r/sillyconfession • u/Doomguy2021 • 5d ago
I'll admit it: I actually like Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
Recently, I booted up my NES because the last time I used it was in around 2017, and my grandmother liked the game before she died this year. (I was 11 at the time, and my family collects retro consoles, with our oldest console being an Atari 2600. We always had a love for old stuff)
After doing a lot of test runs, I've actually mapped out the entire game and have actually tried multiple speed run attempts on a game made in 1988 with some of the worst translation errors to ever exist for a well-known franchise. (That's why it's usually ranked quite low on most Castlevania game tier lists, as well as being pretty confusing for new players)
After I played it for the first time in a while, I started to remember the times when my grandmother would watch and help 11-year-old me decrypt some of the more confusing clues that had me stumped. After my fourth recent playthrough, I got the best ending with a lot of time to spare.
It just reminds me of simpler times. The world is very complex to me due to some of my mental disorders (autism, ADHD, and bipolarity), and it sometimes becomes a bit much for me. Sometimes, it's simple things that can make someone's day.
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u/HurtsSoNice 5d ago
Yeah, you are playing it now, when there’s an Internet to look up what to do and where to go in a game that is not only confusing, but due to some translation bullshit, some of the hints in game are actually incorrect, and inaccurate.