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If you are interested in this game you are either a fan of Castlevania 64, or considering it as a more "true Castlevania" alternative. For the former, I say play it - it offers a new experience that extends the world of Castlevania 64 and offers new experiences their in. It does trade some of the feelings that the original crafted for more traditional Castlevania-action however. If you are the latter, I strongly recommend playing Castlevania 64 first with an open mind. The clunky controls and muddy graphics are less problematic than many reviews would have you believe, and the world that unfolds is ambient and rewarding to explore. Rather than defaulting to a more traditional Castlevania style, Castlevania 64 sets out to be a bigger experience that asks what it would might be like to really invade Dracula's castle in a more "realistic" 3D experience. It's an underated classic, and Legacy of Darkness is more of a cherry on top of that than it is an alternate or superior version.Read full review
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I've always loved the Castlevania series. This was one that I had played only a few times, but it left fond memories. It was not exactly the most original, being a prequel to Castlevania 64, and much of it was a rehash of that, but it had two new characters you could play as in two separate stories of their own, as well as the original stories of the two characters from Castlevania 64, (Reinhardt Schneider and Carrie Fernandez), playing through re-mixed versions of their own locations. Before unlocking all of the characters though, you first have to play the prequel storyline as Cornell; a wolfman shape-shifter whose sister has been taken to Castle Dracula for dastardly reasons. After finishing his story, you unlock the second newcomer Henry, who you meet as a child in Cornell's story. Henry is now a gun wielding paladin (which is awesome in and of itself) on a quest to save 6 children taken to Castle Dracula and get them out before the seventh day when the castle is destroyed by the two original characters from the first game. Each child you save unlocks something including the storylines of Reinhardt and Carrie. I liked the fact that you could use Hi-Rez graphics if you had the N64 expansion pack; a feature that Castlevania 64 didn't have since it was made before the expansion pack. The camera angles are still as awkward as the first game and it could have been better if they'd put more effort into making it feel less like a remake and more like a prequel. Other than that, it's still packed with platforming, vampire battling fun, (now with werewolves).Read full review
A game with high potensial, and many flaws. The camera can be a pain in the neck sometimes. It surpases the original Castlevania 64, if you unluck the other characters. Otherwise I prefer Reinhardt instead of the feminine rich looking cornell. Why could he not look as cool as in Lords of shadow. He was the coolest looking character in that game. And here he is lame looking, and throws light arrows?? Thats not simulair to even a vampire or a hunter. Anyway, you can become a wolfman for a limited time, and do big damage, and that pretty awesome. I like the hard challanging jumps, when you have to excecute everything on your own. But hate that I have to replay the game many times to unlock the other characters. Also, if I dont find a character at a certain stage with a certain character, I wont unlock a new one. Thats to much time consuming and ilogic without gamefaqs. Its a little expensive to buy complete in good shape, but if youre a CV fan and a n64 collector, its a most. You dont have to buy CV64 if you buy this game because its the same game with more characters and stages. It also has expension pak compability for higher resolution graphiqs, that CV64 did not have.Read full review
This is hands-down one of my favorite N64 games, and it's also my second or third-favorite Castlevania. Over time, I've just keep coming back to play it. This game got mediocre reviews from major outlets because it really was only Castlevania 64 v1.5. The original Castlevania 64 wasn't really bad, it was just short, had a poor camera, and seemed rushed. However, Legacy of Darkness is far superior to the first game, it corrected almost all of Castevania 64's problems; Konami fixed the camera, added 2 new characters, a bunch of new levels, enemies, and bosses, and remixed/improved some of the levels that carried over from the first game. They also gave the ability to level-up subweapons, adding cool effects like a flash of lightning when your axe connects with the ground at level 3. The gameplay is a mix of tough platforming and combat, you'll do plenty of ledge-grabbing and long jumps as you navigate the various gothic locales. and these levels are amongst the most expansive i've seen for the era, the clock tower in particular is impressive, imagine climbing up two hundred feet and then looking down at the ground as you tightrope-walk across a moving gear. The pastel-colored but grim graphics are very pleasing to the eye, the character models are simple but well-done. Legacy of Darkness's bosses are fantastic, some are thirty feet high and take up half the screen... Dracula has FOUR final forms, Dracula Ultimate is really challenging (and good-looking, graphically), especially in Hard mode. The game's story is good but unobtrusive, the four characters' respective stories intertwine throughout the game - before you unlock the other three charactes, you must play as Cornell the Werewolf - his story takes place some twenty years before the others. When you play the game as one of the later characters, you'll notice that things in transylvania are a little different this time around, not to mention you get to play a few unique levels for each character. It all adds to the atmosphere, and it gives the game excellent replay value. Each of the characters has their own unique weapons, which can all be leveled up twice (your weapons and subweapons revert to level 1 when you die). Reinhardt has the standard Belmont whip, Carrie has tracking charge-shots, Henry has a revolver, and Cornell has some weird energy blast, and he can also change into a powerful werewolf form at the cost of all his subweapon jewels (no hearts in this game, much like Bloodlines for the Genesis). There's plenty to do in this game, and the ocntrol, graphics, and sound are all pleasing enough to make it all worthwhile. There is a nice diversity to the gameplay. Henry's game, for instance, has the player searching for six lost children, there are no keys or bosses in his game, just exploration. All the characters come across a pleasingly diverse array of structures, traps, and enemies. The game also has some puzzle-solving RPG elements that have you talking to people and having to think through things to figure out what to do next. It's all very good, just wait until you see the part where you need to carry explosives through half a lovel without jumping or being hit - THIS GAME IS A BLAST (ouch, yeah, i just said that).Read full review
I love castlevania with all my heart and this is a game i played as a kid and it feels good having to buy it even if its a fake as many collectors are wondering but all i came for was to live the experience once again. 4 out of 5 stars 😉
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