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PSN's version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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Zombie James
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IIRC, aren't PSN versions of PSX games just ISO dumps?
Freedom = $1.05
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It's the psone iso. It's identical to the original release
The PSN version is the exact same game as the PS1 version.
No changes or alterations.
The Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles PSP version of SOTN has the updated voice work, playable Maria, and an additional familiar, if memory serves.
I have all of those versions of SOTN (PS1, PSN, and PSP)
No changes or alterations.
The Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles PSP version of SOTN has the updated voice work, playable Maria, and an additional familiar, if memory serves.
I have all of those versions of SOTN (PS1, PSN, and PSP)
fvng
Member
Yes you're just playing the original version of the game.
The same game in the literal sense
Manmademan
Member
it's a direct copy of the ps1 game running on an emulator, for better or worse.
Are you going to be playing it exclusively on a PSP/Vita? If so you MIGHT want to consider the alternative PSP port, which I consider better value for money.
SolsticeZero
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My favorite Igavania game. I've done the whole 200.8% more times than I can count.
Carnby
Member
That's what I am worried about. Emulation sometimes make sound effects or music sound slightly off. Please tell me the music is 100 accurate!
SolsticeZero
Banned
The PS1 emulator in the PS3/Vita/PSP is pretty much perfect. I never ran into any sound/music issues at all.
The music in SoTN is pre-recorded digital audio so it sounds exactly the same.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Yeah, I've beaten it twice on PSN and never ran into any audio glitches.
It's really just the PS1 classic, in all it's glory
It's really just the PS1 classic, in all it's glory
Carnby
Member
You have all convinced me to buy it. I would rather buy a digital version that pull my pristine copy out from storage and risk having my 18 month old son find it. hehe.
I also just got a 5.1 surround sound home theater and I am itching to hear classics like Requiem for the Gods and The Tragic Prince.
I also just got a 5.1 surround sound home theater and I am itching to hear classics like Requiem for the Gods and The Tragic Prince.
If you have a physical copy, then even the save file should be inter-compatible with the PSN version.
Sleeplessnights
Banned
What FMV parts were messing from the XBL version? I never knew!
SolsticeZero
Banned
I thought all of them were missing? Granted, there's only a couple, but I don't remember them being there at all.
The introduction of the upside down "true" castle, for example. Pretty important to the plot.
Carnby
Member
Synth_floyd
Banned
Aren't there only about 90 seconds total of FMV in the game? A short one at the beginning and one at the midpoint, and maybe one at the end.
Dracula X Chronicles is a great game, but the SOTN port included in it is flawed. While it has a new translation, new voice actors and some additional content, it also suffers from slowdowns in some locations. And huge slowdowns, I mean. Maybe the game runs better on Vita, making it the best version of the game if those slowdowns are "fixed".
Does the PSP version include the Saturn-exclusive areas, or are those still removed?
To put Maria in would mean having to use the Saturn version of SOTN as their source, right? (I'm not sure how it all works) And the Saturn version is generally considered poor due to it not being able to handle dust clouds, fog and rain without causing crippling frame rate drops. As far as I'm aware Maria was not apart of the original PS1 version, which the XBLA version is based off of.
SolsticeZero
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Didn't Iga hate those areas, anyway, as they weren't part of his plan for the game? Isn't the Japanese PS1 version said to be the best and truest? Or am I remembering incorrectly?
Zippedpinhead
Member
A Playable Maria is present in the PSP version, but she was significantly retooled from the Saturn version.
Still very fun to play, and the slowdown is only bad in one location (the large open space in Olrox's quarters), It may be present in other locations, but that is the only one that sticks out to me. If I remember correctly, that location slows down in the PS1 version as well.
RedNumberFive
Banned
Just grab a Saturn and get this...
Just grab a Saturn and get this...
There's a pretty big difference in cost between that and the PSN version
.RedNumberFive
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There's a pretty big difference in cost between that and the PSN version
It's worth it.
That was my very first purchase (of many) last time I was in Akihabara.
Carnby
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SolsticeZero
Banned
They were. They added nothing to the game at all and they weren't well designed.
Carnby
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Just grab a Saturn and get this...
But it has loading and frame rate issues which the PSX version does not.
RedNumberFive
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It's a couple of extra hallways and some new familiars. I'm not exactly sure why Iga is so bent out of shape.
Unless you're in the EU, we don't have Dracula X Chronicles here, and only got SotN 2 months ago.
SolsticeZero
Banned
XBL version is missing the few cinematics in the game.
SolsticeZero
Banned
I used to do that spell just to hear Alucard say that with such hatred and intensity
Sleeplessnights
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Damn, may get the game on the PS3 then. Any other good places to get the full thing? gog?
You basically just invalidated your own suggestion. If that's all the extra content, then purchasing a Saturn just for the port is clearly not worth it.