Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Having been awoken from his eternal slumber by the reappearance of Castlevania, Alucard must once again face the evil minions of darkness. Use your vampiric powers, along with weapons, potions, and other…
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is an adventure developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, released 20 March 1997 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360 and PlayStation. The main story takes about 11.8 hrs to finish.
What Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is an adventure game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and released in 1997. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game's story takes place during the year 1797, 5 years after the events of Rondo of Blood and begins with Richter Belmont's defeat of Count Dracula, mirroring the end of the former game. However, despite Dracula being defeated, Richter vanishes without a trace. Castlevania rises again five years later, and while there are no Belmonts to storm the castle, Alucard, the son of Dracula, awakens from his self-induced sleep, and decides to investigate what transpired during his slumber. Meanwhile, Maria Renard, Richter's sister-in-law, enters Castlevania herself to search for the missing Richter. She assists Alucard multiple times throughout the game.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, horror and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Castlevania series
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the 26th of 108 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. It arrived 2 years after Castlevania: Dracula X. The next entry was Konami GB Collection Vol. 1 in 1997. Its critic score of 92 is 13 points above the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Super Castlevania IV at 100.
How it was received
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 27 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 92, across 851 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 19.6 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night launched on 20 March 1997, within three weeks of Blast Corps, Doom 64, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Need for Speed II. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Blast Corps, Doom 64, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Need for Speed II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Characters
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Dlc
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