Castlevania: Bloodlines Review

I have always been a great fan of Castlevania games except those for the n64 and later. However I have only beaten a few Castlevania games such as Symphony of the night and Aria of Sorrow/Dawn of sorrow. But now I thought to myself, why not tro beating an older Castlevania game, and so my journey took me to the Genesis console for an attempt at a bloodier Castlevania game.

So at the beginning you´ll get to choose between two heroes, one from the Belmont clan (I think) and another one from italy... or was it spain(?). Anyway the first one has the classic whip (vampire killer) and the second has a spear/lance weapon. I played as Eric, the one with the spear and man was he fun character to play as. You had to rethink your way of playing Castlevania, because his weapon was different and he also could do a high jump by sitting on the ground to charge it up.

However, the story is something like the usual, someone is trying to ressurect Dracula, I´m not sure why and it´s up to our two main protagonist to stop her (yeah it´s a woman this time around). But it´s here where things get interesting, instead of going through Draculas Castle (like we´ve done multiple times) we´re going out in europe, visiting places such as Greece, Germany and France. This is kinda cool seeing places in dark and twisted Castlevania style.

This is also one of the easier game, much because of the choice of difficulty (easy, normal and hard). This was not a step down from earlier games this was more like a fine addition because old Castlevania games are known to be somewhat difficult. This made it more easy for newcomers to pick up the game and expierence it from the beginning to the end.

The controller was also better, most because of the jump mechanic. In this game the player actually could steer the avatar while jumping which made it easier making those difficult jumps. Also the multiple directions you could attack was also a nice addition which made it even easier killing hard hitting enemies like medusa heads.

Overall: 9

Verdict: Castlevania Bloodlines, serves as a nice addition to the Castlevania series. It´s one of the better games from the past. Easy for newcomers, difficult for veterans. It is a must have for any game collector!

Here´s the video from me playing through the whole game, enjoy!