Despite the fact that I claimed the oldschool styled Castlevania games the best yesterday, I hadn't actually beaten any of them until today when I finished Rondo of Blood. For those that haven't played the game, the final battle is the exact same boss fight as the first battle in Symphony of the Night. Even though it's nearly identical, it is actually quite a bit harder than Symphony had led me to believe. There's two key differences in this fight that makes it leaps and bounds more difficult than it's representation in the sequel. For starters, if you do poorly, Maria doesn't come and save your ass and make you near invincible. For second, you don't have the nifty dash ability that Symphony gave Richter. This essentially makes dodging Dracula's second form a lot more menacing.
After about three gameovers and several different methods of trying to take him down, he managed to die like a monster that didn't belong in this world. I only had the smallest sliver of health possible when I did it; INTENSITY!
(By the way, I totally jacked the image above from VGMuseum where they have this neat little article on Mr.Tepes' lair. Check that out mang, ya deserve it!)
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