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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

1993 · Wii · PlayStation Portable · Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD · Platform · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Adventure

81IGDB player score
109 ratings

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A respectable 81 average that never found its audience. Horror that commits — its own thing atmosphere, real dread, and scares that aren't cheap. A single-player game with no interest in being anything else. Respect. Released in 1993 and aging better than most games from last year.

About this game

In Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood, the player takes control of Richter, the ultimate Vampire Killer, guiding him through a total of nine stages filled with treacherous traps and hidden secrets. Using your legendary whip – passed on from generations of Belmonts – and a powerful selection of Item Crash attacks, it's up to you to destroy Dracula and his evil horde. What's more, rescuing Maria at some juncture in the game allows you to use her as a playable character for even more vampire-slaying fun.

In the days of old, the people thrived on peace and prosperity. Indeed, fears of unrest were not among their thoughts… But, ever-present, beneath the veneer of tranquility, evil lurks. Evil, which spurns prosperity and disdains peace. Gather they did, those who wished to summon the powers of darkness and cleanse the decadence of the world. And, with smiling countenance, they anxiously awaited the coming of their era. A hundred years had passed, and he was resurrected. Able to become bat, wolf, or mist at will, he lived in the night. He drank the blood of young maidens and lived an eternal life. The lord of Castlevania, the god of evil, Count Dracula was reborn.