Super Castlevania 4 is a special game for me for several reasons. I learned about it back in 2004, when I was studying in computer class. During time between classes we had free access to the internet, so I spend this time to find some games to SNES. Amongst my finds was SCV4. I completed the game in the computer class in a week using keyboard and abusing save states function. Later I wanted to play this on my old computer in 2005, but 1100MHz PC wasn't powerful enough to run any SNES emulator. The only thing that I could is to listen to the game soundtrack, imagining how the game would be in combination with such amazing music. I even had an idea how wonderfull musical could be made just from the score of this game. I had a habit, late at night before going to sleep I launched emulator and just listened to the music. Later I played this game and finally could appreciate its beauty. After recent playthrough I revalued some things and try to make a weighted opinion about this! game. First, graphics. The game have dark and haunting style. It use somewhat realistic style, which make this game all the more darker and eerie, unlike most of the later entries in the series. Characters somewhat lack animation, but its not hampers the experience. Some areas have more than 2-3 layers, but they are usually quite short, though very very beautiful. More often then not, levels have only 2-3 background layers. On the rare occasions Mode 7 used for impressive special effects, but most of ...
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