,771 555 113 England #6 psj3809, Mar 4, 2020 load of rubbish. Plenty of people like more retro looking games. Doesn’t all have to be perfect graphics. The game looks great. Have you even tried it ? Sagar Asthana likes this. alphaonethree Member Jan 31, 2020 17 9 3 Male #7 alphaonethree, Mar 4, 2020 I'm so glad that they released this as a premium/not a free-to-play game. Also glad that Konami didn't throw this into apple arcade catalogue. Instabuy! LiQuiD and Sagar Asthana like this. Makara Nou Well-Known Member May 29, 2019 562 152 43 Male https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mojIWbYFolADF7ZwPJQxA?view_as=subscriber #8 Makara Nou, Mar 4, 2020 Are you still breathing lol ? metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #9 metalcasket, Mar 4, 2020 Well, either he checked it out on YouTube or more than likely bought it and tried it out. The cinematics ARE terrible, but they're justifiably bad as a remnant of the generation they came from. Had he actually spent more than half a minute with the game though, I guarantee we wouldn't even be having this conversation. Apple Arcade games are all original titles, not ports. Would have never happened. But yeah, next to the ports of LIMBO, INSIDE, Grim Fandango and Dead Cells, this, IMO, is the best thing to ever happen to iOS. I still can't believe it. Never been more alive. ac166 Well-Known Member May 15, 2014 382 12 18 #10 ac166, Mar 4, 2020 What.... what?! What?! What world is this? 2.99 Controller support? Am I dreaming? Quoad likes this. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,771 555 113 England #11 psj3809, Mar 4, 2020 Been playing this a fair bit now. Really enjoying it. Has that old skool classic gameplay. Happy as hell its premium ! Controls work well. Been playing this series on and off since the 80s ! metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #12 metalcasket, Mar 4, 2020 I'll tell ya what it isn't. ...wait for it... A miserable pile of little secrets! Sorry not sorry. ac166 likes this. Skall Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2009 500 60 28 #13 Skall, Mar 4, 2020 Instabought!! Makara Nou Well-Known Member May 29, 2019 562 152 43 Male https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mojIWbYFolADF7ZwPJQxA?view_as=subscriber #14 Makara Nou, Mar 4, 2020 Early April's fool joke macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #15 macplash, Mar 4, 2020 I guess I’ll come out of this as an ignorant - all my gaming history considered, but I’ve never played this game before. I know, I know. I’m a disgrace to gaming community. I should be publicly humiliated. But! Let me put it this way. Now I’m in a unique position to experience the game for the very first time! That’s pretty cool, right? Right? Gwarmaxx Well-Known Member Feb 2, 2010 4,447 376 83 NCC 1701 #16 Gwarmaxx, Mar 4, 2020 NOOOOOOOOO, CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!! my love has returned into the scenes, and on my iOS device?!?! what a surprise, one of the best days of my life!!! psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,771 555 113 England #17 psj3809, Mar 4, 2020 ^no worries. But yeah check out the Castlevania games. Used to play this tons in the NES and then Gameboy years. It’s very old skool but it’s kept its kinda look for years. Think fans of the series would go crazy if they changed the main format of the games and how it plays. To me that’s part of the charm. the old skool animations and the way it plays bx59 Well-Known Member Dec 2, 2016 238 115 43 #18 bx59, Mar 4, 2020 It makes two of us haha, just instabought it! metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #19 metalcasket, Mar 4, 2020 Don't bother. Terrible cinematics. FULL DISCLOSURE IN CASE ANYONE HASN'T READ THE ENTIRE THREAD: This is a joke! PBSNellie, Gwarmaxx and bx59 like this. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #20 metalcasket, Mar 4, 2020 That's the thing. Symphony vastly changed the "main format of the games and how it plays". The Castlevania series went from fairly straightforward side-scrollers to entirely reinventing the genre (with the help of another rather unknown game called Metroid )...giving birth to what we know today as "Metroidvania". I have to add, even though I've been waiting for this day FOREVER (Well, since KONAMI released the long-gone Puzzle of the Night), I'm glad it took this long. The chance of iOS updates breaking games has considerably gone down in recent years and this already comes with all the modern bells and whistles such as controller support, X device screen support, etc. and the chances of this being abandoned any time soon are slim to none. I would have HATED to get this a decade ago and have to reminisce about SotN being on iOS and it no longer being available. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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This has to be one of the funniest things I’ve read on this forum in the last 11 years and it absolutely pains me to say so. These cinematics are 23 year old PSX cinematics and while they have aged worse than...I don’t ****ing know...they do nothing, NOTHING to hamper the ageless, flawless perfection of SotN. Give it a buy and then some! For the last decade, all I’ve wanted is to be able to play Symphony of the Night on iOS. I knew it could be done eons ago and I can’t believe this day is finally here. I literally downloaded the game with my heart pulsing like mad and part of me still can’t believe I paid a measly 3 dollars for one of the greatest games of all time. Am I exaggerating? No. I’ve still got goosebumps just looking at the icon, and yet, instead of playing, I’m here defending this because of terrible cinematics. But enough talk... HAVE AT YOU!
load of rubbish. Plenty of people like more retro looking games. Doesn’t all have to be perfect graphics. The game looks great. Have you even tried it ?
I'm so glad that they released this as a premium/not a free-to-play game. Also glad that Konami didn't throw this into apple arcade catalogue. Instabuy!
Well, either he checked it out on YouTube or more than likely bought it and tried it out. The cinematics ARE terrible, but they're justifiably bad as a remnant of the generation they came from. Had he actually spent more than half a minute with the game though, I guarantee we wouldn't even be having this conversation. Apple Arcade games are all original titles, not ports. Would have never happened. But yeah, next to the ports of LIMBO, INSIDE, Grim Fandango and Dead Cells, this, IMO, is the best thing to ever happen to iOS. I still can't believe it. Never been more alive.
Been playing this a fair bit now. Really enjoying it. Has that old skool classic gameplay. Happy as hell its premium ! Controls work well. Been playing this series on and off since the 80s !
I guess I’ll come out of this as an ignorant - all my gaming history considered, but I’ve never played this game before. I know, I know. I’m a disgrace to gaming community. I should be publicly humiliated. But! Let me put it this way. Now I’m in a unique position to experience the game for the very first time! That’s pretty cool, right? Right?
NOOOOOOOOO, CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!! my love has returned into the scenes, and on my iOS device?!?! what a surprise, one of the best days of my life!!!
^no worries. But yeah check out the Castlevania games. Used to play this tons in the NES and then Gameboy years. It’s very old skool but it’s kept its kinda look for years. Think fans of the series would go crazy if they changed the main format of the games and how it plays. To me that’s part of the charm. the old skool animations and the way it plays
Don't bother. Terrible cinematics. FULL DISCLOSURE IN CASE ANYONE HASN'T READ THE ENTIRE THREAD: This is a joke!
That's the thing. Symphony vastly changed the "main format of the games and how it plays". The Castlevania series went from fairly straightforward side-scrollers to entirely reinventing the genre (with the help of another rather unknown game called Metroid )...giving birth to what we know today as "Metroidvania". I have to add, even though I've been waiting for this day FOREVER (Well, since KONAMI released the long-gone Puzzle of the Night), I'm glad it took this long. The chance of iOS updates breaking games has considerably gone down in recent years and this already comes with all the modern bells and whistles such as controller support, X device screen support, etc. and the chances of this being abandoned any time soon are slim to none. I would have HATED to get this a decade ago and have to reminisce about SotN being on iOS and it no longer being available.
