Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a 1997 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It is a direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, set five years after its events.
PlatformRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
- Space needed
- About 347 MB
- Time to beat
- about 9 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a 1997 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It is a direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, set five years after its events. It was directed and produced by Toru Hagihara, with Koji Igarashi acting as assistant director.
It features Dracula's dhampir son Alucard (returning from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse) as the protagonist, as he explores Dracula's castle (which reemerges following the disappearance of Richter Belmont) and fights to prevent his father from fully regaining his lost power. Its design marks a break from previous entries in the series, re-introducing the exploration, nonlinear level design, and role-playing elements first experimented with in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
Symphony of the Night initially sold poorly. However, it gradually gained sales through word-of-mouth and became a sleeper hit, developing a cult following and selling over 700,000 units in the United States and Japan. The game garnered acclaim, often cited by critics as one of the best video games of all time, praising its gameplay innovations, atmosphere, visuals and soundtrack with criticism directed towards the voice acting. It is also considered the definitive pioneer of the Metroidvania genre, combining the two games and inspiring numerous exploration-based action-adventure games ever since. Symphony of the Night would have a lasting impact on the Castlevania series, with numerous subsequent mainline entries adopting its gameplay model.
Official trailer
Game Intro. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Developer
- Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
- Publisher
- Konami
- Series
- Castlevania
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- PEGI
- 12
- CLASS IND
- 12
- USK
- 12
- GRAC
- 15+
- ACB
- PG
- ESRB
- T
- CERO
- B
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation | Japan | 1997-03-20 |
| PlayStation | North America | 1997-10-02 |
| PlayStation | Europe / PAL | 1997-11-01 |
Space and patches
Space neededAbout 347 MB
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released in the store | Yes |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Credits
- Publisher
- Konami
- Developer
- Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
- Released
- 1997-10-02
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 9 hours
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