Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood

 PlayStation 4
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Oct 26, 2018
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  1. chesaro
    Nov 24, 2018
    5
    It's sad to see this kind of ports released this way, i'm almost finished with symphony of the night, and it is really bad, the controls are the same as the psp (meaning there is no L2/R2), the control keeps vibrating with each movement from alucard, the sounds the ps4 controller makes should be a "good" idea, but it sounds awful, there are a lot of sound and graphical issues, it was a badIt's sad to see this kind of ports released this way, i'm almost finished with symphony of the night, and it is really bad, the controls are the same as the psp (meaning there is no L2/R2), the control keeps vibrating with each movement from alucard, the sounds the ps4 controller makes should be a "good" idea, but it sounds awful, there are a lot of sound and graphical issues, it was a bad port, and as some other psp ports to the ps4 i'm going to asume they are using a psp emulator with some extra tweaks for the ps4 controller functions, konami is taking a really shameful approach to his recent games/ports/remakes. To be honest i really regret getting this "remastered" collection (as i already own the psp dracula x chronicles.… Expand
  2. DigitalAxe
    Nov 7, 2018
    8
    "What is a man?"

    As the title suggests, this collection contains "Rondo of Blood" and "Symphony of the Night", two of the best Castlevania games ever created. Should you bother with this? Well, that depends. If you've never played them before and you like Castlevania or "Metroidvania" type games, then stop reading, go buy this, and enjoy. They are masterpieces. However, if    "What is a man?"

    As the title suggests, this collection contains "Rondo of Blood" and "Symphony of the Night", two of the best Castlevania games ever created.

    Should you bother with this? Well, that depends.

    If you've never played them before and you like Castlevania or "Metroidvania" type games, then stop reading, go buy this, and enjoy. They are masterpieces.

    However, if you've played this before (I'm looking at you hardcore retro gamers!) and you currently have other versions accessible, then you can probably skip this version....unless.....you want to enjoy this in your big HD TV with nice up-scaled pixels.

    You see, these ports aren't based on the original releases of these titles, they are based on the PSP versions which have some changes. This irks some, I personally don't care. If this is you, then skip Requiem, otherwise fire up that PS4 and enjoy two classics on the big screen.    … Expand
  3. Skywardse
    Oct 13, 2020
    5
    Only worth buying for the Symphony which is terrific. Rondo of blood is a very cheap and frustrating game with some very questionable design choices.
  4. KunderscoreKing
    Jul 14, 2020
    8
    This is my first time playing Rondo of Blood & Symphony of the Night, I absolutely enjoyed every minute of SOTN, the secrets that the castle holds are fascinating to uncover, it was a brilliant step to set the whole game in one location and build that into the experience that it was.

    I struggled with the limited movement within Rondo of Blood until I unlocked Maria, after that the game    This is my first time playing Rondo of Blood & Symphony of the Night, I absolutely enjoyed every minute of SOTN, the secrets that the castle holds are fascinating to uncover, it was a brilliant step to set the whole game in one location and build that into the experience that it was.

    I struggled with the limited movement within Rondo of Blood until I unlocked Maria, after that the game flowed and is a must play for any SOTN fan.    … Expand
  5. GameHunter
    Oct 30, 2018
    7
    This is not the PlayStation version you remember. This is a port of the PSP version. The voice acting and dialogue has been changed in small but impactful ways. If you want to hear Dracula’s cheesy opening speech, you’re out of luck. No “What is a man...” speech here.
    Still a great game. But was hoping for the original PlayStation version, but this will do I suppose.
  6. metallord1968
    Oct 30, 2018
    9
    This collection is great for people (who like me) never played Rondo of Blood or SOTN however, if If you already have both games there's no point in buying this as it offers nothing new, not even the Sega Saturn levels or to have the option to use the original voice overs from the PS1 version. nevertheless you still have two of the best games in the series, both with some of finest gameThis collection is great for people (who like me) never played Rondo of Blood or SOTN however, if If you already have both games there's no point in buying this as it offers nothing new, not even the Sega Saturn levels or to have the option to use the original voice overs from the PS1 version. nevertheless you still have two of the best games in the series, both with some of finest game play to grace the series.Who knows, maybe Konami may actually pull their finger out and give us a bigger collection of Castlevania games with MORE FEATURES, maybe a new game. I can dream dammit!!… Expand
  7. sedoi
    Dec 31, 2018
    4
    As much as I love both games, it comes of as being very lazy port. Pixelated illustrations, awful looking menus and lack of any add-ons makes it pretty poor adaptation which does both great games no justice.
  8. whynogoodgames
    Oct 26, 2018
    8
    This is a no bells and whistles port of rondo of blood and sotn these games are great and it’s only $20
    It does not have the original English voice work but that’s a small detail and you can get the Xbox bc sotn if you really wanna hear those lines. The games are fun the packaging is shoddy
  9. nco2k
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    symphony of the night doesnt contain the original psx voices and dialogs. the game is based on the awful psp version.
  10. serges17
    Jul 29, 2020
    9
    Excelente colección que a pesar de no tener añadidos muy llamativos a simple vista lo recomiendo muchísimo a los fans de ambos juegos.

    Castlevania Rondo of Blood: Es un muy buen juego en el que puedes utilizar a dos diferentes personajes, Richter Belmont y Maria Renard y dependiendo de tu elección será la dificultad del juego, siendo Richter el modo difícil y Maria la dificultad fácil.    Excelente colección que a pesar de no tener añadidos muy llamativos a simple vista lo recomiendo muchísimo a los fans de ambos juegos.

    Castlevania Rondo of Blood:
    Es un muy buen juego en el que puedes utilizar a dos diferentes personajes, Richter Belmont y Maria Renard y dependiendo de tu elección será la dificultad del juego, siendo Richter el modo difícil y Maria la dificultad fácil.
    Al principio puede costar trabajo adentrarse en este juego por tener unos gráficos modestos de 16-bit, además de que al principio puede ser frustrante porque tiene algunos momentos puntuales que se ponen difíciles, sin embargo vale la pena ser paciente y sobre todo ser prudente de la misma forma en que uno juega a un Dark Souls. Rondo of Blood tiene muy buena duración y muchos secretos por encontrar por lo que es bastante rejugable.
    En cuanto a Castlevania Symphony of the Night, no hay mucho que decir mas que este juego es una compra obligatoria para los fans acérrimos porque a pesar de que no tiene extras de bombo y platillo como mejoras gráficas o cosas por el estilo, si tiene opciones que las versiones occidentales antes no tenían y que un fan acérrimo no puede dejar pasar:

    + La posibilidad de jugar con Maria Renard (además de Alucard y Richter)
    + Las voces originales japonesas, las cuales están estupendamente bien actuadas y le dan mucha mayor intensidad que las versiones en inglés.

    Castlevania Symphony es para mí y para mucha gente uno de los mejores juegos de la historia, por su bella música, sus controles perfectos, su contenido muy extenso y su enorme cantidad de secretos y detalles. Cualquiera que no lo haya jugado y que le gusten los juegos tipo Metroid o Bloodstained, SOTN es la mayor referencia en el género. Además, el juego es muy rejugable, yo lo he acabado como 7 veces a lo largo de los años y siempre lo vuelvo a jugar después de un par de años.    … Expand
  11. mdarthur
    Jul 2, 2020
    5
    Symphony of the Night - 10
    Rondo of blood - 0
    They should have sold separate.
  12. hauwhian
    Jul 22, 2020
    10
    Rondo of Blood: I absolutely love Maria Renard in this game. She is very agile and powerful, yet very cute (KAWAII Japanese cuteness). Maria cutscenes are the most kawaii moment in castlevania games.

    Symphony of The Night: The best music in game history, maybe 2nd after Final Fantasy 6 (which is the best of the best I think). Awesome gameplay, but Bloodstained Ritual of The Night is    Rondo of Blood: I absolutely love Maria Renard in this game. She is very agile and powerful, yet very cute (KAWAII Japanese cuteness). Maria cutscenes are the most kawaii moment in castlevania games.

    Symphony of The Night: The best music in game history, maybe 2nd after Final Fantasy 6 (which is the best of the best I think). Awesome gameplay, but Bloodstained Ritual of The Night is better (Koji Igarashi made both these games)    … Expand
  13. WithFieryTruth
    May 1, 2022
    5
    There's no separate trophy list for the games contained in this collection, meaning you're forced to play (and complete to 100%) the absolutely atrocious and severely outdated Rondo of Blood if you want to pick up a Platinum trophy for Symphony of the Night.

    I've seen people getting bashed a lot for saying that Rondo of Blood sucks, but speaking as someone who didn't play it back in the    There's no separate trophy list for the games contained in this collection, meaning you're forced to play (and complete to 100%) the absolutely atrocious and severely outdated Rondo of Blood if you want to pick up a Platinum trophy for Symphony of the Night.

    I've seen people getting bashed a lot for saying that Rondo of Blood sucks, but speaking as someone who didn't play it back in the days, it really does. SOTN has some of the same issues, such as cheap enemy placement and attack patterns, but you can take a lot more hits in that game, and you can upgrade you character to get even stronger. Here, you die in just a handful of hits, and after dying 3-or-so times, it's Game Over and you have to do the entire stage over again.

    However, the biggest issue by far are the controls. If they were decent, I could probably endure the other stuff, but it feels like they're constantly working against me here, making things a thousand times harder than they should be.
    Some people may say it's just a matter of getting used to them, but if "adapting to clunky controls" is a skill, it's certainly one I don't want to have enforced upon me.

    Rondo of Blood really doesn't hold up to today's standards, and anyone claiming otherwise must simply be blinded by nostalgia. For me, this was one of the worst gaming experiences of my life, and considering the fact that I've been a gamer since the NES era and have seen my fair share of horrendous games throughout the years, that should probably tell you more than any further words possibly could.    … Expand
  14. CamyVero
    Jul 18, 2022
    8
    Vamos a ver. Hay varias formas de analizar este juego. Se trata de una recopilación de juegos clásicos de la saga Castlevania, exclusivos de PS4. Y como es cierto que tiene problemas en la traducción de los títulos y las opciones de emulación son nulas por inexistentes, le bajo ligeramente la nota.

    Básicamente tenemos dos de los mejores juegos de la saga clásica. Uno de ellos se ha    Vamos a ver. Hay varias formas de analizar este juego. Se trata de una recopilación de juegos clásicos de la saga Castlevania, exclusivos de PS4. Y como es cierto que tiene problemas en la traducción de los títulos y las opciones de emulación son nulas por inexistentes, le bajo ligeramente la nota.

    Básicamente tenemos dos de los mejores juegos de la saga clásica. Uno de ellos se ha porteado hasta para correr en tostadoras, pero eso no quita que sea uno de los mejores juegos del género metroidvania que puedas jugar; se trata de Symphony of the Night, que es absolutamente excelso en todos sus apartados. Por otro lado tienes Rondo of Blood, otro juegardo de la manera que originalmente salio solo en Japón para una consola prácticamente desconocida en los 90 en Europa. Ambos se pueden jugar de nuevo en toda su plenitud gracias a esta recopilación. Para mi es razón suficiente para clavarles un 9. Le bajo un poco la nota por aquello que he dicho al principio, pocos añadidos, traducciones nefastas, etc.... por lo demás impresionante, pillatelo en oferta por 5 pavos y no te decepcionará    … Expand
  15. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Mar 16, 2023
    8
    A nice compilation of two essential Castlevania titles. Unfortunately, both games are ports of the PSP versions. Still, they hold up quite well and the upscaled HD graphics look great. Sadly, no extra content or behind-the-scene extras were included. But there are a few cool display options. Overall, I would rate this with an 8 out of 10.
  16. Lobbox
    Oct 30, 2018
    10
    This collection bundle two of the best castlevania games. If you never played symphony of the night or rondo of blood, then castlevania requiem is for you.
  17. Robert88
    Jun 22, 2022
    10
    Perhaps two of the greatest games of all time in one bundle you youngsters don’t know anything about this .. . Games today can’t compete Castlevania symphony of the night is simply hands down one of the greatest games of all time
  18. JWil
    Jul 23, 2020
    8
    I liked Symphony of the Night because of its RPG and level up system. That always keeps me coming back for more. The Rondo of Blood is more traditional. It’s cool but Symphony makes this collection worth it alone for sure. Check it out. Hours of fun, exploration and leveling up the way Castlevania knows how!
  19. hector_bcn98
    Nov 14, 2022
    8
    Symphony of the Night sigue siendo la obra maestra histórica que fue en su día y Rondo of Blood... bien, pero joder, no me lo puedo acabar ni a tiros. Que revisen un poco la dificultad.
  20. danilogan7
    Jul 8, 2022
    1
    Redublagem horrível. Colocaram opções de plano de fundo ao invés de trabalharem em colocar os dois jogos em tela cheia. Eram infinitas as possibilidades de filtro para adicionar ao game, para dar um efeito parecido com as televisões de tubo, por exemplo. Perderam muitas oportunidades, mas pelo menos relançaram, único ponto positivo.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

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  1. XGN
    Nov 29, 2018
    75
    Castlevania Requiem combines two of the best games in the Castlevania series. However, it does just that. The bare-bones presentation and weird mistakes keep this from becoming a must own collection.
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  2. BaziCenter
    Nov 20, 2018
    85
    For die-hard fans of the series, there is nothing new to be found here, but for those who never had a chance to get their hands on any of the Castlevania titles, this collection would be a perfect start to enter the Castlevania world.
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  3. COGconnected
    Nov 12, 2018
    80
    Castlevania Requiem is a decent port of two classic, beloved games. At $20, PS4 players are getting a lot of value for their money. Both games have a lot of content with optional levels & a secret playable character in Rondo of Blood and a massive, open-ended map in Symphony of the Night. Castlevania fans wouldn’t be making a mistake by purchasing this collection.
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