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#13 Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

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The most insidious classic Castlevania enemy, is NOT the Medusa Head. It's the Crow. Crows follow some 500 IQ algorithm, that geniusly avoids your every attack.

But in Rondo of Blood... *every enemy acts like a Crow*!!! They all move and act by considering YOUR position, so they all feel galaxy brain at juking you and spacing you.

This makes the combat extra rewarding; you really can't play on auto-pilot, you have to watch the enemy, and keep re-positioning yourself, to juke them back. No janky gimmicks necessary, like lock-on, dodge rolls, invincibility frames. Just careful self positioning, and striking at the right moment.

So yeah the combat rocks, but then add one of the best soundtracks ever, some great cool pixel art, some godlike parallax (I looove me some parallax), some Castlevania atmosphere, and an astounding number of secrets (probably more than 50% of the game's content is "secret"), and you've got a masterpiece.

BEST LEVEL: Alternate Level 2, it's a long bridge level with lots of parallax, and the sun slowly sets while you play. Also there are TWO secret exits, what?? Also the song, "Cross a Fear", is awesome.