Reviews for Castlevania 2: Tiger DEMO

[ashenblood]

Could've been better

It's nice to see the hand-held versions so there at least you had a different idea--use to have several of them, probably still have them somewhere in fact. But, yeah, perhaphs instead of having it where you clicked on the hand-held itself you showed it then zoomed into the screen. That way you could show the old game and graphics but then after you zoom-in, you can either use the graphics but animate them more aside from step-step-shot or even completely reanimate the graphics. Also, the controls can then be set for say the keyboard (or whatever you choose) for a better game play.
Graphics for this I didn't rate b/c of the Tiger game graphics (I know how they look) but more for the scaned image quality and how there was a large window but also empty space around it. Didn't really see any of your ability with this but, again, I did like that you used an overlooked hand-held systems.

[Alphmega]

This was bad

You know, I like the Tiger games, but this was not one of them. For one, I could just crack my whip, and boom, 10 points. Second, there was no way to dodge the thing from hitting you atleast once. I mean, it takes time to move the mouse over a bit. I ammit, the graphics and sound were better then a tiger, but I marked down because I didn't like this. And there was only one ememy. Be more original next time. I probably should have given you a 0, but I didn't so be glad about that. Good-bye.

[JoLiKMC]

A Very Pale Imitation Indeed

Wow. This is the absolute worst incarnation of the Tiger Electronics Castlevania II game I've ever seen. Of course. . .this is the ONLY incarnation, other than the actual handheld unit, but still. . .

First of all, the graphics are a pale imitation of the little LCD graphics. Very pale imitation. . . The graphics barely look a thing like the handheld device's graphics. If you were really trying to emulate the original graphics, the failed. By far. 3 out of 10. And this isn't even including the poor-quality scan of the unit itself, mind you. If I were counting that, I would likely knock off the other two points. . .

Now, the style flatly bombs. The movements of Simon, his Dagger tossable, and the Bone Pillars, are way too quick in comparison to the game. There's hardly any time to dodge out of the way, thanks to the fact you have to play with the mouse.(More on that later, though.) This gets a 1.

The original LCD had little bips and boops in it. Not a piece of very soft, quiet MIDI(I'm guessing) rendition of Vampire Killer in it. It had no music at all, in fact. So, in addition to the fact that this strays vastly from the original, the MIDI in the background is terrible. This also gets a 1.

The violence in this game is hardly excessive. That's just sloppy, false advertising. There is little more "violence" in this game than there is in an average Warner Bros. cartoon circa 1976. But then, the original game wasn't violent, either. So, either way, a 3 is a fair score for this one.

The controls for this game are horrendous. Unless there are some hidden keyboard controls for this game that I don't know about, anyway. Using the mouse to play an LCD game like this just does not work! Additionally, the Reset button also doesn't work at all. It's not even clickable. This drops the Interactivity down to a depressing 2.

So, let's give this the once-over, now. . . Badly-attempted graphics, no style, no sound and poor music, and very bad controls. What does that amount to? An extremely poor game. Oh, excuse me. A poor DEMO of a game. I pray you never actually make the full version of this, if this is all you can do.

Until next time,
Joseph Collins

[lenashawitz]

sucked

u should use arrow keys for walking and other keys for weapons, not clicking the handheld buttons, u get hit b4 u can strike

[AresApollo]

It is horrible, but...

It's insanely bad, but sadly im sure its just like the actual game.Not your fault.Just a bad game to clone.Surely this is a joke.