Angry Video Game Nerd can kiss my ass!!! I just watched his review on the game. And while he did have some legit gripes, for the most part, if his favorite system really is NES, he was complaining about stupid shit that can be found in a lot of games popular at the time.

For example, by listening to his rant, he seems to enjoy the other NES Castlevanias. But one of his complaints was that if you fall in the water, you die. No shit. Don't you die in other Castlevania games when you fall in the water? Shouldn't he have expected to die? Then he complains about doing a blind jump, rather than taking the stairs, and landing in water. Look before you jump.

Then he complains that you lose all of your hearts after a game over. Again, no shit. If you didn't, there would be no real shame in getting a game over, so death really wouldn't matter in the game.

I understand why some people wouldn't like the whole day/night thing. He mentioned the annoying message letting you know its now daytime or nightime. I can understand that. He complains about having to wait until day to be able to buy stuff. I guess I can understand that. But there are solid RPGs that are like this. And so fighting for hearts/exp while waiting isn't something foreign to me.

As for those who think this game is unbeatable without a walkthrough, I beat it when it came out when I was like 10 years old. I didn't have a walkthrough. Though I will admit, I can understand the frustration with the red crystal/tornado part to advance in the game. But aside from that, its not anything too tricky to figure out.

I'm not sure if he caught his wife fucking the milkman right before he wrote this review, but he is overly harsh in ripping into it. I understand not liking the game, but I think he went a little overboard. Its not like it is a game most people don't like and he is saving them the trouble of playing it. Though he makes it appear as if that were the case.

UPDATE: I do know that AVGN is supposed to be a joke, but I still want to fight him after this review. On a side note, I have nearly pissed myself watching some of his reviews.

Well, I believe I got my NES for my 8th birthday in '88. So I had only had my NES for a few years when I got Simon's Quest. So I didn't have a whole lot of games yet. I dunno, maybe 15 or 20 at the time, if that.

I subscribed to Nintendo Power when they were giving out free copies of Dragon Warrior (best promotional give away ever). When I got my first issue, it was after the Simon's Quest stuff. So I never really had anything to go by.

Most of what I figured out was really by trial and error. It did take me a while to beat. The first time I got the second ending. I guess the fact that I owned it rather than rented it gave me a lot more time to figure it all out without feeling rushed. The only parts I really thought anybody would need a guide for was when you use the crystals. Other than that, I don't really know, other than possibly finding some of the harder to find items. But even those hard to find things aren't necessary.

I had the white crystal equipped the first time I went into the first mansion. So the invisible platform was there. The next time it wasn't. I quickly figured out that it was still there. But it did take me a while to figure out why it was visible sometimes and sometimes it wasn't. But it didn't really matter, I knew it was there.

I found the secret at the lake by accident. When I couldn't do it again, I just messed around until I figured out that it was the blue crystal. After that, I just assumed the red crystal was for something similar. It took me a while to figure out what, and I was at a standstill for a little while. But it didn't take me long to figure out there had to be something at the dead end. When I did finally summon the tornado it startled me and I jumped because I was screwing around with the crystal and didn't think anything was going to happen.

As for all of the items, I just eventually found them all.

Ky-Guy wrote:

You do know that the AVGN is completely satirical, right? Well, at least the Simon's Quest review was, anyway.

Yeah, I get that. he is a character. I actually have read somewhere that he actually likes the game. But when you go along and read comments of people who agree with the things he is saying adds to it. And I did get worked up when I should understand what he is doing. But I can't help it. When I say I want to punch AVGN in the face, its more the character, not the guy behind the character. But what gets to me is that some people really feel that way about the game. If that makes any sense.

I usually do like his stuff. Listening to his rants of cursing and insanity reminds me of when me and my friends get together and get pissed at games.

Syd Lexia wrote:

My one major complaint with the game is that there's only three boss battles and they're all retardedly easy. Hell, you can spam diamonds and kill Drac before he has a chance to even do anything.

True. This is the biggest drawback for me. Most other things I can overlook. I do with there were more boss battles.

I always use the golden dagger against dracula. I think the diamonds are really the only thing I haven't used to beat him with. I usually kill him quickest with the golden dagger though. I even tried once to kill him with an oak stake, since its supposed to kill vampires in "real life". But no, Don't think I've ever tried garlic though. I'm sure it doesn't do anything, but maybe I'll try it anyways just for the hell of it.

Its one of my favorite games ever. I can go through it in around an hour. Sometimes I can go through it in one life. But I usually die crossing the swamp because I don't want to waste time buying laurels.

Bluey wrote:

...and had played them AFTER Dawn of Sorrow on the DS. So basically, I played them... at least ten years too late.

I can easily understand how it would be hard for anyone to play an older game after playing the newer ones no matter how awesome the older ones are. Lucky for me I started playing games on the Atari 2600.