
Magic plays an important role, as well as secondary weapons and a large amount of "special moves" that are executed similar to advanced one-on-one fighting games. In a separate screen, players need to equip attack weapons, shields and other items. There is also money to be found in the game, and various accessories to buy. The hero receives experience points for defeating enemies, gains levels and becomes more powerful. The action-based gameplay incorporates now strong RPG elements. Unlike the previous installments of the series, the game is set in a castle which the player can explore freely with many different paths, although often items in certain areas need to be found that will allow passage to others. Symphony of the Night is a direct sequel to Rondo of Blood.

Alucard, the son of Dracula, is awakened from his eternal slumber after this large shift in power, and enters into the castle to find some answers and confront his own father. Now, Richter has suddenly vanished, Dracula's castle has mysteriously reappeared, and Maria, now a young woman, sets off to find Richter. PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, SEGA Saturn, Xbox 360įive years ago, Richter Belmont, the latest in the Belmont lineage and the one destined to be a Vampire Hunter, defeated Dracula in a brutal battle which nearly cost him the love of his life, Annette, and her sister, Maria. This beta demo was leaked online sometime ago and you can download it if you search it on Google.Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc.

spells are still usable in special mode but they start out not being in the menu.Some more differences were noticed by Torentsu: I have not determined what other differences may exist and leave that all up to the buyer.” In either mode dying brings up a different game over screen which instead says “To be continured September 1997″. Special mode starts you off further along with items and relics already as part of your inventory. I am unsure if this remains throughout the entire game or just for the first cutscene.


Normal mode starts out at the end of the Bloodlines story but the text is in English while the voices are still in Japanese. If you lack the hardware required to play developmental software game do not bid. Early development titles such as this were run on test consoles by developers and game testors. This disc was an early development version of the title which was released in the us as Castlevania SOTN. Only one known to exist in collector’s hands this could be the highlight of many game collections. The description said: “This auction is for the Castlevania E3 edition. The images below are from an old E3 Beta demo of Castlevania: SotN that was sold on ebay some time ago.
