Comments on: Anatomy of Castlevania III: The Gang’s All Here

By: wumpwoast

wumpwoast — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:45:08 +0000

Last time I played Dracula’s Curse I was delighted to learn that Alucard can return to bat-form if you use his special quickly during a long-fall.

Saved my ass during the first castle stage on the low route. Also a fun way to show off!

By: Lilfut

Lilfut — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:02:30 +0000

Series director (from Symphony on) Igarashi has said Dracula’s Curse is his favorite game in the series. I tend to think he generally went with Alucard and could never quite get Grant’s controls down, going by the relative importance the 3 characters have in the greater series.

By: MetManMas

MetManMas — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:19:50 +0000

Having messed around a bit with each of the characters via name cheats and passwords, I definitely feel Alucard gets the most screwed. His default/only attack has the best range, but Grant and Sypha both hit harder and faster than him with their crappy default whip caliber weapons. Some airborne foes that a projectile spread would’ve been handy against take multiple hits for Al to kill; he can’t off a Medusa Head to save his life unless he has one upgrade to hit it with two fireballs. He can’t even attack when he’s on a staircase like everyone else can.

But that bat transformation can be pretty handy sometimes, despite the “turns back and falls if hit” handicap. While his melee options suck, as long as he has the hearts he can transform whether he’s on the ground or in the air or on a staircase. The final stage in particular has some bits where Al gets a chance to shine if you get there with him.

By: R.R. Bigman

R.R. Bigman — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:52:46 +0000

Seconding the disbelief at how bad Alucard is at practically everything, considering the god-being he becomes in Symphony. A fully equipped and powered-up Alucard could tear the universe asunder. We’re all lucky he never took up his dad’s offer to be Dark Lord.

By: LBD "Nytetrayn"

LBD "Nytetrayn" — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:35:16 +0000

I’m still amazed at how weak Alucard is in the grand scheme of things. I was then, and I remain so now. And then he gets chosen to star in SotN… I guess that was apparently for who he was, since it clearly had nothing to do with how he played here.

I remember being disappointed initially that you couldn’t swap out Trevor, and have, say, a Grant/Sypha team (though that may be for the best). Or, as I stated in an earlier entry, assemble a full team of four, TMNT-style as earlier previews had led me to believe.