Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Hard Type (2016)

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Hard Type cover

Platforms: PlayStation
Genres: Platform
Main story: about 12 hours
Completionist: about 20 hours

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A grueling rebalanced trek through familiar gothic halls that strips away easy power and forces careful, attentive play at every turn.

punishingchallengingtensemethodicaldemandingatmosphericrewardinghardcore

About

This is a complete modification of Castlevania SOTN which rebalances the difficulty, adding new challenges for a New Game +. This includes adjusting every enemy's strength, enemy HP, and weapon stats, removing powerful weapons, and adjusting spell attributes. It comes with an optional "no experience" patch for added challenges.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.