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Castl\u00ade\u00adva\u00adnia: Sym\u00adpho\u00adny of the Night<\/span><\/strong> Sym\u00adpho\u00adny of the Night plays a sweet song of woe<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I ful\u00adly admit that I\u2019m a lit\u00adtle late for the Hal\u00adloween par\u00adty that is Castl\u00ade\u00adva\u00adnia: Sym\u00adpho\u00adny of the Night. I real\u00adly stopped pay\u00ading atten\u00adtion to the series after Super Castl\u00ade\u00adva\u00adnia IV<\/span>, most\u00adly because it\u2019s a hard series and I have a lot of love for that game and the orig\u00adi\u00adnal. I did\u00adn\u2019t need any\u00admore Castl\u00ade\u00adva\u00adnia. But after coax\u00ading from friends, mak\u00ading the Metroid\u00adVa\u00adnia con\u00adnec\u00adtions and know\u00ading its leg\u00adendary sta\u00adtus, here we are, and it\u2019s tak\u00aden a bite out of me.<\/span><\/p>\n Sym\u00adpho\u00adny of the Night, in all its goth\u00adic hor\u00adror, appeals to me on sev\u00ader\u00adal lev\u00adels. The sto\u00adry is famil\u00adiar in that Alu\u00adcard \u2014 son of Drac\u00adu\u00adla and a sup\u00adport\u00ading char\u00adac\u00adter in the third game \u2014 is attempt\u00ading to stop his father once again. That famil\u00adiar\u00adi\u00adty is enough to get me going because it\u2019s all I need to know about what\u2019s going on. Sure, I\u2019m kind of used to a Bel\u00admont lead\u00ading the way, but Sym\u00adpho\u00adny of the Night does\u00adn\u2019t need to rely on that kind of tradition. <\/span><\/p>\n The tra\u00addi\u00adtion that it does lean on is game\u00adplay. The com\u00adbat and move\u00adment are excel\u00adlent, and it feels sec\u00adond nature to move around. Keep\u00ading it sim\u00adple but adding the RPG<\/span> ele\u00adments was a fan\u00adtas\u00adtic design choice. Most of the new weapons are cool, and fight\u00ading ene\u00admies is a beau\u00adti\u00adful\u00adly built song and dance. Best of all, there is an in-game map includ\u00aded. For a sprawl\u00ading game requir\u00ading mas\u00adsive plat\u00adform\u00ading, a map is required, and Sym\u00adpho\u00adny hits the mark by auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly includ\u00ading this. <\/span><\/p>\n Alas, while try\u00ading to think of any\u00adthing wrong with it, I\u2019ve con\u00adclud\u00aded that Sym\u00adpho\u00adny of the Night is a well-exe\u00adcut\u00aded mas\u00adter\u00adpiece. It hits all the marks and pulls no punch\u00ades in ele\u00adgance, crafts\u00adman\u00adship. It\u2019s telling that most Castl\u00ade\u00adva\u00adnia games lat\u00ader in the series use Sym\u00adpho\u00adny as the tem\u00adplate on which they build. Sym\u00adpho\u00adny is a build\u00ading crescen\u00addo of great\u00adness, cul\u00admi\u00adnat\u00ading in sol\u00adid sto\u00adry\u00adtelling, game\u00adplay and world-building.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Castl\u00ade\u00adva\u00adnia: Sym\u00adpho\u00adny of the Night Kon\u00ada\u00admi, 1997 Sym\u00adpho\u00adny of the Night plays a sweet song of woe I ful\u00adly admit that I\u2019m a lit\u00adtle late for the Hal\u00adloween par\u00adty that is Castl\u00ade\u00adva\u00adnia: Sym\u00adpho\u00adny of the Night. I real\u00adly stopped pay\u00ading atten\u00adtion to the \u2026 Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading
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Graph\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, the game is gor\u00adgeous. Kon\u00ada\u00admi did some\u00adthing beau\u00adti\u00adful here and Castl\u00ade\u00adva\u00adnia looks bet\u00adter than ever. The goth\u00adic details are some\u00adthing to behold and are eye-catch\u00ading as well as pleas\u00ading to some\u00adone with a goth sen\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty and yearn\u00ading for video games. The sound\u00adtrack is just as beau\u00adti\u00adful, neces\u00adsi\u00adtat\u00ading find\u00ading the sound\u00adtrack to add to the col\u00adlec\u00adtion. There are famil\u00adiar riffs (Vam\u00adpire Killer makes a cameo) and new chords to strike that are mas\u00adter\u00adpieces, which is expect\u00aded of the leg\u00adendary Kon\u00ada\u00admi sound.<\/span><\/p>\n