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

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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