Akumajo Dracula X - chi no rondo [rinne] = overhyped game?

[kitkit.com]

If you played straight through the game (without finding any of the 'side' stages or characters) and didn't like it, playing through a second time isn't gonna make you suddenly love the game.

I take a different view. There are games that I didn't like at first, but started liking/loving it after I give them more time. 

As I said in my other post, I thought it was OK but not amazing. Definitely better than the SNES 'version' and I would like to have it in my collection eventually.

I imagine if CV4 was the first CV game you ever played, you definitely wouldn't appreciate Rondo (or CV1, 2, or 3 for that matter). I grew up on CV and I think I've played through every 2D 'non-Metroidvania' CV game, and probably in pretty close to the order they were released (except Rondo which I didn't get to play until many years later). Bloodlines was the only one I disliked enough to probably never play again. I play through CV1 and CV3 at least once a year.

Your assumption is incorrect. I played through CV1 & CV3 during the NES era; played through CV4 in 1992 and CVX (SNES) in 1995. Not until 2000, did I play Dracula X - chi no rondo (purchase the game with Duo R at the same time). To me, Akumajo Dracula X - chi no rondo is so amazing that I was playing the game for 3 straight days non-stop to get it 100% complete.  The music & atmosphere are simply awesome.

[termis]

I was never a huge Castlevania fan, but Rondo is certainly a damn good game.

[jperryss]

I take a different view. There are games that I didn't like at first, but started liking/loving it after I give them more time. 

Understood, I was the same way with Splash Lake. But generally if you play through an entire game, you probably already like it at least a little bit, right? If you hated it, you wouldn't play through it again to find all the extra stuff.

Your assumption is incorrect. I played through CV1 & CV3 during the NES era; played through CV4 in 1992 and CVX (SNES) in 1995. Not until 2000, did I play Dracula X - chi no rondo (purchase the game with Duo R at the same time). To me, Akumajo Dracula X - chi no rondo is so amazing that I was playing the game for 3 straight days non-stop to get it 100% complete.  The music & atmosphere are simply awesome.

Actually I said "if CV4 was the first CV game you ever played". I fully acknowledge that was speculation on my part (and hey, I've been proven wrong MANY times) but since you played CV1 and CV3 in the NES era, CV4 was not the first CV game you played. So you aren't the exception you thought you were. 

[SignOfZeta]

I can't remember which I played first, CVIV, or Drac X. I can say though honestly that I don't like CVIV very much at all. I prefer CV1 or the X68K version to CVIV. I prefer Drac X to any of them.

[Tatsujin]

if someone doesn't like Dracula X, he/she probably also dislike 99.9781% of all other games ever produced. or at least any platformers.

[shubibiman]

I got my copy of DX back in 1996 (and paid no more than 40$ for it) and it was one of my first CD games (got my SGX in 1991 and my DUO in 1995) : I was impressed at the time and I'm still impressed now. The last time I played the game (last year), I found hidden passages that I didn't know before (even though I had played through the game a trillion times 100% complete)! I think I won't discover any other hidden places now but I really think this game is not overhyped. Nice graphics, nice animations, amazing musics, hidden places and bonuses, it has EVERYTHING you would expect from a game.

[boogiecat]

I've got my copy last week on Play-Asia.com its great man!!

[jperryss]

I've got my copy last week on Play-Asia.com its great man!!

You know $160 is a stupid-high price when even eBay sellers are not asking that much.

But I know you're a Play-Asia shill, so here you go.  eBay

Also, if you're gonna pretend to NOT be a shill, you might wanna take that link out of your signature in every message board you register on. I noticed you changed your sig on DigitPress after getting called out. You're not fooling anyone.

[ceti alpha]

Well, the Rondo vs. Symphony of the Night comparison in the SNES vs. Genny vs. PCE thread has made it abundantly clear that Drac X is certainly not over-hyped.