Why Everyone* Was Wrong About Castlevania II: Simon's Quest!

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CASTLEVANIA II: SIMON’S QUEST RETROSPECTIVE: Why Everyone* Was Wrong About Simon’s Quest

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Common Gamer Knowledge: Castlevania is a masterpiece, and Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest is a disgrace of a sequel, a steaming pile of diarrhea dookie farts, and only with Castlevania III, Konami course corrected to make a “proper” sequel.
It’s hogwash, and largely the result of the massive influence of early video essayists and YouTube game critics that has invaded and usurped the collective unconscious.
Time to talk about Simon’s Quest and how incredibly forward thinking, innovative and trailblazing it really was when it came out in 1987.

* The Asterisk in the title:
A lot of people were actually right about it. Game Journalists at the time and the player base at large really revered this game for what it was. Until the YouTube Hivemind took hold.

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